Event Summary Bayh-Dole’s “march-in” provision — which allows the government to mandate the relicensing of federally-funded innovations in limited circumstances — is often subject to misinterpretation. For nearly 20 years, critics have claimed that Bayh-Dole’s march-in right can be used as a price-setting mechanism — rather than a tool meant to ensure that private companies make good faith efforts to commercialize federally-funded inventions.
