AAU, Associations Submit Comments on NIST’s Proposed Changes to Bayh-Dole Implementing Regulations
On Monday, AAU joined AAMC, ACE, APLU, and COGR to submit
comments in response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on regulatory updates to the Bayh-Dole implementing regulations, 37 CFR 401 and 404. In the comments, the organizations express their concerns with proposed changes to march-in rights, government use license, and manufacturing waivers, among other problematic portions of the proposed rulemaking. Other than those specific areas of concern, the organizations assert, the proposed changes will “enhance and strengthen the transfer of federally funded inventions.” (
Association of American Universities - April 7, 2021)