RIT Cuts Red Tape with R&D Program

By Rachel Ward

Rochester, NY – Here's a philosophical question. Who owns an idea?

That's the conundrum for universities that do research for companies. Does the professor who made the breakthrough own it? What about the company that paid for it? Or the university who pays the professor's salary? And what about the grad students, slaving away as assistants?

WXXI's Rachel Ward takes a stab at answering that question - starting with a very common problem.

You can read a transcript of this story here.