Copyrights in higher education: motivating a research agenda

Jacob H. Rooksby () and Christopher S. Hayter ()
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Jacob H. Rooksby: Duquesne University
Christopher S. Hayter: Arizona State University

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2019, vol. 44, issue 1, No 12, 250-263

Abstract: Abstract The Bayh–Dole Act of 1980 enabled American universities to engage in technology transfer. Thirty years of research has investigated the legislation’s effectiveness and derivative university practices, such as the establishment of technology transfer offices. Unfortunately, the technology transfer literature has focused primarily on patenting as the primary transfer vehicle for protecting intellectual property in universities, overlooking other forms of IP ownership, such as copyrights. Legal scholarship shows, however, that universities are increasingly using copyrights to protect their intellectual property and that the number of university-held copyrights exceeds patents. This paper examines the use of copyrights to protect and transfer university IP. It does so by reviewing underlying legal and policy concepts associated with copyrights and offers contemporary examples of copyright issues within universities. The paper therefore provides a foundation for future research on the role of copyrights in technology transfer.

Keywords: Copyrights; Technology transfer; Bayh–Dole Act; Intellectual property; Knowledge exchange; Law; Patents; Legal research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O34 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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