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Consider a Spherical Patent
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Consider a Spherical Patent

by Joseph E. Gortych
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
267 pages
10h 39m
English
CRC Press
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11.11 The General Rule of Inventorship
inventoron the invention disclosure, Ian responds, “Well, he is the lab director,
and the unwritten rule around here is that his name goes on all the publica-
tionsand patents from the departments under his supervision.”
is is the easiest case to decide. e answer to the question of whether Brewster
is an inventor is a resounding “no.” It is clear that he had no involvement with
the inventive eort that resulted in the invention. Also, simply being “the boss”
doesn’t cut it from a legal point of view.
What about the notion of including Brewster as a professional courtesy or man-
agement policy? While th ...
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