WTO adopts revised government procurement agreement and expands coverage by US$80 to US$100 billion in annual purchases *

Global - April 10 2012
On 30 March the member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA or “Agreement”) formally adopted a new revised text of the Agreement and announced a significant expansion of its scope to cover numerous additional government entities.

Co-authors: Andrew C. Ertley.

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Reporting of IR&D projects *

USA - February 8 2012
On January 30, 2012 DoD issued a final rule requiring quarterly online reporting of IR&D projects by defense contractors.

Co-authors: Erin L. Alexander.

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New rules on technical data rights and independent research and development *

USA - February 8 2012
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012: additional changes in technical data rights.

Co-authors: Erin L. Alexander.

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Notwithstanding the Supreme Court's ruling against Stanford, universities have the means to protect their rights in faculty inventions *

USA - July 21 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 200-212, does not automatically vest a university with title to a faculty invention made in the course of federallyfunded research.

Co-authors: J. Trevor Cloak , Celine Jimenez Crowson.

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Notwithstanding the Supreme Court's ruling against Stanford, universities have the means to protect their rights in faculty inventions *

USA - June 6 2011
Today the Supreme Court ruled that the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 200-212, does not automatically vest a university with title to a faculty invention made in the course of federally-funded research.

Co-authors: J. Trevor Cloak , Celine Jimenez Crowson.

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