John Mitzel, Grand Forks, column: UND policy exploits student innovation
April 20, 2012 at 7:05 pm in Grand Forks Herald
The solution to this serious problem can be found across the river, where the policy adopted by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities guarantees that students maintain ownership of the intellectual property they create. Continue Reading
For once Minnesota came up with something worth emulating. I think we should honor them by doing so
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Mitzel is trying to deflect attention from his recent DUI with this non-issue. Students generally are not all about writing up patent applications. In fact, I wonder if it’s ever come up in the real world that a student has been denyed a patent. This might be one huge red herring that Mitzel is milking for all it’s worth.
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First off, Mitzel never got a DUI. Get your facts straight before you start criticizing.
Second, how else would you like a candidate to behave? This is his second letter on the topic and he’s facing off against a University administrator (as a student). It’s an issue that effects his constituents and he’s saying he’s going to change it. What’s bad about that?
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Pardon me, he got arrested for underage drinking. Either way it shows a lack of good judgement.
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And what does that have to do with the issue he’s addressing? Nothing.
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