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Re: [News] MIT Buys Monopolies Using Other People's Work

Phil Da Lick! wrote:
The Lost Packet wrote:
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.


Employed by a university? That's a novel interpretation of the learning process.

it's part of the student contract, and it's perfectly legal. If you're researching then your research belongs to the institution (which works for most students who don't have the financial backing to file patent applications). Your name still goes on the credit roll at the end.

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