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Current Trends in Government Patent Policy.
Latker, Norman J. – 1977
Government funded research is approaching 60 percent of the total research conducted in this country and is still growing as a percentage of the total. The government patent policy during the 1960s and 1970s is briefly outlined and shown as permitting the agencies to use their discretion to determine whether or not the normal incentives of the…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Higher Education
Statement of Norman J. Latker, Patent Counsel, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House of Representatives. May 26, 1977.
Latker, Norman J. – 1977
Patent protection is important in bringing technology arising from government-sponsored research and nonprofit organizations to fruition. This is an area of vital interest to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare since it is the largest single source of funding for such research in the United States, and a substantial portion of its…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Innovation, Institutional Role
[Intellectual Property Rights.]
Latker, Norman J. – 1974
Specific reference is made in the Constitution of the United States to the need for protection of intellectual property rights. Later, Madison explored the problem again in the "Federalist" and in a letter to Thomas Jefferson. The present-day argument against protection of these individual rights is not directed against the government's…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Constitutional Law, Federal Aid, Government Role
Statement of Norman J. Latker, Patent Counsel, Department of Health, Education,and Welfare before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning and Analysis, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, September 29, 1976.
Latker, Norman J. – 1976
The testimony of the Patent Counsel for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare concerns patent protection that ought to be afforded to an industrial developer to assure use by or transfer to such a developer of inventive results of Department-sponsored research. The application of this policy to universities is discussed and the Federal…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Industry
Progress Towards a Uniform U.S. Government Patent Policy for Universities and Non-Profit Organizations.
Latker, Norman J. – 1974
The Constitution of the United States specifically addresses the question of intellectual property rights. This provision is not only noble but also practical, since it recognizes that the whole of society is best served when the creators are singled out and given special treatment. In the process of industrialization of this country, resources…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Constitutional Law, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Ethical and Economic Issues: University Policies for Consulting, Overload Instructional Activities and Intellectual Property.
Latker, Norman J. – 1977
The relationship of science to education, government, and industry has changed significantly in the last two centuries. These relationships are briefly outlined, including those in France, Germany, and Britain during the industrial revolution and beyond. During the nineteenth century applied science was in the forefront with the development of…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Higher Education
[Technology Transfer.]
Latker, Norman J. – 1973
Some authorities on technolgoy transfer feel that industry is not fully capitalizing on the inventive output of universities and nonprofit organizations. From the point of view of the government, the stakes are high. The magnitude of federal support of research and development in these organizations demands evidence of useful results if it is to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Federal Aid, Government Role, Higher Education