Source: http://france.usembassy.gov
RESEARCH
University-Private Sector Research Partnerships in the Innovation Ecosystem
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology - Web posted January 1, 2009 – 92 pages
http://www.ostp.gov/galleries/PCAST/past_research_partnership_report_BOOK.pdf
In order to recognize fully the importance of university-private sector partnerships and their role in the rapidly globalizing innovation ecosystem, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology reviews the current state and historical trends of the U.S. R&D enterprise. The study involves examining inputs to the ecosystem, including funding sources and mechanisms, and outputs of the ecosystem in order to evaluate the effectiveness and productivity of the research enterprise.
Innovation
Science Progress - Articles –Fall • winter 2008/2009 – pp 6-46 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/issue-2-sciences-troubled-legacy/
“The five essays attempt to tease out examples of how policymakers in statehouses and different federal agencies can work together with universities to replicate the success of Silicon Valley and the Route 128 Corridor in Massachusett s in other university cities and towns—in the process detailing how place and history set the stage for specific innovations that policymakers can help commercialize.”
How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation
Jennifer Hunt and Mariolaine Gauthier-Loiselle National Bureau of Economic Research - Working Paper - September 2008.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14312
In 2003, immigrants patented at double the rate of natives, implying that immigrant inventors were crowding out native inventors. However, the difference is fully explained by the greater share of immigrants with science and engineering degrees. In fact, skilled immigrants have had a substantial positive effect on the number of patents per capita in the United States
Beyond “Fortress America” National Security Controls on Science and Technology
National Research Council - Web posted January 9, 2009 http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12567#toc
Many U.S. export and visa controls, developed during the Cold War era to prevent the transfer of technological and scientific advances to our enemies, now harm U.S. national security and economic prosperity, says the report from the National Research Council. The current regulations were designed for a world that no longer exists and are unsuitable for today’s adversaries.
The State of the Contracting Estate - Time for a 21st-Century Re-envisioning of 20th-Century Government Contracting Rules Designed to Boost Scientific Innovation Dan Guttman Science Progress - Article – Fall • winter 2008/2009 – pp 47-58
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/issue-2-sciences-troubled-legacy/
“Government contracting grew out of scientific inquiry in the interests of national security in the mid-20th-century and represents a government reform that yielded great successes but has since lost its moorings. It's time to re-envision the role of private contractors in the public service.”
Stem Cell Research and Innovation Done Responsibly and Ethically
Michael Rugnetta, Michael Peroski Center for American Progress – Report - January 16, 2009 – 40 pages
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/01/pdf/stem_cells.pdf
“It is time for the United States to stake its claim as the world leader in regenerative medicine, which promises to become a vital component of the cutting edge of life sciences research and innovation in the 21st century. To ensure research in this newly emerging field of life sciences is conducted responsibly and ethically, the federal government must reform its stem cell research policy in order to fund embryonic stem cell research that is robust and comprehensive as well as cautious and principled.”
Nanotechnology: The Social and Ethical Issues
Ronald Sandler Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Pew Charitable Trusts - Web posted January 27, 2009 – 63 pages
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Nanotechnologies/Nano_PEN16_FINAL.pdf
The report emphasizes ways in which developments in nanotechnology intersect with governmental functions and responsibilities, including science and technology policy, as well as research funding, regulation and work on public engagement.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Recommendations for the Incoming Administration Regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - December 22, 2008 – 34 pages
http://www.theglobalipcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/e5txnmjhsn5mjbtvtazna33y3dimpz5cuxtgjeix4wix3dqpiy5domrryniqsbo6rr7xbe64tcijitq6hxnlts7u3xb/USPTOPatentProjectFINAL.pdf
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) releases its U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recommendations to President-elect Barack Obama, highlighting needed reforms to modernize the federal agency’s patent arm. It offers a blueprint for modernizing and fostering a more efficient patent office. Addressing 11 key areas, it features suggestions to improve the quality of patents, patent examiner retention, the current fee structure, and the office’s relationship with the user community, among other reforms.
Tackling the Challenge of Patent Reform
Science Progress - Article – Fall • winter 2008/2009 – pp 59-98
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/issue-2-sciences-troubled-legacy/
Rick Weiss - Tackling the Challenge of Patent Reform (Recommendations for the Obama administration and Congress)
Daniel P. McCurdy - Patent Trolls Erode the Foundations of the U.S. Patent System
Gerald J. Mossinghoff and Stephen G. Kunin - Improving the Effectiveness of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Bruce A. Lehman - Global Patent Protection (The International Patent System and the New Administration)
The Limits of Abstract Patents in an Intangible Economy
The Brookings Institution – Conference – January 14, 2009 – 270 pages
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/0114_patents.aspx?emc=lm&m=220983&l=21&v=252043
“Abstract ideas are not patentable, but what are abstract ideas – and how can judges draw a line around them? This conference, co-sponsored by the Brookings Institution, the Computer & Communications Industry Association and Duke University School of Law, looked at the problem of abstract patents from both economic and legal perspectives. How well do abstract patents work? What problems do they create? Can we do better than the standard in Bilski?”
