Half-translating the title to this non-English piece is not helpful. Maybe at least change "KI" to "AI?

There are good patent attorneys: I used one. (And my brother is one!)

Have you tried (say) Marks & Clerk?

I haven't, I will check them out, thank you. I've only tried ones I found online. I have two friends to just recommended IP lawyers they know personally so I'm reaching out to them now.

1) I know this is not helpful now, but each time before or early while starting a degree (BSc, MSc, now PhD) I have clarified the IP position with them. My current university wants to retain bright people and starts from a very fair position IMHO.

2) Does the university actually claim all of the IP? 40% might be OK if it would provide you support from now that it had not before. It might also negotiate on your points if you don't go in like a bear with a sore head. I don't expect university IP people to be reasonable, but sometimes they are. And if you walk away from this then it is less likely to go anywhere good, and the university loses too.

3) You can't open source what is not yours. If the university does have an IP claim and you put that IP in public you could be in serious legal do-do. You might have your PhD award blocked/withdrawn at a pinch.

4) It is pretty well always possible to work round a patent. I have some patents to my name, and they were helpful in the sale of the business IP, but I remain sceptical of patents' inherent worth in the main.

So, I suggest, get through your viva, and negotate hard in good faith for a better deal.

And this will not be your last idea.

1. Yeah I figured that out the hard way.

2. Yes they claim 100% of the IP and only offer 40% of the royalties. That I am sure of.

3. Good advise. I'll keep that in mind, thank you.

4. This is helpful information. I hear you saying that if I patent the thing now, I could still make some tweaks and patent something else similar in the future...

I don't have much left, but earlier today I sold a little of my remaining US-based stocks and kept some as cash.

(And I was at Lehman Brothers in 2008 and then RBS, so the allusion may be apt IMHO.)

Why aren't you creating a new business rather than waiting to tag along with someone else's?

I have always created my own and had other people join me.

This is not a criticism: something in that gap may be useful in your search.

> Why aren't you creating a new business rather than waiting to tag along with someone else's?

To gain more experience, reaching a better positioning, improve networking and create a money safe net. I see your point BTW

I created my own first businesses of sorts before I had any significant experience, and then ran businesses alongside eg getting degrees. Maybe you are overthinking what you need to provide value of your own?

Why do people always use this as a go to like it is easy to start a business that nets as much as even the median salary of an enterprise CRUD developer in a 2nd tier city.

It is absolutely not easy to start a business that generates any revenue at all, much less a median salary.

But, to be fair, the OP was for joint a startup, not a generic programming gig.

Starting your own business is a massive amount of work. For next to no money for years. And chances are (>90%) that you will lose all the time, effort, and list income that you put into it.

If you do the work right (ie all the non-programming stuff) and you survive, then the long-term rewards are very satisfying. 90% will fail. 10% will succeed. And we all believe we are in the 20% right?

Interesting limited offer with OK Ts&Cs. Won't apply to many, need to be fairly affluent to be in scope, but free heat pump as marketing hook is fairly novel...

I tried this and had a couple of reasonable results (and a few discarded duds):

    https://www.earth.org.uk/AI-promo-video.html

Though I am annoyed by current AI hype, given that I'm writing a lecture about tech sustainability, I thought that I'd give it a try. I have made real videos with real people for (eg) crowdfunding, and I am well aware of time and costs, so this would not happen at all without similar short-cuts. Thus I don't think that I am stealing bread from any creatives' mouths. What I can't see is how much energy and CO2 each ~90s video generation run costs...

The implied locale of those logging levels is (US) English though. And so any recasing of them should be in that locale.

Spain already has an interconnector with Morocco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain-Morocco_interconnection