No you can't license edge weights any more than you can license concentrations of ethanol in gasoline. Modified DNA can be patented, because it falls into one

No you can't license edge weights any more than you can license concentrations of ethanol in gasoline. Modified DNA can be patented, because it falls into one of the categories "process, machine, composition of matter, manufacture" in that it is a new composition of matter. Edge weights are not that. Edit: Actually, if the training set is IP and the method to train is IP then maybe the weights are licensable, given that it's trade-secret territory. However, ensuring that the edge-weights are not widely disseminated once shared with a licensee is not straightforward and the infeasibility of such makes it an uphill climb. Not like that stops the lawyers from clawing up the tree, tho.