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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
Let's have a source for that assertion.
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Originally Posted by David Noll
Your word choice was right, FIRST is a business. They claim rights to anything invented or designed during or in relation to the program and they are not-for -profit not non-profit.
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In any case, even if they did do such a thing, they wouldn't have a prayer in litigation. |
Actually, he is not that far off. FIRST does lay claim to most (not all) things created in association with the competition. Notice that I said "competition," not "robots." The distinction is important. FIRST is taking an ever-stronger stance regarding the protection of what they consider to be their intellectual property associated with the development and implementation of the competitions. And I would not be too hasty about minimizing their chances to have their position stand up in court. Although I would never hope that it actually gets to the point of a full lawsuit to have it proven, there is an awful lot of case history and contract law that would make any litigation anything but a slam dunk (for either side).
-dave
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