Re: Professors stealing graduate student research work?

BMJ wrote:
> Russell.Martin@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>>How in the hell in the school own what they did not create or fund? This
> >>>guy was my advisor on paper only.
> >>
> >>If you used any of his resources (even borrowing a textbook), he may
> >>have a claim as it can be argued that if he hadn't provided them, you
> >>wouldn't have made your findings.
> >
> >
> > IANAL, but IMO hopefully a court would find that argument laughably
> > flimsy, but one never knows. Now if it was a professor's personal
> > notes on the subject...
>
> I've heard of a situation where a university tried to sue someone over
> such a matter because that individual used a book that was in the
> university's library. The claim was that if that book hadn't been in
> its stacks, then....you know the rest.

Ah, but did they win, or did they lose with a summary judgement against
them, or...

>
> <snip>
>
> >>Unfortunately, the university can make that claim because you're using
> >>its facilities and services as a student. You pay your tuition to have
> >>access to them.
> >
> >
> > IANAL, but I would hope that weakens a university's claim. If I was
> > an inventor renting workshop space, would the owner of the building
> > have a claim to the patents rights? Absent specific terms to that
> > effect in the lease, I think not. Of course, as below, the fine print
> > rules...
>
> Litigations have been initiated and won on such petty issues. I know
> it's ridiculous, but since when has the law had anything to do with
> logic and justice?

I've been reading a book by a lawyer about catastrophic disasters
and he is refreshing candid in admitting that the philosophical
basis and mental processes of science and law are quite different.

snip

Cheers,
Russell

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