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 Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decision offers guidance for situations in which a defendant settles a case and assigns its insurance rights to the plaintiff. Settlement agreements are ...

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 ...

With current work practices shifting toward remote working, and the focus of technology development moving increasingly toward computer software, the likelihood is increasing that employees may be ...

In Muertos Roasters LLC v Luke Schneider the US District Court for the Eastern District of California has dismissed a complaint of infringement, based on USPTO records that failed to reflect an ...

A clearly drafted employment agreement can minimizes future disputes. A clearly drafted Employment Agreement can set out the obligations and expectations of the company and the employee in a way that ...