COGR responds to the NIH’s draft policy requiring licensees of NIH technologies to submit access plans aimed at promoting patient access, expressing support for the...
Intellectual Property Rights
IP rights encompass the legal protections and policies that secure ownership of intellectual outputs resulting from research.
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Joint Comments to USPTO on 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and COGR submitted comments supporting the U.S. Patent and...
COGR Responds to NSF RFC on Proposed Intellectual Property Options
COGR submitted a response to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) request for comments regarding proposed new intellectual property (IP) frameworks for public...
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April 30, 2015 - Abusive Litigation Practices of Patent Trolls
COGR and other higher education associations released a statement expressing the view that bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate, seeking to address abusive litigation practices of patent trolls while protecting the integrity of our patent system, was a substantial improvement over the pending House version (HR 9).
