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The Importance of Getting Inventorship Right: A Cautionary Tale in Two Cases

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U.S. patent law elevates the importance of “the inventor” to an extent unseen in the rest of the world. Unlike many other countries, ownership of patent applications in the United States initially vests in the inventors...more

Burr & Forman

Proper Inventorship Still Matters, Even With a Proper Assignment

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In a few recent cases, we see that failing to properly name inventors in a patent application can lead to unnecessary troubles for a company. This is true whether the assignment document is an employment agreement or an...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Plaintiff with Injured Reputation May Have Standing in Inventorship Correction Case - Shukh v. Seagate Technology, LLC

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Addressing for the first time whether harm to an inventor’s reputation alone could confer standing to sue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court decision and found that a sufficiently...more

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