To evaluate the merits of the issue, the opposing arguments should be fully explored in the light of other advantages derived by industry from research and development contracts; our general defense requirements for national security; the increased participation by the Government in research and development; and the increased share of Government-sponsored research and development performed by industry during the past decade. Most importantly, however, these opposing contentions must be reexamined in the light of further information on the economic effects of present awards. If such further analysis demonstrates a strong tendency toward concentration, then it would seem that the vital interest of this Government in maintaining a freely competitive economy would add a strong argument in favor of Government acquisition of patents. Of course, any such patents held by the Government should continue, within necessary security limitations, to be available under nonexclusive licenses to all applicants, including the contractor who performed the research and development work. 85th Congress) COMMITTEE PRINT THE IMPACT OF THE PATENT SYSTEM ON RESEARCH STUDY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION PURSUANT TO S. Res. 236 20600 STUDY NO. 11 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1958 To evaluate the merits of the issue, the opposing arguments should be fully explored in the light of other advantages derived by industry from research and development contracts; our general defense requirements for national security; the increased participation by the Government in research and development; and the increased share of Government-sponsored research and development performed by industry during the past decade. Most importantly, however, these opposing contentions must be reexamined in the light of further information on the economic effects of present awards. If such further analysis demonstrates a strong tendency toward concentration, then it would seem that the vital interest of this Government in maintaining a freely competitive economy would add a strong argument in favor of Government acquisition of patents. Of course, any such patents held by the Government should continue, within necessary security limitations, to be available under nonexclusive licenses to all applicants, including the contractor who performed the research and development work. 2d 85th Congress) COMMITTEE PRINT THE IMPACT OF THE PATENT SYSTEM ON RESEARCH STUDY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION PURSUANT TO S. Res. 236 20609 STUDY NO. 11 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1958 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, Trademarks, and COPYRIGHTS JOSEPH C. O’MAHONEY, Wyoming, Chairman ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina ROBERT L. WRIGHT, Chief Counsel 11 |