Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Freeing the Good Stuff From University Labs

Posted by kdawson on from the window-into-research dept.

netbuzz writes "University research labs are not supposed to be like Vegas: What happens in them is not supposed to stay there. A nonprofit from the Kauffman Innovation Network launching yesterday at DEMO 07 aims to free the fruits of academic research that would otherwise sit trapped on university shelves. Bonus: the site translates academic-speak into English.

1 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. Bayh-Dole Act is the first door/barrier by Fysiks+Wurks · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Bayh-Dole Act ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh-Dole_Act ) confers univeristies the IP rights to their discoveries.

    --
    P226