Timeline for Why retract a paper for intellectual property protection?
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| Nov 8, 2012 at 22:53 | history | bounty ended | F'x | ||
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| Nov 7, 2012 at 12:05 | comment | added | Nicholas | I'd also add that the comment from the journal: "[w]e admit that the request for retraction is due to the indiscretion of the authors, and confirmed that editorial committee of KJPP have not conducted any fault in publishing the paper" suggests that the authors themselves authorised the release of the information, possibly before patent protection could be sought for it. The journal is making it clear that the journal was authorised - by the authors - to publish the information and that any consequent loss of rights regarding patent protection is therefore the fault of the authors. | |
| Nov 1, 2012 at 9:47 | comment | added | F'x | Thanks for this very nicely made point. I hadn't considered that! | |
| Nov 1, 2012 at 9:29 | history | answered | Nicholas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |