David C. Kerber wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joerg >> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:50 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: good books about footprint and land patterns > > .... > >>> Another difference between Anglo American law and the rest >> of the world: >>> Under European law an author can't give away the copyright >> on his work. >>> He can grant the right to use to others. But he cannot pass the >>> copyright itself. ... >> >> That is strange. Maybe that's one reason why companies over >> there are so reluctant to use consultants. In pretty much all >> my consulting agreements, whenever I design something >> patentable and that was done on >> (paid) client time it's theirs to patent. Says so in my >> standard agreement. I recently had a lengthy negotiation with >> a foreign client and basically said "Look, my agreement even >> gives you more rights in that area than your version". They >> signed it :-) > > There are major differences between patents and copywrites... >
Sure, but in practice a patent gives them the rights no matter what. Unless someone shoots it down because of prior art. In the end what matters is who has the right to make money off of it. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
