Preemptively follow these basic steps to avoid a scenario where your co-inventor and friend suddenly becomes your direct competitor. I was recently approached by a client who had obtained a patent on ...

April Abele Isaacson, Tina McKeon Ph.D., Rolando Rengifo Ph.D. The patent statute recognizes that an invention may be jointly invented, however, there is no definition of inventorship in the patent ...

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provides guidance on a fundamental issue of patent law commonly faced by patent prosecutors and litigators alike: who can be an ...

Bacon is usually precooked before it hits the grocery store shelves. Hormel’s two-step precooking process includes a first cooking step that creates a layer of protective (melted) fat around the bacon ...

Claiming joint-inventor status after a patent has been granted in Taiwan does not necessarily give the claimant the right to the patent. According to Article 7 of the Taiwanese Patent Law, the right ...

“We find that Howard’s alleged contribution of pre-heating meat pieces using an infrared oven is ‘insignificant in quality’… to the claimed invention.” – CAFC U.S. Patent No. 9,980,498 is owned by ...

“HIP told the Justices that the case has ‘enormous practical importance’ as it will affect the validity of already issued patents and changes business strategies about which inventors to include or ...

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