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Are designs explained in academic publications considered to be in public domain if there isn't yet a patent application about it?
In academic journals, sometimes the new approach they describe seems so promising that companies may want to use those designs or designs made/inspired from the principles mentioned in the publication....
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A lawyer with an E&E Engineering Degree with no Background in Intellectual Property
I am a lawyer with an E&E Engineering Degree and want to do Intellectual Property work online (Upwork & Fiverr) however I have no experience in the field. I want to learn as much as possible ...
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Can a professor patent and license a technology if the development used software with non-commerical license?
Suppose a professor or student at a university uses software like Rosetta (a protein folding software) for their research. Rosetta has free academic licenses as well as paid commercial licenses ...
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What copyright terminology do I need to include in my thesis (for a new encryption algorithm)?
I'm about to publish a thesis on a new encryption algorithm I devised, and was told by my Committee Chair that I would need to include:
A copyright page - to safeguard my work from being patented by ...