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When is an IP agreement between a university and a student inventor unfair?

The IPKat

In 2015, Mr. Jing co-founded Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd (ONI). In 2016, ONI licensed the Nanoimager from the University, whereby the University received royalties on ONI’s sales of the Nanoimager based on the terms of the IP Provisions. As well, he contributed to the further development of the Nanoimager. But unfair?

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India’s High Court of Delhi issues guidance on SEP licensing that seeks to harmonize decisions in other countries (Intex v. Ericsson)

LexBlog IP

This is an important decision to review in understanding licensing and litigation of international SEP portfolios. This decision indicates that a FRAND commitment is not a one-way street, but imposes obligations on both the SEP owner and someone seeking to license the SEP. This decision indicates they should.

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Anatomy of a Phyrric Victory: Did Defendant Goodyear Tire and Plaintiff CODA Development Both Lose a $65 Million Trade Secrets Case?

LexBlog IP

This is a case that has been vigorously litigated since 2015 and has already been up on appeal to the U.S. CODA and its owner, Frantisek Hrabel, brought suit against Goodyear and one of its engineers, Robert Benedict, in 2015, claiming that Benedict and Goodyear had stolen their trade secrets for a self-inflating tire technology and process.

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Anatomy of a Phyrric Victory: Did Defendant Goodyear Tire and Plaintiff CODA Development Both Lose a $65 Million Trade Secrets Case?

LexBlog IP

This is a case that has been vigorously litigated since 2015 and has already been up on appeal to the U.S. CODA and its owner, Frantisek Hrabel, brought suit against Goodyear and one of its engineers, Robert Benedict, in 2015, claiming that Benedict and Goodyear had stolen their trade secrets for a self-inflating tire technology and process.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

From 2015 through 2017, Rae served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gloria M. from The George Washington University Law School in 2015. Patent and Trademark Office, Lawrence has also assisted clients with patent due diligence, patent prosecution, and other non-litigation patent analysis, including IP licensing.

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Doctrine Of Exhaustion Of Ipr Through Indian Lens

IP and Legal Filings

McQuewan [ii] , wherein the United States Supreme Court drew a distinction between procuring a patented machine and securing a license to use the patent’s rights. 08, 2015), [link] [ii] Bloomer v. [i] [Image Sources : Shutterstock] For the very first time the doctrine found a mention in the decision of Bloomer v. McQuewan 55 U.S.

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

LexBlog IP

But the Texas courts found no taking, reasoning that nothing was taken from the photographer as he still had the right to use, and license others to use, his photographs. 973,] 980 [(2015) ]; [Pascal] Chapdelaine, [The Property Attributes of Copyright,] 10 Buff. See Jim Olive Photography, d/b/a Photolive, Inc., Nation Enters.,