You may not be able to sell data you’ve gathered about users, veteran IP guru Robert Bond of Speechly Bircham, London, tells JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason.
At a JFDI.Asia open house event last night Robert shared his journey from the start of the computer games era, helping software start-ups to protect their intellectual property, to the online world where he pioneered new legal precedents with Second Life.
In this interview Robert Bond sheds light on the recent Facebook IP notices saga and gives practical advice to any start-up gathering information about securing the right to use it on when you come to raise funding or sell a business.
Robert’s discussion on IP and data management was incredibly useful.
Props to Mr. Bond, and to JFDI for bringing in the grandfather of video games
There’s more on this topic here: http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/media/rss/~3/C8hEAZ4EQ74/who-owns-content-you-upload