> On 13 Jan 2015, at 22:15, Angus Whyte <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Emily sees no reason why signing data over would not be legal, but that "if challenged the university could fall foul of having provided an unfair contract". That is, if a student felt coerced into signing over rights and (less likely, hence the 'slim risk') they could afford to contest it in the courts, they would have a good chance of success. I think that is also Charles Oppenhein's view of the legal position.
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it would be a brave student who tries it. The iniquitous patronage system of grants and jobs would turn against them. As you say later, the subject presumably only ever arises in the situation where someone scents a commercialisation opportunity from some research, and it would get very involved to separate out the student’s IPR from that of other students or their supervisors.
its a fascinating topic, though.
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