Dear all,

Greetings from Australia! This is my first incursion into the list but we
in Australia have found it absolutely
 fascinating to find that the problems you encounter are very similar to
ours.  Boy do I have a live one for
you!   Would appreciate any answers or any advice that you guys can offer.
An answer to me directly or
to the list would be greatly appreciated.

"We are having difficulty (along with most of the  rest of the world, I
suspect) in assessing contributions to the development of intellectual
property - I hope that someone out there has solved this problem, or at
least can suggest some different ways of approaching it. If one of our
researchers is undertaking research with individuals from  another
organisation (company, institution etc.), and, say, an invention is made,
how should the ownership of the invention be distributed? According to the
contract, of course, but what should the contract say. If only the time and
dollars invested by the organisations involved are taken into account, some
quite unjust outcomes result, particularly with young or new researchers.
On the other hand, how is it possible to assess what intellectual input has
gone into an invention? Any ideas and/or discussion of this point would be
welcome."

Any suggestions?

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