If a scientist works under a contract or grant, then the contract usually states how ownership rights to research results or a development product are distributed. If a scientist determines his priority when patenting or publishing a personal article, he will violate the requirements of the contract. It is necessary to clarify whether it is possible to use an alias for this.

Dear Sanjukta Ghosh ,

A clear example is the use of air-gapped computers. These are systems disconnected from the internet and any external networks, making them highly secure for storing sensitive research data. Researchers in fields like computer science and computational biology often work offline on such machines to minimize the risk of intellectual property or progress being tracked by external entities. This method provides robust protection against unauthorized access or surveillance.

In Nigeria,my country, there are laws that provide protection for intellectual property rights ,relevant to researchers in field like computer science and computational biology they include but not limited to cybercrime (prohibition, prevention,etc.)(2015)it addresses issues related to unauthorized access to computer systems and data,protecting researchers from data breaches and cyber threats. Data protection Regulation (2020) and copyright Act (2007) for protection of original works, duration of protection for life time plus 70years after their death, and exclusive rights granted to reproduce, distribute,and publicly thier work.example, original code and software can be protected under copyright law to have exclusive rights over its use and distribution.

Dear Colleagues

The only way to protect intellectual property is the recognition of the need to to protect humanism and support of human intelligenge.

It is deeply wrong to continue to follow the easy way of grabing without respect, reflection and responsibility

The ethics and moral education is the answer

Kindest regards