[MURG] Uploading IP (intellectual property)

[Yan King Yin]

From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
>
>> I overlooked your point: Yes you're right that we have
>> nothing to patent in the beginning. But I think there'll
>> be some way to bootstrap it.
>
>It's basic research, and academia has always been based on openness. In fact,
>I wish neuroscience was more into open access, we sure could use a paper
>depository.

That's a misconception, universities are actively pursuing
IP nowadays. The trend is already very significant.

Secondly, filing patents do not make scientific results
secret. It's the reverse. The original idea of patenting
was precisely to foster disclosure of new ideas while at
the same time protecting the interests of inventors.

>If there's a way to bootstrap it, it could involve network amongst
>neuroscience and numerics people to organize them in one place. Which is why
>I made a MURG nexus on Orkut -- feel free to mine the communities (look into
>my communities list for a few relevant ones), and talk to resident Orks.
>
>Unfortunately I no longer have spare time to burn for this. Somebody else
>must do it, we can draft a letter together, though, before spamming the
>unsuspecting public. It better be low on snake oil content, orelse we achieve
>the exact opposite.

The process of establishing IP for uploading need not
draw a lot of mass media attention at all. It can begin
in a very low-profile way. The people who need to be
informed are research institutes, venture capitalists,
and general investors interested in tech stuff. These
are people who can readily understand technology.

A lot of people in the 'general public' don't understand
genomes and the fact that genes are being patented these
days. The government, eg patent office etc, have experts
to regulate these things.

YKY


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