Phil Da Lick! wrote:
Homer wrote:
Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
Universities Patenting More Student Ideas
[...]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/03/2327255
So let me get this straight, the /inventor/ does not "own" his own idea?
Not when he's technically employed by a university and inventing on
/their/ time.
And people wonder why I'm so opposed to patents.
Nope. Still not seeing the logic there.
This proves conclusively that "patents" have zero to do with invention,
it is purely a case of who walks through the patent office door, with a
big wad of cash, first.
for historical example, Alexander Graham Bell vs. Elisha Gray for the
patent on the telephone. Gray invented the telephone, Bell beat him to
the patent office by a mere twelve minutes. Ergo, Bell gets the credit.
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