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Do the researchers who discover/invent ever get a stake in the licensing/patent or do the owners/investors of the lab own the rights to the discovery? Or in a u
by qiskit 5y ago
Do the researchers who discover/invent ever get a stake in the licensing/patent or do the owners/investors of the lab own the rights to the discovery? Or in a university setting, do the professors/researchers get to own a part of their discovery or are the discoveries owned by universities entirely?
- aaomidi 5y agoThey don't and it's a huge reason why in my opinion innovation has stopped. There's not a huge reward in doing that extra work.
- leemailll 5y agoWhat you said is plain wrong in most places.
- sigstoat 5y agothey get whatever they agreed to when they took the job. which is generally very little, in exchange for a salary not conditioned on patent income.
- robotresearcher 5y agoMany universities have inventor-owns IP policies. This can be a factor when considering job offers.