Publications

Who Controls Intellectual Property?

Davenport G

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2003

MIT Faculty Newsletter - February, 1990 - pg. 15.

Abstract

At an institution such as MIT, where learning and research are inextricably intertwined and where professional recognition is requisite to academic survival, developing a framework for issues concerning intellectual property is a Rubicon awaiting most members of the junior faculty. Designation of authorship is probably the most common port of embarkation. A publication, proposal, presentation, or patent application may launch your raft. Incentives, prior art, control over distribution means, and sponsor interests are pockets of white water, likely to be traversed between shore and shore...

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