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Inside Higher Education's New FCA Liability Challenges

IP Law 360

As the educational sector expands its use of government funding, schools are at increased risk under the False Claims Act, but recent settlements offer valuable lessons about new theories of liability they may face and specific procedures to reduce their exposure, say James Zelenay and Jeremy Ochsenbein at Gibson Dunn.

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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India

SpicyIP

While the question made sense ever since I read the post, it started making more sense (and bothering me more) after working on the SpicyIP Open IP Syllabus where I witnessed a relative “over-accessibility” of US-European IPR scholarship. I began to wonder – are there actually fewer IP scholars in India (or the Global South in general)?

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IP and Youth – innovating for a better future

Intellectual Property Office Blog

E very year, on the 26 April, World IP Day is celebrated across the globe. Intellectual property - IP - is an integral part of that environment. So, how do we help young people to understand IP? . We engage with primary and secondary schools, and support those in further education, universities and research. .

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When is an IP agreement between a university and a student inventor unfair?

The IPKat

In the case before it, however, the court ruled that the terms of the contract between the student and the university regarding the transfer of IP rights were not unfair and thus did not run afoul of the UTCCR. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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NIL Profit Considerations For Historically Black Colleges

IP Law 360

LaKeisha Marsh and Montoya Ho-Sang at Akerman examine the role of historically Black colleges and universities in sports, solutions to underfunding issues, and considerations higher education attorneys should address with their clients when operating in the name, image and likeness space.

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Guest Book Review: Teaching Intellectual Property Law

The IPKat

This review is kindly provided by Thorsten Lauterbach, Teaching Excellence Fellow at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, passionate about IP Law since he studied it as an undergraduate in the mid-1990s at Abertay Dundee. He demonstrates that all IP teachers may achieve this by using aspects of their personal interests.

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OM Weekly Digest 08/25/22

Olartemoure Blog

08/25/22 – IP Transfer. Colombia’s Sci-Tech Ministry most recently regulated the creation of Spin-Off companies, fostering Innovation, Science and Technology in Higher-Education Institutions. This new regulation establishes four types of spin-off companies that were not defined in current Law.