Patent Ownership Issues Involving Your Ex-Spouse
Problems may arise when a patent is invented by two or more parties without addressing the issues of control or ownership of the patent. The issue is that each of the inventors can exploit the patent without sharing any profits with the other inventors. Also, any one of the inventors can dedicate the patent to [...]
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Avoid Problems: Get an Invention Assignment Agreement
Companies acquire invention rights by one of three ways from employees. A formal Invention Assignment Agreement is typically executed when the employee begins employment. The Agreement assigns certain inventions of the employee to the company. Invention rights can also be acquired by way of the Employed-to-Invent doctrine. In particular, to the extent that the employer [...]
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Conflicting Invention Assignment Clauses
In conflicting invention assignment agreements, the “does hereby assign” language of Cetus’ Agreement was operative to immediately assign the invention and vest title of the invention to Cetus instead of the inventor’s employer – Stanford.
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