Lucrative inventions pit scientists against universities

Science, that lofty realm of the mind, where thoughts of fortune and financial gain never intrude.

Or do they?

"Oh, you bet it does," says Renee Kaswan of IP Advocate, an Atlanta-based researchers’ patent-rights organization. "And it’s urgent that someone take the side of researchers in educating them about their rights to their inventions," Kaswan says.

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

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