Spending time and money worrying about patents leaves you less time and money
for doing science.
This is the first time I have heard anyone in the group saying that they were doing
the work to get glory.
Cathal seems to be worried that someone will get a patent that prevents him from
working with some organism, molecule, or method. I think he can work with patented
organisms, molecules, and methods without worry.
John seems to be worried that someone with money can steal his glory if he publishes
first and does not patent. I get enough ego satisfaction from publishing that I don't
worry a lot about people who copy my work, even when they make money doing so. You
can see a lot of my designs being sold in scientific toy catalogs and museum gift shops.
I don't worry a lot about that -- it doesn't seem to affect my sales, and certainly doesn't
affect my ego, which is pretty saturated at the high end already. :-)
What I am concerned about is that members of the group will self-censor, and not work
on things because they think someone else will sue them for infringing a patent. If I
steal a circuit for intermittent windshield wipers from a patent and install it in my car,
and then crow about it in Make magazine, I don't think GM and Ford are going to sue me.
Or win much if they do.
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Get a free science project every week! "http://scitoys.com/newsletter.html"On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:44 PM, John Griessen <john@industromatic.com> wrote:
Sure, it needs some actual money flow to do, but why just give up on independent bio work?
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