Education of the Mind: TIL that physicist John Madey invented a special type of laser and retained patent control. When Duke tried to force Madey to leave, he sued for patent infringement and won, reversing 170 years of tradition that allowed universities to freely use patented technologies for limited research use.

Friday, July 14, 2017

TIL that physicist John Madey invented a special type of laser and retained patent control. When Duke tried to force Madey to leave, he sued for patent infringement and won, reversing 170 years of tradition that allowed universities to freely use patented technologies for limited research use.

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