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Summary
The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 allows universities to patent and exclusively license federally funded inventions. With dramatic growth in university licensing, the Act has become controversial and the subject of policy review. In this Policy Forum we examine the available evidence on the intended and unintended effects of the Act.
