Key takeaways
- Clients often assume that paying for a quantum consulting project means they own everything produced, but background IP like pre-existing methods and code usually stays with the consulting firm unless the contract says otherwise.
- Separating foreground IP (what's built specifically for the client) from background IP (tools and techniques the consultant already owned) needs to happen at the contract stage, not after a dispute starts.
- QCWare runs Q2B, the industry's main trade show, partly as a way to build the ecosystem and partly as a business line in its own right.
- Investing in rigorous software benchmarking is undervalued industry-wide even though it's the main way to tell whether a quantum algorithm actually delivers an advantage over classical methods.
Summary
Yianni Gamvros, Head of Business Development at QCWare is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Yianni and Yuval talk about Q2B, the annual trade show that QCWare produces, intellectual property ownership when providing professional services, the importance of investments in software benchmarking, and much more.
Read the full transcript on the Quantum Computing Report site