Kirata -> RE: The Great Cancer Hoax: (6/14/2011 4:15:30 PM)
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When someone makes an invention, and does so as an employee of a company, usually the company owns the right to apply for a patent. The exception once again is the United States, where only natural persons may apply for a patent. In the USA, the employee will typically have a clause in his employment contract stating that he assigns all his patent rights to the company. The filing is then done on behalf of the employee, but the rights immediately go to the company. Crash course on patents: Who can get a patent An internet "crash course on patents" is not a citation of law. But even so, the phrase "assigns all his patent rights" means "rights, title, and interest." In other words, ownership complete. So let's chalk it up to a mis-reliance on something you read that wasn't altogether clear, and leave it at that. Shit happens. Fair enough? K.
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