Thanks, John,
Folks, How does the patent-and-place-in-trust method compare with placing the concept in the public domain, so no-one can patent it, by publishing it publicly without any patenting attempts?
From: John Griessen <john@industromatic.com>
To: diybio@googlegroups.com
Cc: Brian Cady <briancady413@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [DIYbio] Seeking Open Source Licence for new biotech method
On 09/16/2013 01:42 PM, Brian Cady wrote:
> I'm patenting a genetic engineering method so that I can make it freely available through an open source licence. Does anyone know
> of good open source licences for intellectual property, so that this concept, and any others that use it, will remain in the
> commons, available to all?
No. The way to lock it open is to hire a good, yet oddball patent attorney to help you decide
how to make claims, patent them, then assign the rights to a trust-fund-like foundation to manage
in perpetuity for benefit of ______, and you fill in "__for_everyone___", and hand it over to them
forever. IP is still old fashioned -- like battling dinosaurs. Leaving something for everyone
to benefit from is so foreign, some attorneys have difficulty with the language and misunderstand it
until spelled out.
Folks, How does the patent-and-place-in-trust method compare with placing the concept in the public domain, so no-one can patent it, by publishing it publicly without any patenting attempts?
Brian
From: John Griessen <john@industromatic.com>
To: diybio@googlegroups.com
Cc: Brian Cady <briancady413@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [DIYbio] Seeking Open Source Licence for new biotech method
On 09/16/2013 01:42 PM, Brian Cady wrote:
> I'm patenting a genetic engineering method so that I can make it freely available through an open source licence. Does anyone know
> of good open source licences for intellectual property, so that this concept, and any others that use it, will remain in the
> commons, available to all?
No. The way to lock it open is to hire a good, yet oddball patent attorney to help you decide
how to make claims, patent them, then assign the rights to a trust-fund-like foundation to manage
in perpetuity for benefit of ______, and you fill in "__for_everyone___", and hand it over to them
forever. IP is still old fashioned -- like battling dinosaurs. Leaving something for everyone
to benefit from is so foreign, some attorneys have difficulty with the language and misunderstand it
until spelled out.
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