The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. In 2021, HIP sued Hormel, challenging Hormel’s ownership and the inventorship of U.S. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). The dispute arose between HIP, Inc. (“HIP”)

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And more recently, Lokesh covered the whole rise and fall of the earlier Public Funded Research and Development (Protection, Utilisation and Regulation of Intellectual Property) Bill, 2007 (PUPFIP) – that gives some good background context, including that there’s been nearly no development on this front for a decade.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In 2021, HIP sued Hormel, challenging Hormel’s ownership and the inventorship of U.S. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). HIP, formerly Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. (“Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Further, that same commentator has noted that: In 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted ownership of the word “Jesus” to Jesus Jeans, owned by a publicly traded Italian company, BasicNet, giving the company exclusive rights in America to sell clothing bearing the name “Jesus.” 75, 79 (2020).

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