{"id":2171219,"date":"2024-02-08T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-looks-to-biden-administration-for-clarification-on-patent-seizing-to-protect-small-businesses\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T13:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:10:02","slug":"ernst-looks-to-biden-administration-for-clarification-on-patent-seizing-to-protect-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-looks-to-biden-administration-for-clarification-on-patent-seizing-to-protect-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst looks to Biden administration for clarification on patent seizing to protect small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fernst-looks-to-biden-administration-for-clarification-on-patent-seizing-to-protect-small-businesses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2171219&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling on the Biden administration to explain its plans to protect small businesses as it explores \u201cmarch-in rights\u201d when it comes to seizing patents developed using federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>    The Biden administration is looking to expand its authority under the Bayh-Dole Act, which authorizes the Commerce Department to create standard patent rights clauses to be included in federal funding agreements with small businesses and nonprofit organizations, including universities. March-in rights refer to the federal government\u2019s ability, under the law, to \u201cmarch in\u201d on patents on inventions created using taxpayer funds and require the patent holder to share the federally funded patent with other applicable businesses or groups.<\/p>\n<p>    Ernst, the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said in a statement to the Washington Examiner that she is leading the letter to tell the Biden administration \u201cto keep their hands off our small businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cThe Biden administration never fails to shock in the lengths it is willing to go to trample on American innovation in favor of socialist policies,\u201d the Iowa senator said. \u201cThis radical proposal would signal to small business owners and entrepreneurs that the government can simply strip them of their intellectual property, undermining our country\u2019s world-leading research and development ecosystem and stifling new ideas that support our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Though these rights have never been exercised, some agencies, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology, are looking to reactivate the march-in rights as a \u201ccheck\u201d on entities such as pharmaceutical companies, per the Federal Trade Commission. In a letter shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, Ernst and other Senate Republicans on the committee expressed concerns to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about how the government\u2019s interpretation of march-in rights could affect small businesses and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cBroad exercise of march-in authority under the Bayh-Dole Act could disincentivize small businesses from competing for federal research and development (R&#038;D) dollars, discourage commercialization, and stifle America\u2019s innovation ecosystem at large,\u201d the letter, provided exclusively to the Washington Examiner, reads.<\/p>\n<p>    Ernst writes that the proposed framework for march-in rights \u201cenvisions federal agencies standing ready to snatch and license out intellectual property\u201d developed by both large and small businesses. The members claim this framework could punish small businesses that wish to \u201cprogress with their invention beyond federal dollars to commercializing their patented technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cFurther, without the promise of secure ownership of intellectual property for those who acquire patents through the SBIR-STTR programs, fewer small businesses will be able to help federal agencies innovate to meet our nation\u2019s critical technology goals,\u201d the GOP committee members wrote. \u201cResearch efforts are likely to fail without the ingenuity and work ethic of the small business community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Ultimately, the members said the Biden administration\u2019s exploration of these march-in rights could interfere with small businesses\u2019 commercial success. They fear that small businesses relying on the federal government to \u201cseize their intellectual property\u201d and not commercialize it, opting to license it to others to bring goods and services to the market instead, will keep startups from achieving funds through small business innovation awards.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cWhile this risk of march-in is not new, the Biden Administration is making a true mistake if it puts this authority in practice and even expands the scope of allowable justifications as is proposed under the draft framework,\u201d the members wrote.<\/p>\n<p>    CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>    The letter was signed by Ernst and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Todd Young (R-IN), James Risch (R-ID), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Tim Scott (R-SC). They are asking Becerra and Raimondo to provide information on how the interests of small businesses will be protected in the march-in rights framework by Feb. 20.<\/p>\n<p>    The public and small businesses \u201cdeserve clarity on how this proposed framework would impact their efforts to pioneer new technologies,\u201d the members concluded.<\/p>\n<p> !function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(&#8220;has-featured-video&#8221;,&#8221;true&#8221;)})}();var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({&#8220;div&#8221;:&#8221;Brid_1391312&#8243;,&#8221;obj&#8221;:{&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;1280&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;720&#8243;,&#8221;stickyDirection&#8221;:&#8221;below&#8221;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1391312&#8243;}});<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling on the Biden administration to explain its plans to protect small businesses as it explores \u201cmarch-in rights\u201d when it comes to seizing patents developed using federal funds. 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