Incentivize researchers to avoid ownership disputes

摘要

If you don't want researchers to improperly claim promising IP was developed on consulting time, provide them with the incentives to focus their best efforts on their university work, suggests one entrepreneur. That will mean allowing researchers to do what they prefer to do, says JiNan Glasgow George, a former USPTO patent examiner and engineer turned entrepreneur in Durham, NC. Many researchers want to be able to focus on their research and still be rewarded financially for their efforts, she says. That can be the appeal of consultancies.