So you have an idea and want to file a patent application? There are a number of things that you need to know about the invention and patent process that can help you focus your efforts and know what ...

The doctrine of assignor estoppel bars an inventor who assigns a patent to a third party from later arguing that the assigned patent is invalid. The Supreme Court has now upheld this doctrine but has ...

Patents and patent applications are frequently assigned from one entity to another, for example between inventors and their employers or between companies seeking to collaborate on a project. Like any ...

Himanshu Kane and Ashutosh Kane of WS Kane & Co address the issue of inventor and employee rights to an invention, and the right to seek patent protection for it An invention is a brainchild of the ...

“The panel agreed with the proposition that a patent may only be granted ‘to the inventor or somebody claiming though the inventor.’ The latter can only arise from a natural person, and not from a ...