Sharing and caring about intellectual property - preserving your IP rights in collaborations

摘要

In the 18~(th) Century painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (see image) an alchemist kneels in front of a flask exuding a brilliant white luminescence, his eyes raised upwards to the heavens as he contemplates his discovery with religious reverence. Two apprentices work in the background (apparently extracting lead), but the sight of the discovery is obscured from their view by a heavy shroud.