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Pride in Patent Ownership Act

Patently-O

A bipartisan pair of Senators have proposed the “ Pride in Patent Ownership Act.” ” The premise is that if you own a patent, you should be proud to own the patent — and actually record your ownership interest. The pair also proposed a second proposal that they call “ Unleashing American Innovators Act.

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Why Should You Patent Your Invention?

Intepat

A patent is a form of intellectual property right granted to an invention. It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. Patents are valuable assets that enable one to share their invention in public without any fear of being misused.

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[Guest post] Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

The IPKat

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? Ownership of IP In a recent curious example, Spice DAO paid $3 million for an original 1975 copy of the Dune bible by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Such ownership sometimes arises “automatically” when a work has been created in the course of employment.

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The Corporation as an Inventive Artificial Intelligence

Patently-O

Yes, a corporation may own or license an invention and its resulting patents. But, the law persists in most nations as it has for more than 200 years that patentable inventions must begin with a human person, the inventor. Noam Shemtov and Garry Gabison, The Inventive Step Requirement and the Rise of the AI Machines.

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New Law in New York Threatens Employer Ownership of Employee Inventions

JD Supra Law

New York state recently amended Labor Law Section 203-f, codifying a hurdle for employers who seek to claim ownership over an employee's inventions. invention assignment or employment agreements), so the unfettered “all the work you do we own” provisions that are very common in such documents.

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Keeping Your Federally-Funded Inventions: Requirements to Comply with the Bayh-Dole Act

JD Supra Law

Any invention conceived or reduced to practice with the assistance of federal funding is subject to the Bayh-Dole Act, which provides for ownership of such inventions, but only if the grantee (referred to in the Act as a “contractor”) abides by the terms. By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

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En Banc: When Employees Leave with a Half-Baked Invention

Patently-O

I have been following the patent ownership lawsuit of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Some months later, after leaving and forming 10X, they completed the inventions and filed patent applications. Bio-Rad now argues that it has partial ownership rights to the inventions based upon the inventor’s contributions while employees.