Open AccessIs Bayh-Dole Good for Developing Countries? Lessons from the US Experience
Author(s) -
Anthony D. So,
Bhaven N. Sampat,
K. Arti,
Robert Cook-Deegan,
Jerome H. Reichman,
Robert Weissman,
Amy Kapczynski
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060262
Subject(s) - biology , computational biology
The US Bayh-Dole Act encourages university patenting of inventions arising from publicly funded research. Lessons from three decades of US experience serve as a cautionary tale for those countries that may choose to emulate Bayh-Dole.