RE: Ca^y thuo^'c, patent, ethical issues

[Hai-Tri Le <haitril@microsoft.com>]

> >	Chuye^.n na`y dda~ xa?y ra nhie^`u ro^`i. To^i tha^'y 
> >y' kie^'n cu?a chi. DQ quan tro.ng. Muo^'n la`m gi` thi` 
> >la`m, ma^'y ba'c be^n VN ca^`n pha?i very careful vo+'i ma^'y 
> >anh cowboy na`y mo+'i ddu+o+.c. Coi chu+`ng ma^'y a?nh mang 
> >tie^`n va`o ro^`i hijack ca'i project la` ca'c ba'c ddo' 
> >cha(?ng co' credit gi` ra'o tro.i. Coi chu+`ng.
> >
> >	Vie^.n cu?a to^i dda~ mo^.t la^`n ra toa` vo+'i mo^.t 
> >co^ng ty du+o+.c kho^?ng lo^` cu?a My~ cu~ng vi` vu. na`y. 
> >Ho. va`o va` tung tie^`n cho mi`nh la`m, xong ho. mang ddi 
> >dda(ng ky' patent ho^`i na`o cha(?ng ai hay, khi hay ra thi` 
> >dda~ muo^.n. Chuye^.n phu+'c ta.p la('m va` chu+a nga~ ngu? 
> >gi` ca?.
> 
> ***** Hi` hi`, ma^'y ba'c be^n U'c ca'nh ddo^`ng nhie^`u the^' ma` cow
> 
> boy U'c dda^'u su'ng cha^.m ho*n cow boy My~ a` ?(Joke) 
>  Tuy nhie^n ba'c ma('ng co^ng ty My~ kho^ng bie^'t co' ddu'ng kho^ng ?
> 
> Ca'c co^ng ty du*o*.c o*? My~ ha^`u he^'t cu?a Suiseland, UK, Germany 
> ... dda^'y ba'c o*i! Co^ng ty dda^`u na~o cu?a ho. o*? chi'nh quo^'c 
> co`n o*? My~ chi? la` nhu*~ng co^ng ty con(nhu*ng to ho*n cg^ ty me.) 
> ma` tho^i . Ba'c ma('ng Cow Boy My~ to^.i nghie^.p!!!!  
> 
	Theo to^i tha^'y thi` chuye^.n ho. u+'ng tie^`n cho mi`nh la`m
ro^`i ddem ke^'t qua? ddi patent kho^ng co' gi` la` la. va` vi pha.m
lua^.t. Ho. u+'ng tru+o+'c tie^`n cho mi`nh la`m la` dde^? sinh lo+.i
cho ho. chu+' cha? le~ ho. cho kho^ng ? Khi to^i ky' contract ddi la`m
cho so+? co' mo^.t ddie^`u khoa?n ra^'t ro~ ra`ng la` ta^'t ca? nhu+~ng
gi` mi`nh la`m ra trong tho+`i gian co`n li~nh lu+o+ng cu?a so+? la`
so+? hu+~u cu?a co^ng ty, kho^ng pha?i cu?a mi`nh. Ngay ca? ca'c
research grant cu~ng va^.y, thu+o+`ng la` trong contract co' ddie^`u
kie^.n la` co^ng ty cho research grant has first right of refusal cho
ca'c u+'ng du.ng ti`m ra ddu+o+.c khi la`m research.

>  Ca'i quan tro.ng la` Contract ta ky' vo*'i ho. va` release ownership 
> cho ha~ng thuo^'c dde^? ho. develop tha`nh thuo^'c ba'n . Tuy` theo 
> ddie^`u kie^.n dda~ thoa? thua^.n va` ky'.
>  THeo to^i hie^?u khi ba'c nha^.n grant cu?a ho. ne^'u co' gi` pha'y 
> minh mo*'i thi` NIH (no*i cho grant) cu~ng co' ownership trong patent 
> nghie^n cu*'u ddo' va^.y . Ba'c nghi~ sao ?
> 
	DDie^?m na`y ra^'t ddu'ng. Ta^'t ca? tu`y thuo^.c va`o contract
tho^i. Tuy nhie^n ngo^n ngu+~ lua^.t pha'p no' ra('c ro^'i la('m, to^i
kho^ng da'm ba`n. Me~o no' no'i nhu+~ng te^n lua^.t su+ la` nhu+~ng
ngu+o+`i co' 9 ca'i lu+o+~i, tu`y tru+o+`ng ho+.p ma` su+? du.ng ca'i
lu+o+~i na`o.

	Ti`nh tha^n,
	HL