Commentaries by Donald Chisum
2/28/2008 6:46:22 PM EST
Donald S. Chisum on IPVenture, Inc. v. Prostar Computer, Inc.
Author, Chisum on Patents
IpVenture (2007) illustrates the importance of contracts requiring employees to assign patent rights to their employers. Should the contract be worded as an agreement to assign? or as a "present assignment" of future inventions? If an employee assigns patent rights to an assignee other than her employer, can a third party infringer challenge the assignee's "standing" to sue for infringement? This commentary by Donald S. Chisum, author of the renowned treatise Chisum on Patents, discusses and critiques the Federal Circuit's IpVenture decision.
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