Trump vs Harvard: US administration targets University over patents; launches comprehensive review
In a letter sent Friday to Harvard President Alan Garber, obtained by CNN, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick alleged that the university is 'in breach of the statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements' linked to its federally funded research programs and the patents resulting from them.
The Commerce Department is conducting an 'immediate comprehensive review' of Harvard's federally funded research programmes, Lutnick added.
The secretary also announced the initiation of the 'march-in' process under the Bayh-Dole Act, which allows universities to patent research and inventions. This means that if Harvard has failed to disclose or patent its inventions, the federal govt could take ownership of the patents or grant third-party licences.
The letter, first reported by Reuters, represents the latest effort by the administration to pressure the elite institution.
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The Trump administration has previously frozen billions of dollars in federal funding for research and has targeted Harvard's ability to host international students. Currently, Harvard and the Trump administration are involved in two lawsuits.
Still, officials remain optimistic about the prospects of a deal with Harvard to restore funding to the school and drop lawsuits and investigations. The Trump administration has recently struck multicrore-rupee agreements with Columbia and Brown universities.
'While there's a lawsuit pending with Harvard, and I'm sure that lawsuit will play out, I do hope that Harvard will continue to come to the table with negotiations. Those talks are continuing, and we'd like to have a resolution there, outside of the courts,' Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a phone interview with CNN last month.
Harvard has sent some signals it is willing to work with the Trump administration, including last month when The Harvard Crimson reported that websites for Harvard College centres serving minority and LGBTQ students and women had disappeared.
The White House welcomed that development, viewing it as a goodwill gesture that one official described as 'good news.' McMahon last month also pointed to the departure of the heads of the university's Middle Eastern Studies centre as a positive step.
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