Re: [issues] Patents (was: RMS boycott of Amazon)

[Robert Kiesling]

Nicole Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> There are federal grants to cover the cost of patents, and they aren't
> *that* expensive. He's looked into the patent idea and consulted with a
> couple of people in the college of business. 
> 
> It's an original idea, not an "open" repetition of something that he
> learned in class. 

Could a person receive a federal grant if they were also in a 
publicly funded university, free or not?  

Also, if the student is in the employ of the university, can the
university claim it has a right to the work, as many companies do for
the original work of their employees?

I think the whole subject of the debate is paternalistic and
big-brotherish, personally,

My 0.02 ecu's

Robert 



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