Topic
Patent Assignment
15 published works
The Contingency
Does Offset = Recovery?
The patent assignment says the assignor -- the Inventor -- will receive a share of any "recovery of damages" from litigation of the heart-stent patent that he assigned. The assignee…
Chicago IP Litigation
Fiduciary Duty to Assign Patent Rights Does Not Guarantee Assignment
Schultz v. iGPS Co., No. 10 C 71, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 16, 2011) (Hibbler, Sen. J.). Judge Hibbler denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's patent infringement complaint for…
La Revue
Cession de brevet : « Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point »
Lenteur de la procédure d’enregistrement d’une cession de brevet européen et intérêt à agir suspendu.Cass. com., 31 octobre 2006, BELL SPORTS Inc. (États-Unis) c/. TIME SPORT INTERNATIONAL et FAGERDALA PACTUCO…
Chicago IP Litigation
A Patent Assignment Does Not Guarantee Control Over the Inventors
Ashman, Litetronics, Coollite, "Technical Consumer Products", Assignment, Nifedipine
Antitrust Law Blog
Canada: Commissioner Of Competition Seeks To Intervene In Appeal Of dismissal Finding That Mere Assignment Of Patent Rights Is Not Actionable Under The Competition Act
Canada's Commissioner of Competition has sought leave to intervene in an appeal by Apotex Inc. in Eli Lilly and Co. v. Apotex Inc., [2004] FC 1445, a decision of the…