Patent Attorneys Adapting To New Rules Under Patent Reform Act of 2011 Effective March 16, 2013, U.S. patent rights will switch from first-to-invent to first-to-file, a change that results from the patent reform act of [...]
Patent title vests in the inventor Title may pass to the employer but only if there is an assignment Only then if the employer is a federal contractor does Bayh-Dole apply Stanford v. Roche In [...]
Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB In Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB, the Court affirmed the decision of the Federal Circuit finding induced infringement but on different reasoning. The Court set aside the Federal Circuit’s “knew or should [...]