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The Pride in Patent Ownership Act is Big Tech Boondoggling

IP Watchdog

The Pride in Patent Ownership Act, S.2774, Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law. Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) within 120 days.

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Community Property and Patent Ownership

Patently-O

2:21-cv-00126-JRG-RSP) (not available on line for free from what I can see) addressed an accused infringer’s argument that the assignment of the patent-in-suit from the sole inventor (Afana) to the plaintiff, Mobile Equity, was ineffective, and so the patentee lacked standing. Walmart (Case No.

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Moderna sues Pfizer for mRNA Patent Infringement: when optics and profits reveal real issues in modern IP law usage

IPilogue

Moderna and Pfizer battle’s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. Code § 1498 (a).

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Unlocking Success: The Power of Patents in Entrepreneurship – What Meta’s Settlement with Voxer Teaches Us

LexBlog IP

Patents are so important to your success! As an inventor, there’s nothing more thrilling than having a big corporation take interest in your idea. In this newsletter, I’ll show you the importance of patenting and how it can protect you and your invention when someone uses it without your permission.

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NPE Showcase – Leigh Rothschild

LexBlog IP

And in virtually all cases, NPEs purchase the asserted patents from another company seeking to divest assets for cash. Mr. Rothschild is typically both the inventor of the asserted patent and the owner of the company asserting the patents. This certainly qualifies as a high volume patent troll.

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Patent Protection vs. Trademark Protection – What’s the Difference?

Larson & Larson

To be eligible for a patent, an invention must be novel, non-obvious and useful. Patents give inventors exclusive rights over their inventions. Some things that can be patented include mechanical devices, chemical formulas, software, pharmaceuticals, gene sequences and more.

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Preliminary Injunction and Patent License Disputes

Patently-O

Symbiont’s US Patent No. The inventor Mark Holt is also owner of Symbiont. Holt was part of forming two additional companies, BJM and Matrix and Symbiont licensed the technology (including the patent) to those companies. Apparently this process leads to increased digestion of the starch content.