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Alleged Co-Inventor Not Bringing Home the Bacon This Time

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Many of us have said, “Bacon makes everything better.” Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it...more

BakerHostetler

Federal Circuit Inventorship Decision Literally Saves the Appellant’s Bacon - and Reiterates the Framework for Assigning and...

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In HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation (May 5, 2023), Judges Lourie, Clevenger and Taranto of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed a claim of joint ownership and – in a unanimous precedential decision...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Employment Agreement Assignment Provisions Don’t Reach Post-Employment Inventions

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected a biotechnology company’s argument that assignment provisions in its employment agreements granted ownership rights in post-employment inventions. Bio-Rad Laboratories,...more

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Patent Litigation: Dutch Court of Appeal guidance on formal entitlement to priority

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On 30 July, the Court of Appeal of The Hague ruled on the formal entitlement to priority following from a US provisional patent application. The attack on priority in this case is part of a recent trend by parties in patent...more

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