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Decoding Patent Ownership beginning with Core Principles

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by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment that an inventor, Dr. Mark Core, had automatically assigned a patent associated with his PhD thesis to his then-employer and education funder TRW. Core Optical Techs., Nokia Corp. , 23-1001 (Fed. May 21, 2024).

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A present assignment of future continuation applications

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This can become in cases like this because Universal has created a large patent portfolio that all claim back to original priority documents from more than a decade ago. While most of patents are attributable to both joint-inventors, some are only attributable to one or the other. ” Brian Barnett. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.,

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ChatGPT and Intellectual Property (IP) related Topics

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” Copyrights: Ownership and Use of ChatGPT output OpenAI does not address the question of copyright authorship. Instead, OpenAI treats the matter as one of ownership via contract law. No, according to various patent offices and patent laws around the world. ” See OpenAI, FAQ ( Copyright ).