Economies around the globe continue to see the rise of the services sector as the chief creator of wealth and the engine of growth for the foreseeable future. We are in the midst of a radical and ...
August 4, 2023 - As discussed in our previous installments, joint ownership of intellectual property (IP) should be avoided except in relatively rare circumstances. Joint ownership typically arises ...
Clarifying who owns and controls each IP right is vital to the success of a joint development agreement. James R Sobieraj explains how to prevent problems, and ensure that both parties know where they ...
In today’s technological environment, collaboration between different entities is commonplace, if not inevitable. That is, we are deep into the age of “Open Innovation” where companies use external ...
In my last two posts – “Fully Baking Joint IP Ownership into Collaboration Agreements” and “The Default Law of Joint IP Ownership” – I discussed the prevalence and dangers of joint intellectual ...