How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup

Re:How to spin your scientific research out of a university ... by amcoastal on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:16AM (#24929671)

This is a bewildering POV. If the research is published its public domain. If they then want to use that research to start a company why not? You could too if you read their dissertation and understood it well enough.

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Re:How to spin your scientific research out of a university ... by throwawaygh on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:55AM (#24929970)

This is false.

1. Universities can and regularly do file patents, including public unis and including research funded with federal grants. See the Bayh-Dole Act.

2. Researchers can and often do choose not to publish research or research output (eg code) that might be commercially valuable.

3. Even the papers, including open access ones that can download and read for free, are almost never public domain.

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Re:How to spin your scientific research out of a university ... by watwut on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:40AM (#24929852)

Interestingly, the comment you are responding to imply none of what you said.

It simply states some facts and corrects parents misconceptions about how research is funded.

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Re:How to spin your scientific research out of a university ... by IdoRA on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:56AM (#24929981)

Publication does not equate to public domain: the manuscript itself is likely subject to some sort of copyright, and the underlying research may be the subject matter of one or more patents (pending or otherwise).

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