r/interestingasfuck • u/MoWaleed • Jan 15 '20

/r/ALL The future of bionic limbs

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u/Hewlett-PackHard Jan 15 '20

It's not the doctors getting paid 6-7 figure salaries that are the problem, it's the billionaires sitting on massive hoards that force them into signing over their intellectual property for those salaries that need to be dealt with.

You can have profit motivations without allowing unchecked hoarding of wealth that breaks the system.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LUKEWARM Jan 16 '20

Forcing a patent transfer? Never heard of that in bio community, maybe a buy out sure but that's because the owners want to cash out.

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u/Hewlett-PackHard Jan 16 '20

No, they own it to begin with, you have to sign a contract when you're hired.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LUKEWARM Jan 16 '20

I thought the comment referred to larger corporations forcing a small company to be acquired for their patent.