INSIGHTS

Introduction : The growth features of the startups are agility and innovation. They can bring in contractors or other specialized vendors to get the engineering done, which can result in rapid expansion, cost savings and the access to specialized skills. But when this topic of ownership of IP raised in collaboration brings up the question: who's responsible for the IP developed as a partnership? Owning the invention is not just something legal, it's the core that makes the st

Introduction : While the value of a patent is in its utility, it cannot have any value if there is no certainty of ownership. Corporate patent portfolios are overwhelmingly based on employee-invented inventions, and so are the disputes that arise years later, which are not about the merit of the invention but about who owns it. While there is a vesting rule for copyright in several jurisdictions that works created in the course of employment vest in the employer, there is no

Introduction : Every product begins as an idea, but not every idea gets the rights of invention. After the prototype and before the product is on the store shelf, there is a very important step that gets little attention. The problem is that products are created, tested, produced, and developed in terms of all marketing activities by the company but the role of patent policy is often taken into account just at the stage when the product is going to be sold. But the delay in f