By: DTrog
OT, but I feel obliged to point out that “Elliot Pasko” is named after Elliot S! Maggin and Martin Pasko because I don’t know who else is going to.
View ArticleBy: Andrew
On the topic of patent law, I think the common time travel scheme of going back in time and “inventing” things that were created in the future could be an interesting future article.
View ArticleBy: James Pollock
I can see how the theme of small, independent creators being cheated of the profits from their inventions by a large corporate entity might resonate with the comics community.
View ArticleBy: Randy Tribbing
I’m not really clear on how what Fortknight does is a “scam”. They provide research funding for promising inventors in return for an ownership interest in any resulting inventions. Isn’t this exactly...
View ArticleBy: James Daily
Fortknight promises “no-strings attached” funding, but it turns out there are a lot of strings, probably hidden in a thick contract. This is very different from a university or other employer, which...
View ArticleBy: Randy Tribbing
So, some sort of fraud in the inducement scam? Doesn’t seem very sinister. You would be surprised how many professors/employees don’t realize they agreed to assign away their IP rights when they sign...
View ArticleBy: cde
Wouldn’t this make the contract (and assignment of rights) null and void, since there would be no consideration or sufficiency? Do all the work, get no benefits? It’s different from an employment...
View ArticleBy: James Daily
The scientist gets the money with which to do the work. Fortknight gets an obligation of assignment or at least the ability to say the funding has to be used for a particular purpose. That’s adequate...
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