By Tim Ferguson
Published: Thursday 05 July 2007
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Fleet, Hants
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Technical Director
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Govt policy once again backfires! In the UK the Govt has given IP rights to Universities doing research, even though it has already been paid for with our money. This means higher costs to industry, long negotiating times, and unrealistic royalty expectations. There is a risk-reward imbalance - all the exploitation risk lies with industry, the University wants up-front risk-free fees. On more example of the Law of Unintended Consequences at work.
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