11.10.2017
The 1st Open Science platform launched by Aarhus University, Denmark
« (…) The aim of the Open Science platform is to have university researchers and companies collaborate to create basic new knowledge that is available to everyone – and which no one may patent. However, everyone is subsequently free to use the knowledge to develop and patent their own products. The interest for such an idea of collaborating in a patent-free zone is enormous among companies that otherwise use substantial resources on protecting their intellectual property rights.
The first platform focuses on smart materials and initially covers twenty companies, including Danish industrial flagships such as ECCO, LEGO, VELUX, Vestas, Grundfos, SP Group and Terma – as well as researchers at the chemistry, physics and engineering departments at AU and other Danish universities. (…) »
source > starbios2.eu, octobre 2017
