You mean like the Virgina based patent firm NTP Inc. who went after RIM, one of the biggest supporters of Waterloo University and in turn one of the biggest supporters of FIRST in Canada?
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
not the ones who challenge patents :^)
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On a more serious note, I am glad that most of the lawyer comments have been tinged by a note of humour. After all. without lawyers what would stop another individual without FIRST like principles to come and steal your idea, unless of course you offered to share it. But upon a bit of searching on wikipedia (its not the devil!) "The school is internationally recognized as a prestigious Intellectual Property training center. For that reason it attracts students from around the world. The school founder is Robert H. Rines a respected lawyer, inventor (holds more than 60 patents), researcher, composer and M.I.T. professor."
On another note, anyone notice the flag of Taiwan hanging prominently in the background? I am surprised by that fact but if anywhere that it would be displayed in, it would be a U.S. education. Particularly since they have partnership with Tsinghua University in Beijing.
So it may not be that strange why they bestowed this honour upon Dean after all?