The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. In 2021, HIP sued Hormel, challenging Hormel’s ownership and the inventorship of U.S.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The court in Pannu v.

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Inventor Invention Art Patent 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

26 , rejected the claim that taking away, or ignoring, the ability-to-control indicia of ownership amounts to a taking: Similarly, property rights, including copyright, have been described as ownership of a bundle of rights or interests. 92, 96 (1876) (“A patent for an invention is as much property as a patent for land.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

ONI said that Mr Jing made the key patentable inventions (which was largely accepted) and was therefore the rightful owner of the relevant IP. 39 of the Patents Act 1977, inventions made by an employee which “ might reasonably be expected to result from the carrying out of his duties ” will vest in their employer.

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