Pleased to sit down with Joe Allen,  the Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition. Mr. Allen has been a leader in national efforts to foster public/private sector R&D partnerships. He was the key staffer securing the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act, opening up collaborations between research universities and the U.S. industry. The Economist Technology Quarterly called this law “possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century.”

Mr. Allen was Executive Director of Intellectual Property Owners, Inc., Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization at the U.S. Dept of Commerce, and National Technology Transfer Center President. He was the lead witness in South Africa, helping secure passage of their Bayh-Dole law. he co-chaired the White House Lab to Market Summit and contributes a monthly column for I.P. Watchdog (http://www.ipwatchdog.com/authors/joseph-allen/) on public policy issues.

2:24:– Current state of public/private R&D partnerships.

6:27:– Is the “pandemic truce” unraveling?

7:35:– Passing the Bayh-Dol Act.

26:17:– Leadership lessons from Senators Bayh and Dol.

31:28:– Leadership at the ground.

41:54:– Is the Tillis-Coons pact today’s Bayh-Dol?

44:46:– Leading the Bayh-Dole Coalition.

47:54:– Have “march-in rights” failed?

52:41:– The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Conception, Execution, Reflection.

59:00:– US-Japan Science and Technology Transfer Agreement and South Africa’s “Bayh-Dol” moment.

1:07:50:– Can “Bayh-Dol” flourish on non-democratic soil?

1:10:23:– Mentors and mentees.

1:18:15:– 2023 and beyond.