I think we need to be careful about our terms and legal jurisdictions here.
When Lydia wrote "by virtue of having a patent, they hold the copyright
to that intellectual property", she may be referring to the texts of the
patent application, not the patent (idea) itself. Copyright law in
vario
Salvete!
I've oft thought it'd be nice if there were more crossover betwixt CODE4LIB
and the GOVDOCLers. You should easily be able to hit
http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html
and get your details. :)
Cheers,
Brooke
Well, a faculty member approaches the repository
The intellectual property is a patent, not a copyright. The actual patent
that was granted can be retrieved from the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The paper documentation can be copied and posted freely by anyone.
Copyright is not an issue here.
-Wilhelmina Randtke
On Oct 30, 2013 2:45 PM, "Lydi
Sure, apologies for out-of-the-blue questions.
Well, a faculty member approaches the repository with their CV and asks us
to investigate all their publications to see how much of their work we can
deposit. They list their patents as part of their scholarly output on their
CV. My understanding is t
Can you provide context? I am trying to understand why you would put a
patent in an IR.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Lydia Zvyagintseva wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Forgive me if this question has been asked before on this listserv, but I'm
> trying to gather some info for proceeding with pate
Hi everyone,
Forgive me if this question has been asked before on this listserv, but I'm
trying to gather some info for proceeding with patents down the road.
Do you have patents in your IR? What priority do they take in your
repository process? What's your workflow when dealing with them? Any
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