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Current or Ongoing? An Interesting Trend in Intellectual Property News

IPilogue

One of my most recent blog posts covered the intellectual property, technology, and energy platform points from the Liberal Party and Green Party. The plan states that Canada will exceed its 2030 Paris Agreement emissions reductions goals and lay a foundation for net-zero emissions by 2050. Research & Development (R&D).

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Bacon and a Heavy Burden: Significant Contribution Required To Be a Joint Inventor

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to have David Howard added as an inventor to Hormel’s U.S. More than a decade later in 2018, the Bacon Patent was issued naming four inventors that assigned rights to Hormel. In spring 2018, HIP sued Hormel in the District of Delaware alleging that Howard was a sole or joint inventor of the Bacon Patent. Efforts by HIP, Inc.