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Badylak Case Study
Tissue Regeneration/Regrowth
A pioneer in the area of tissue re-growth was charged by Purdue University with patent infringement for speaking with a fellow tissue researcher about their similar discoveries.
The rewards for a university that supports their researchers can be great. Emory received over $500 million in the action to defend the patents of their faculty.
This controversy over a billion dollar pharmaceutical that continues in the Georgia courts to this day has cost the University of Georgia over $220 million in lost revenues.
When a student researcher at USF patented his invention, the university filed criminal charges and he was sentenced to hard time and was made to work on a chain gang.
Inventors of the combined PET/CT scanner were sued by University of Pittsburgh over patent ownership and endured a protracted court fight before emerging victorious.
The University of Missouri is pursuing a faculty scientist in county court after a Federal court rejected its case. Dr. Galen Suppes claims the school has mismanaged his intellectual property.
When the Federal court rejected its case, the University of Missouri filed in the local courts charging a researcher with wrongdoing for pursuing licenses and patents on his IP.
Inventors of the most important cancer diagnostic tool were sued by University of Pittsburgh over patent ownership and charged with conspiracy and fraud.
Faculty scientists and student researchers should be aware of their university's intellectual property policies that may preclude ownership in their own innovations.
Behind the Hedges: Big Money and Power Politics at the University of Georgia, released in April, exposes "corporate interest, secret deals and scandal" involving UGA President Michael Adams.
As a questionable UGA licensing deal festers in
the courts, some wonder whether this will damage
efforts to attract and retain top scientists to Georgia universities.
Allergan has filed briefs to keep documents under seal that would reveal details of its closed door deal with UGA that has cost the university millions.
Dr. Renee Kaswan, inventor of breakthrough drug Restasis, says a secret deal Allergan negotiated with UGA has cost the university and Georgia taxpayers hundreds of millions.
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