When Universities Sell Patents to Trolls, Publicly Funded Research Is Compromised – Neritam
lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-09-08
Summary:
"While open access advocates have successfully guided their universities into more sharing-friendly policies, those same institutions have been reluctant to revisit their patenting practices. But when patents get in the way of a university’s research benefiting the public, that affects everyone in the university community—not just one office."