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When has a university ever sued someone? Patents generally end up being bought by companies using them... Unless shenanigans are at play.
by andy_ppp 13y ago
When has a university ever sued someone? Patents generally end up being bought by companies using them... Unless shenanigans are at play.
- maxerickson 13y agohttp://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/university_of_wisconsin_settle.html http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/univers... (My impression is that UW is fairly extreme in this regard)
- eatfish 13y agoHere's the first result from Google: http://www.cmu.edu/patent-lawsuit/ http://www.cmu.edu/patent-lawsuit/ CMU vs Marvell. Here's an article from Stanford law school: 'Are universities the new patent trolls?' http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=980776 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=980776 Universities often (and unfairly IMHO) claim rights on graduate research precisely to monetize and act as patent gatekeepers.