Is your employee handbook sufficient to capture patent rights in your employee’s inventions? The Federal Circuit case of Omni Medsci v. Apple illustrates one reason why it does not. It is common practice to include, in an...more
8/25/2023
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
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Patent Ownership ,
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Policies and Procedures
U.S. businesses selling abroad cannot enforce domestic trademarks against foreign entities selling infringing goods into the United States through strawmen, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in...more
7/17/2023
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Appeals ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Sales ,
Foreign Trademark ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Act ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
If you do not know the difference between patentability and freedom-to-operate (FTO), you are not alone. Most often people mistakenly believe that a patent gives them the right to make, use, and sell an invention. Not so. A...more