[ NNSquad ] Twitter introduces the "Innovator's Patent Agreement"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Introducing the Innovator's Patent Agreement

http://j.mp/I3Ea5X  (Twitter Engineering)

   "The IPA is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps control in the
    hands of engineers and designers. It is a commitment from Twitter to
    our employees that patents can only be used for defensive purposes. We
    will not use the patents from employees' inventions in offensive
    litigation without their permission. What's more, this control flows
    with the patents, so if we sold them to others, they could only use
    them as the inventor intended."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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