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Jury sides with UI in research lawsuit
Diane Heldt
May. 18, 2012 6:25 pm
IOWA CITY - A Johnson County jury has ruled in favor of the University of Iowa in a lawsuit filed by a UI researcher over the handling of patents on his technologies.
The jury judgement in favor of the UI, with court costs assessed to the plaintiff, was reached this week in Johnson County District Court.
Donald Macfarlane, a professor in the Carver College of Medicine, claimed in the lawsuit that the UI Research Foundation managed the patents on his research in a way that limited his further work on and potential income from a lucrative sale of the technology.
The non-profit UI Research Foundation commercializes university-developed technologies and inventions through licensing and manages the revenue stream.
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