Regarding Doesn’t Matter:
Often times those professors who develop and make money off of whatever “invention” they made while at a university are boxed in by a lot of different rules. Depending upon the level of support from the University and government (% of support – 75& NHS and 24% school) and their status within the University, many prof’s actually lose money on their “inventions”. Beyond that, if a professor is hired by an outside entity, they are entitled to whatever compensation they are offered. However, there are strict guidelines and rules about how much and where the money came from. (Problems with conflict of interest, etc.).
A lot of the time, the money from ideas is shared by the inventor and the school/institution where it was done. I think this is fair.
