July 27, 2007
Witnesses Say Tech Transfer Works
The marriage between industries and colleges could be described as stable but in need of counseling, witnesses testified at a Congressional hearing last week. But no one favored significantly rewriting the marriage contract, the federal Bayh-Dole Act of 1980.
Airing some of the long-simmering marital strains, industry representatives said colleges and their technology-transfer offices were insensitive to their needs and overly concerned about money. Officials of the Hewlett-Packard
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