[asa] Sociology of Science: Rivalry

Interesting article in The Scientist illustrating that the norms of science
are not truly cooperative: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55240/
I love the allegation of plagiarism against the author who is alleging that
his work was subsequently plagiarized! A hint that Lawrence is perhaps a
bit unhinged: there is no "intellectual property" in "results and
conclusions" per se -- either there is copyright protections for a
particular *expression* of results and conclusions, or patent protection for
a new, useful and non-obvious product, process or method derived from the
results and conclusions if a patent application is filed.

David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University Law School
Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology

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Received on Tue Nov 25 13:32:32 2008