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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Necessity Is the Mother of Invention – But New York Law Says Employers Better Not Take the Credit

On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that made dramatic changes to the enforceability of invention assignment provisions in employment agreements and likely in related agreements including offer...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2021

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In This Issue - Assignor Estoppel: When Are Inventors Allowed to Attack Their Own Inventions? In Minerva v. Hologic, the Supreme Court recently upheld the patent-law doctrine of assignor estoppel—which bars the...more

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Employment News: harassment, employment status, religion and belief, IP

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Further developments in relation to harassment - The EAT confirmed in Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust that as the law currently stands employers will not generally be liable for third party harassment of...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: The ABCs of PIIAAs: Protecting Employee-Generated IP

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Companies seeking to avoid employment disputes and to secure intellectual property rights to their employees’ inventions should make sure that all employees have signed confidentiality and inventions assignment agreements. ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Patent Ownership in Germany: Employers v Employees

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In this white paper: Introduction; 1. Inventorship; 2. Right to the Invention; 3. Co-Ownership; 4. Entitlement To The Invention; 4.1. Legal Fiction in Favour of the Applicant; 4.2. Legal Function of The Register; 5....more

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