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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

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Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. important;}}.

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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

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In this case, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a government entity may reproduce, display, and utilize a copyrighted work for its own benefit without paying any compensation to the copyright owner. 92, 96 (1876) (“A patent for an invention is as much property as a patent for land. University Of Houston System, No.

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The US’ Review of March-in Rights, and Some Questions on an Indian Counterpart

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image from here The US’ Review of March-in Rights, and Some Questions on an Indian Counterpart By Jyotpreet Kaur As many readers would know, the US government, especially through its US Trade Representative’s office, had been hounding India for years after a single compulsory licence, subjected to much judicial scrutiny, had been granted.

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Biosimilars 2020 Year in Review

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

The parties are currently engaged in supplemental expert discovery on Hospira and Pfizer’s on-sale bar and public use defenses, and the court has resolved two discovery disputes this year stemming from these issues. 2] The Fiscal Year for the Federal Government starts October 1 and ends September 30. [3] Hospira , 944 F.3d