Japanese Sweep Nobel Prize for Physics

[dimwit]

It is funny that no one in the media wants to talk about this story.

Under Japan’s Patent Law, patent rights to corporate in-house inventions belong to the employees who come up with the inventions.

However, the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided in the Cabinet meeting on June 7 to consider a policy change that would award the rights to companies rather than individual inventors.

We believe patent ownership should remain with employees. A change in the system could stunt technological renovation in Japan and lead to a brain drain.

[IparryU]

It is funny that no one in the media wants to talk about this story.

Under Japan’s Patent Law, patent rights to corporate in-house inventions belong to the employees who come up with the inventions.

However, the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided in the Cabinet meeting on June 7 to consider a policy change that would award the rights to companies rather than individual inventors.

We believe patent ownership should remain with employees. A change in the system could stunt technological renovation in Japan and lead to a brain drain.

Dude, brain drain already in play. But if they do change this, they will be in the same boat as China (not to mention the UK and France...)

[matsuki]

LOL, Japanese corporate assery leads to nobel prize worthy effort to one-up it....

[Mike Oxlong]

France has won!



There's something you don't hear everyday.

[dimwit]

It is funny that no one in the media wants to talk about this story.

Under Japan’s Patent Law, patent rights to corporate in-house inventions belong to the employees who come up with the inventions.

However, the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided in the Cabinet meeting on June 7 to consider a policy change that would award the rights to companies rather than individual inventors.

We believe patent ownership should remain with employees. A change in the system could stunt technological renovation in Japan and lead to a brain drain.

For the LDP sock puppet version of the story:

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001653880

It is interesting to me how they refuse to mention Nakamura by name. I feel that most companies get the patent lawsuits they deserve by their outright shabby treatment of their employees.

[IparryU]

By making patents the property of companies, however, every member of a research team will be more likely to receive equal benefits, which will motivate all the parties concerned.

This is not how motivation and innovation comes about... this is how you get an office full of dopes sleeping at their desk and doing fuck all.

Motivation and innovation comes when you got a person or a group that wants to do something before anyone else does and claim their prize (whatever that may be for them). If they do all the work and get fuck in return, they aint gonna go for the gold.

Ass backwards logic.

[Takechanpoo]

21st century Nobel rankings has Japan third, just behind U.K. but way back from U.S.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/0 ... ccmgJOlf5d

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manchuria-born Eiichi Negishi is somehow classfied as "chinese"

[kurogane]

By making patents the property of companies, however, every member of a research team will be more likely to receive equal benefits, which will motivate all the parties concerned.

This is not how motivation and innovation comes about... this is how you get an office full of dopes sleeping at their desk and doing fuck all.

Motivation and innovation comes when you got a person or a group that wants to do something before anyone else does and claim their prize (whatever that may be for them). If they do all the work and get fuck in return, they aint gonna go for the gold.

Ass backwards logic.

To reward the employee for his achievements risks disregarding the foresight and wise guidance of those who hired his sorry individual ass in the first place. I don't think enough Olde Japan Hands have even begun to grasp how deeply and sincerely the whole ReNew Japan cabinet and lobby truly, deeply and genuinely believe that the route to new prosperity is to repave the route to the Olde Prosperity and renew the nation's dedication to the Kokutai and the Kaisha. Far too many people talk about pork barelling and corruption as though it were cynical manipulation without even pausing to think of how many of the current ruling elite worship both PM Tanaka and Kanemaru. This isn't cynical BS; they mean it. It's what makes the whole Olympics thing so mesmerising. It's like watching a homophobic Victorian trying to stage a postmodern ecstasy rave: "Are Gays allowed you ask? Why, yes, indubitably. We want as many gay chaps as is possible. We're all here for a gay time, after all."

I fully agree with what IPU wrote, though.

I don't think it will work either, politically or economically, but this