Invent something at a university? The size of any future fortune will depend on which one

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Invent something at a university? The size of any future fortune will depend on which one
Claire Brownell, Financial Post, 2016/08/08
Who should own the intellectual property arising out of a student's work on a thesis, or a professor's work in academia? How about government researchers? With respect to the former, the Financial Post reflexively says "institutions should get out of the way as much as possible." But it's far from clear institutions are actually in the way - they may well have created the conditions that made the invention possible in the first place. More...