There's a long, sad story about a scientist who developed strawberries at the University of California, Davis. When he retired from UCD, he took some of the various plant stocks he had developed and transferred them to his private commercial farm. UCD is pissed and says that's illegal since it's our property. He says fuck you since he put all those years into developing these strawberries so they're his. The standoff continues with much tossing of cabbages from one side to the other. (Phys.org: Strawberry scientist is sued over the fruits of his research)
Note: Davis is one of my ex-hometowns and it always deserves a hat tip when it makes the news.
Right off the top we have a sticking point since they call this his research and that's important when UCD paid for it although likely along with various research grants.
The strawberry gets juicier since UCD has been making money selling the strawberries the professor developed so they show a clear loss of anticipated income on their investment. You bet that's how a lawyer will play it.
The intellectual property does belong to the professor so long as we consider it solely on intellectual terms but he didn't pay for anything else although that may get sticky as well since there's some possibility he did.
On the surface, who gives a rip what they do with their strawberries in California so long as they're nice when they arrive in the produce section of the market.
But ...
That's exactly the type of research the professor was doing since he wanted to ensure high taste with sufficient durability to make it to the market and he may well have done that with this strain or strains of strawberries he has developed.
His business appears to be doing well so segue to the courtroom drama.
I was still trippin' the last time I went into a courtroom or at least one of the times so I'm really not inclined to go back into another one. The trippin' time didn't go so terribly since I did more or less maintain but it was unusual to see justice meted by Jabba the Hutt.
The article is there for your view if you want to get F. Lee Bailey with this since it sounds like there will be dog fight, fruit fight, or some kind of fight.
Like I say ... five-point toss-up.
Note: Davis is one of my ex-hometowns and it always deserves a hat tip when it makes the news.
Right off the top we have a sticking point since they call this his research and that's important when UCD paid for it although likely along with various research grants.
The strawberry gets juicier since UCD has been making money selling the strawberries the professor developed so they show a clear loss of anticipated income on their investment. You bet that's how a lawyer will play it.
The intellectual property does belong to the professor so long as we consider it solely on intellectual terms but he didn't pay for anything else although that may get sticky as well since there's some possibility he did.
On the surface, who gives a rip what they do with their strawberries in California so long as they're nice when they arrive in the produce section of the market.
But ...
That's exactly the type of research the professor was doing since he wanted to ensure high taste with sufficient durability to make it to the market and he may well have done that with this strain or strains of strawberries he has developed.
His business appears to be doing well so segue to the courtroom drama.
I was still trippin' the last time I went into a courtroom or at least one of the times so I'm really not inclined to go back into another one. The trippin' time didn't go so terribly since I did more or less maintain but it was unusual to see justice meted by Jabba the Hutt.
The article is there for your view if you want to get F. Lee Bailey with this since it sounds like there will be dog fight, fruit fight, or some kind of fight.
Like I say ... five-point toss-up.
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