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Professor quietly takes student’s work and files it as a patent in China
- Traster 7y agoThis is absolutely hilarious, a really funny little grift. Having said that, the resolution to this is obvious - the professor is going to get quietly asked to leave the university, the patent could never be used since there's very clear prior art - not that it ever would, since it's only valid in China, the student doesn't seem like they're actually pursuing the idea, and if it were ever applied I suspect it'd only be a pretext which would screw you in China anyway. Obviously the idea of pursuing the professor for stealing the work seems likely to be a dead end. Of course getting a guilt payment out of the university may be one avenue, although UK universities are pretty tight and perfectly willing to throw their staff under the bus. I've got to say, I can't imagine this is the only time this has happened. Maybe we're about to find a whole slew of these incidents.
- crb002 7y agoBad idea. In his interest to keep the professor's marketability high so he can pimp the patent.
- ry_ry 7y agoTo what degree are patents like this respected and/or enforced in China?
- crb002 7y agoI'd talk to a solicitor in Hong Kong. Offer them 20% contingency on any royalties they can get you.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoMaybe he was paid to transfer the work to China, in an espionage kind of way.