How To Deal With Idea Theft: Academics, PhDs, and Scientists That Steal Intellectual Ideas

A follower asks: “I am a phd student and I am sick of people stealing my ideas. They pretend to be friends and they asked about my ideas, and copied it how to deal with these people.”
Everyone has their ideas “stolen” at one point in academia. Why does academic theft happen? There is a tremendous amount of uncertainty in academia, and some people take advantage of that uncertainty because boundaries are not well set.
What is happening is not necessarily that you're upset about the idea, but you're upset about the violation of your boundaries and you are more upset that somebody else would possibly do that.
Your reaction to this violation of boundaries probably should be proportional to how much effort you've already put into the idea.
1. If it is simply just an idea and you haven't worked that much on it, take it as a form of flattery.
2. If you have a full-fledged paper, try to only disclose with people that you trust.
3. If it's a paper that's well-developed (near published, and it is stolen word for word), feel free to get legal counsel.
4.Ultimately, you have to make a judgment call with intellectual property issues about how much it's worth to you.
5. Build a research pipeline that is yours and yours alone.
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[@neolojism]

Thank you for this video. Your words on keeping work secret but at the same time stifling innovation hit home. I had 6 months of work “stolen” by an established professor who works at a high profile Australian university. I was encouraged by my superiors where I worked (at a govt agency) to collaborate and share my work. I presented my work to this academic, and then went on to present at a conference. It made no difference. This professor took the critical ideas I was using and published a paper with their PhD student who had been stuck on the problem for months. I fought within the agency to get recognition and I was given an acknowledgement at the end of their paper. My work ended up being scrapped (even though it was superior) and I was sidelined and subsequently bullied in my workplace. This continued until I ended up leaving to pursue a PhD. I am only now, four years later, submitting a paper for publication. It will be my first but hopefully not my last.

[@R3ciprocityTeam]

Wow. There are a lot of nuances in academia. Just be nice when your in a similar spot

[@sauroman1]

Nikola Tesla told "I don't care that they stole my idea. I care that they don't have any of their own". Greed for easy money is slowing down technological progress, we need more people who are passionate for science and want to help world.

[@deborahw.a.foulkes6059]

This guy says that you should consider someone stealing your idea as a form of flattery. No way is that right. No. Way.

[@jellybearesq.7503]

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