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>You really don't want non-profits filing patents. Really. >This is pretty much the most horrible thing i can think of. >It's infinitely easier to keep them f
by xiphmont 9y ago
>You really don't want non-profits filing patents. Really.
>This is pretty much the most horrible thing i can think of.
>It's infinitely easier to keep them from going bad (Example:
>MPEG-LA) if you can make their corporate bylaws, etc,
>prevent them from filing patents.
? Non-profits are corporations. They have by-laws. They also have several advantages over for-profits in the case of dissolution; eg, you can set up a non-profit so that the IP they hold is not simply sold to the highest bidder.
FTR, Xiph.Org is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, and we hold patents.
- DannyBee 9y agoHolding is different than filing. As I said, i'm fine with holding, just not filing. For precisely the reason you say. Non-profits can in fact, "go bad" the same as any other corporation. If they can only hold patents, and not file them, you at least cut off a source of that happening. Is it possible to work around? So is anything in the legal world. But it makes for a nice barrier.