Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
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Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#2Are we sure this is about "innovation" and not revenue?
http://www.nature.com/news/universities-struggle-to-make-pat...
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#3Wow. Universities trying to protect their franchise as businesses (even if they're non-profit, they pay salaries to the people making this pronouncement...), rather than advancing their core mission.
Seems a lot like the publishers of journals. Yay! (Perhaps they can die in the same fire.)
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#4I'd like to say...
I just attended a talk where one of the professors is using NSF funding to conduct research, then patent all of their work. Companies are then forced to pay the university based research group for use of their products and for further development.
Personally, I cannot decide whether or not this is for the best or not. The research group can bring in more money to produce quality work. On the other hand, the tax payers are benefiting the creation of patented items they have to pay for?
It seems really strange to me.
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#5Universities are an interesting case in patent reform. By many people's definitions they would be the patent trolls that we are trying to get rid of: They are not the inventors, and they don't make anything.
As an engineering student at one of the schools on the list I like that my school is willing to pay to file a patent with my name on it even if any revenue would mostly go back to the school.
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#6Read: It would harm the gravy train of patenting government funded research. Not good for Corporate U.
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#7Are we sure this is about "innovation" and not revenue? http://www.nature.com/news/universities-struggle-to-make-pat...
Yes, s/US innovation/university revenue/g
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#8Wow. Universities trying to protect their franchise as businesses (even if they're non-profit, they pay salaries to the people making this pronouncement...), rather than advancing their core mission. Seems a lot like the publishers of journals. Yay! (Perhaps they can die in the same fire.)
Shocked! I'm just shocked! Gambling at Rick's!
(Since universities have an overwhelming interest in making tons of money, this is a typical non-story-story "dog bites man". The only thing of interest is the contortions the players will go through to keep the cronyism humming along. The joke above references the movie Casablanca. Everybody knew that there was a lot of money changing hands but the official position had to be that there was total surprise when it was discovered. If you can't see the money changing hands here, you're not paying attention)
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#9Anyone know why Harvard and Stanford not on the list?
Re: Universities warn Congress that patent reform would harm US innovation
#10The universities are one of the biggest problems in all of this. They mostly exist to siphon funds away from the government and individuals (via subsidized loans) and spend lavish amounts on administration, all while claiming they can't come up with $34,000 a year for a professor. Let them rot. They've somehow convinced people their product is worth more than an individual's own drive in learning something, and artificially slow education.