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Intellectual Property in Network Design
From: Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+nanog () eintellegonetworks com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:12:11 +1100
Hi all, I have two perspectives I am trying to address with regard to network design and intellectual property. 1) The business who does the design - what are their rights? 2) The customer who asked for the rights from a consultant My personal thoughts are conflicting: - You create networks with standard protocols, configurations, etc... so it shouldn't be IP - But you can design things in interesting ways, with experience, skill, creativity.. maybe that should be IP? - But artwork are created with colors, paintbrushes, canvas... but the result is IP - A photographer takes a photo - it is IP - But how are 'how you do your Cisco/Juniper configs' possibly IP? - If I design a network one way for a customer and they want 'IP', does that mean I can't ever design a network like that again? What? I've seen a few telcos say that they own the IP related to the network design of their customers they deploy... which based on the above... feels uncomfortable... I'm really conflicted on this and wondering if anyone else has come across this situation. Perhaps any legal cases/precedent (note, I am not looking for legal advice :) If this email isn't appropriate for the list... sorry, and please feel free to respond off-line. ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & Chief Network Architect* eintellego Networks Pty Ltd Email: skeeve () eintellegonetworks com ; Web: eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300 239 038 ; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; Skype: skeeve Facebook: eintellegonetworks <http://facebook.com/eintellegonetworks> ; Twitter: eintellego <https://twitter.com/eintellego> LinkedIn: /in/skeeve <http://linkedin.com/in/skeeve> ; Expert360: Profile <https://expert360.com/profile/d54a9> The Experts Who The Experts Call Juniper - Cisco - Cumulus Linux - Cloud - Consulting - IPv4 Brokering
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- Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design William Herrin (Feb 12)
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- RE: Intellectual Property in Network Design Ahad Aboss (Feb 12)
- Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design Richard Porter (Feb 12)
- [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design William Waites (Feb 13)
- Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design Bill Woodcock (Feb 12)