The ownership tag has no wiki summary.
0
votes
0answers
24 views
Waiver of interest and provisional patent application
Let us say I work for company X and have an idea that I want to patent outside the scope of work of that company. Is it mandatory that I get a waiver of interest from X BEFORE I file a provisional ...
1
vote
1answer
51 views
Patent purchase
I would like to own this patent but have no idea how to go about redeeming this patent.
Who will I need to contact in order to purchase the patent. It appears to be inactive.
Charlie
0
votes
1answer
112 views
Should I keep my patent's ownership or assign it to an entity that I own?
I am filing a patent application (pro se) and am wondering whether it is a good idea to assign it to an LLC that I own or to just keep it under my name. I'm assuming here for this question that it ...
2
votes
2answers
100 views
What constitues/definition of an inventor. Does it simply boil down to claims in a patent?
I have had a business partner for twenty years. We came together in my Business that he
used as the birth of the IP in question. Listing himself on publications
founder/owner with the exclusion of not ...
2
votes
1answer
151 views
How best to patent idea while working for company?
I have an idea I would like to patent. I have not started working on the idea yet (and I'll swear to that in court). How best to keep my job without losing my intellectual property rights?
The idea ...
2
votes
1answer
258 views
who is the patent troll suing small companies on 5506866? which inventor sold the rights to them?
Who is the "Delaware-based" troll suing small companies on US5506866 currently?
Who sold the rights to said troll?
1
vote
2answers
625 views
Who decides a patent is FRAND/RAND?
Trials involving Google, Motorola, Microsoft and Apple about patents and especially FRAND patents are hitting the news everyday. But who decides a patent has to be offered under FRAND terms?
...
2
votes
1answer
86 views
What is the patent owner law in US?
Let say this patent for an example:
http://www.google.com/patents/USD285687
The inventors are:
Jerrold C. Manock, Terrell A. Oyama, Steven P. Jobs
They are working in Apple and invent that.
If ...
3
votes
1answer
99 views
Can a patent with a common assignee to a patent application not be used as prior art against the patent application?
This question answers whether a prior patent application can be used against a newer commonly owned patent application, but my question is what situations (if any) exist where a prior publication, or ...
