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Community Property and Patent Ownership

Patently-O

The basis for the argument was that the application that led to the patent-in-suit had been filed while Afana had been married (to Kassam) and, by operation of Texas’ community property law, Kassam had an ownership interest in the issued patent that had not been assigned to Mobile Equity and had not been joined as a co-plaintiff.

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Preliminary Injunction and Patent License Disputes

Patently-O

Holt was part of forming two additional companies, BJM and Matrix and Symbiont licensed the technology (including the patent) to those companies. The agreement included a number of provisions — primarily a license with royalties for feed sold using the process. All cases “arising under” the U.S.

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Post-Default Creditor’s Right to Assign, License and Enforce Patent does not Disturb Patentee’s Separate Right to Sue Infringers

Patently-O

May 1, 2024) offers some interesting insight into leveraged patent transactions, and the effect of a lender’s ability to license or assign a patent on the patent owner’s standing to sue for infringement, especially after default. ” IT sued Zebra for infringement in the W.D.Tex.,

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Taxation of Intellectual Property: A Comparative Note

Kashishipr

In the modern world, things such as overseas inter-company transactions of IP, franchising models, licensing, mergers, and acquisitions, etc., Even for authentic inter-company transactions for royalties or license fees, tax authorities of most developed nations necessitate tax on IP assets. The United States of America.

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IP as Collateral

IIPRD

A third-party is engaged to assess factors like product demand, market condition, and potential patent infringement. If the patent is found valuable enough, the creditor proceeds with the loan. The creditor signs a security agreement with the patent owning debtor. bn USD by Nokia. bn USD from major financial institutions.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. 20] (The orders apply to all parties and litigation before his Court, not just parties to patent disputes, but do not extend, as yet, to the other sitting judges there.) 8, 2023). [12] 2, 2023). [13]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

SpicyIP

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. agreed to settle two patent-infringement claims over telecommunications technology royalties. Resonance Digital LLP & Anr. 14 July, 2021].