IP assignment agreements are contracts between a business and its personnel that transfer ownership of IP created by the personnel during their employment or engagement with the business. IP can ...

A recent Federal Circuit decision discussing the effect of an Employee Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement upon the ownership of inventions made by the employee (Preston v. Marathon Oil Co., ...

Intellectual property assets are the lifeblood of many businesses today. No employer wants to see those assets walk out the door when an employee leaves. Processing Content Employee invention ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Businesses, of course, have a strong interest in owning intellectual property created by their employees. Intellectual property — patents ...

Colleges use a variety of agreements to secure intellectual-property rights from their faculty members and then license those rights to third parties. In view of recent federal appeals-court decisions ...

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