Into The Light – Australian Patent Documents Come Out Of The Dark
With the proliferation of patents and licences with overlapping and competing rights, the ability to interpret and filter patent documents has never been more important. Recently, Australian start-up CAMBIA has improved access to patent texts by creating "Patent Lens" an open source, freely accessible IP database that contains a large collection ...
Sharing the fruits of science
Patents and licenses have served the scientific community for generations, but an emerging movement called "open science" says we need to broaden our thinking about intellectual property for the good of humanity - and the good of science.
I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton, borrowing a ...
Are university researchers at risk for patent infringement?
Could university professors performing basic research be successfully sued for infringing patents?
"Just because a researcher has not been sued does not mean he or she will not be in the near future. And if a researcher has a stake in a commercial startup company that is spun out of university research, she or he may be in for a rude surprise...