Contracts Invention Inventor Ownership 
Patently-O
MAY 22, 2024
by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment that an inventor, Dr. Mark Core, had automatically assigned a patent associated with his PhD thesis to his then-employer and education funder TRW. Core Optical Techs., Nokia Corp. , 23-1001 (Fed. May 21, 2024). 2d 1568 (Fed.
The IPKat
AUGUST 31, 2022
Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? by Marianna Ryan Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are a new type of quasi-corporate entities, existing with the use of blockchain and smart contracts. The use of blockchain and smart contracts in the creation of DAOs has its pros and cons.
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Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
200, passed in 1980, streamlined and relaxed federal government policy regarding patent rights to inventions developed with federal grant money. Prior to Bayh-Dole, some federal agencies had patent policies which required grant recipients to give ownership of resulting patents to the government. 35 U.S.C. § 201(e) (emphasis added).
43(B)log
AUGUST 9, 2024
Don’t understand contracting, mediation, adjudication as ways to maximize other variables solely. People desire that contract be in some part about human relations. TJ Chiang, IP Ownership and Penalty Default Rules Patent v. We need to understand institutions as means-based. Eunomics is that project. Second: inner morality.
The IPKat
JANUARY 27, 2023
In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.
IPilogue
JULY 7, 2021
While an employer may have invested significant resources to facilitate the production of an invention and wish to capitalize on their investment, their employee also likely devoted significant time and energy into developing the invention and may feel entitled to benefit from its associated IP. Private Sector Employees.
IPilogue
JULY 29, 2022
This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? The short answer, as usual in law, is that it depends.
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