Big deal: Aarhus University foregoes patents · Articles · Global University Venturing
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Summary:
"Aarhus University announced today it has launched its Open Science platform, which will publish fundamental research conducted in partnership with corporations without any patents attached to it.
Supported by a DKr2.5m ($390,000) investment from business-focused philanthropic organisation Danish Industry Foundation, the project aims to tackle obstacles that currently make it difficult and expensive for companies to access basic academic research that could be of high value to them.
The university is set to launch individual platforms for specific fields of research – the first Open Science directory, Spoman, will focus on smart polymer materials and nano-composites. Spoman features twenty companies, such as toymaker Lego, and researchers at Aarhus’ chemistry, physics and engineering departments as well as faculty from other Danish universities."