1. happy 30th birthday!

2. digital commons
3. 4. public good, by private agreement.
some rights reserved
global NGO / non profit organization
5. 6. 7. 8. as for culture, so too for other knowledge products?
9. 10. 11. 12. lesson 1: sharing complicated knowledge is complicated.
13. high potential for mis-practice of the technology
lack of internal systems designed for knowledge sharing
low number of patents in portfolio that are ideal for sharing
low familiarity in target markets with open licenses
14. lesson 2: intellectual property easier to share than intellectual capital.
15. licenses more enforceable than contracts (e.g. share alike behavior)
most knowledge is tacit(e.g., kept in word files and powerpoints)
data > information > knowledge > wisdom
16. 17. lesson 3: the perception of what Bayh-Dole really does is a real problem.
18. doesnt it violate Bayh-Dole to use a standard patent license?
19. 20. "there is no constraint on a federally funded contractor's ability to enable Technology Transfer, whether through e-commerce or other creative approaches, especiallywhere such mechanisms can facilitate reduction of transaction costs associated with licensing and promote the translation of federally funded technology."
21. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/kalil-bayh-dole-letter.pdf
22. 23. growth of commons ideas

standard rules of entry

24. standard legal tools 25. standard data formats 26. must contribute data to access data 27. voluntary and selective1
selected creation of
precompetitive data spaces

extend beyond pharma, clubs that interact over different time frames

28. same rules and formats: 29. creation of a data commons over time2
3

decay of data into public domain after competitive embargo periods

30. foundation funding and crowd talent 31. encourage tool development by crowdPharma
Biotechs
Academics
Foundations
Individuals
32. happy 30th birthday!
33. time for a midlife crisis.
34. http://creativecommons.orghttp://bit.ly/wilbanks@wilbanks