Re: [DIYbio] Streaming platform for science

Ahh. Universities and some companies, etc maybe more non-profits ( if that really exists, in reality )... Get patents to show off, not get paid.

 I think the explanation is 'papers' invariably spills the guts on ideas enough, if the patent isn't in the pipeline, its up for grabs entirely.

That is: Only people not in the inventor's hot seat think you get this thing granted / prosecuted successfully and there is some bag of gold on the table; --for the LIKES of YOU !

It takes surreal amounts of money to protect a patent if you have no initial paying customers. It takes years, and frequently the process of deciding is by people that don't know anything: ZERO. So it's a standard: "Your job as a lawyer is to lie, lie and if that doesn work, combine lies and begging, and evil stories". 

So, hmmm. Certainly many professionals intentionally hide the best part, quit, wait awhile and then try to make a company and not get in trouble. It certainly works enough of time to consider...

But, its not either easy, or reliable.

PROBABLY the very best way to monetize a patent is a fist cheap cheap secret $$ value license, followed by infinite aggression and/or deal making. "Abandonment, Priority, Interference" there are lots of ways a patent can be annulled or superseded even without considering whether it works, too.

If intellectual property generally interferes with life science expositions, its usually more greed and middle manager fantasy then planning. Easier to hide the best part intentionally undone, move, wait and pretend it is an independant development.

Note Stanford and MIT are constantly 'in trouble' with court actions that go on and on. Its no easy way to proceed.

But I mean, how else do you get $300K a year for each jar of pills to reverse a disability ( like Cystic Fibrosis ) that you did on a government's tab without considerable sneaky business ?

Telling the truth will get you nowhere fast. For instance, no legal people will want to deal with you whatsoever with an attitude like that.