The U.S. government is considering a plan to take some of the profits from the money generated by patents developed at major universities that use federal funding, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
He made the revelation in an intervoew with The Axios Show on Wednesday.
The Trump administration has already been increasing control over, and profit from, the private sector, such as taking a stake in Intel and a cut of Nvidia’s sales in China.
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