A decade into the 21st Century, tremendous global inequalities persist. The equity aspects of global development, perhaps most poignantly as regards access to health care and clean energy, ultimately affect us all.

In April 2010, Stanford Law School honored the contributions and legacy of Professor John Barton.4 Professor Barton inspired a generation of scholars and practitioners to innovate at the intersection of science and law to address such profound disparities.

The University of California at Berkeley (“UC Berkeley”), publicly-supported and with social impact part of its mission, approaches intellectual property (“IP”) management and research collaborations very much in this spirit, recognizing that both the power and the responsibility to improve the outlook for such global issues extend beyond public institutions.