Harvard
has
been
dealt
a
rough
hand
by
the
Trump
administration.
Not
only
are
billions
of
dollars
of
federal
funding
and
the
ability
to
host
foreign
students
in
the
balance,
one
of
their
graduates
is
throwing
the
cards
at
them!
The
“negotiations”
between
Harvard
and
Trump
appeared
to
be
coming
to
a
close
based
on
one
of
the
President’s
Truth
Social
posts:
Two
things.
First,
that
deal
that
might
have
been
announced
in
the
next
week
was
just
wishful
thinking.
Second,
Harvard’s
“extremely
appropriate”
responses
to
the
strong-arming
may
have
changed
too
—
because
the
administration
is
now
looking
to
take
even
more
from
the
school.
Law360
has
coverage:
The
U.S.
Department
of
Commerce
on
Friday
threatened
to
invoke
the
government’s
so-called
march-in
rights
to
take
control
of
patents
owned
by
Harvard
University,
accusing
the
Ivy
League
institution
of
not
meeting
its
obligations
tied
to
federally
funded
research.
You
don’t
have
to
look
far
beyond
the
legalese
to
see
this
for
what
it
is:
a
“negotiation
tool”
meant
to
force
Harvard
to
bend
the
knee.
If
the
administration
really
wanted
to
go
after
people
that
“failed
to
live
up
to
[their]
obligations
to
the
American
taxpayer,”
they’d
be
putting
whoever
told
Trump
tariffs
were
a
good
idea
in
a
Times
Square
pillory.
For
what
it’s
worth,
Harvard
was
quick
to
respond.
Here’s
what
they
told
Law360:
“This
unprecedented
action
is
yet
another
retaliatory
effort
targeting
Harvard
for
defending
its
rights
and
freedom.”“Technologies
and
patents
developed
at
Harvard
are
life-saving
and
industry-redefining…[w]e
are
fully
committed
to
complying
with
the
Bayh-Dole
Act
and
ensuring
that
the
public
is
able
to
access
and
benefit
from
the
many
innovations
that
arise
out
of
federally
funded
research
at
Harvard.”
Very
collegiate
way
of
saying,
“We’ll
deal
with
your
bullshit
paperwork,
go
kick
rocks.”
I’d
expect
nothing
less
from
Harvard.
Trump
Admin
Threatens
To
Take
Harvard’s
Patents
[Law360]
Earlier:
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Law
Graduate
Is
Helping
Trump
Attack
Her
Alma
Mater
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.