@O_Borkowski @ATinyGreenCell Patents restrict nearly all uses, for everyone. Though, the patent holders won't necessarily go after academic researchers. https://t.co/XUJkSzziiP
@RBonnavion @ATinyGreenCell @jeremysayz Legally, yes: absolutely any unlicensed use is formally forbidden in the US; in some countries like Germany you can "experiment on the invention" but not use it for smth. Though, it rarely comes to the court level fo
@breakliquid @ATinyGreenCell imho a letter to the "Dean" should work nicely (= "do something else or we'll easily replace you"). This looks like a nice arrangement: almost 0 real court cases to show when any academic suggests a need to have a legal excepti
@breakliquid @ATinyGreenCell Usually they don't go after academics if these just do smth in their lab w/o much distribution (a good discussion: https://t.co/onEfSASKCk). However, it seems very easy to enforce for free if needed: a "cease and desist letter"