2008 PATENT LAW DECISIONS OF THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

Zubler et al talk about several patent law decisions of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2008. One is the case of Akazawa v. Link New Technology International, Inc, which the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of whether a party purporting to own patent rights transferred by way o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The American University law review 2009-04, Vol.58 (4), p.747
Main Authors: Zubler, Todd, Tallon, Nina, Wisz, Jamie, Szeliga, Jamaica, Lantier, Greg, Heffel, Kevin, Chachkin, Carolyn, Lin, Ronnie, Straw, Christopher, Carvalho, Evandro, Chen, Joyce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Federal court decisions
Intestate
Inventors
Lanham Act 1946-US
Litigation
Patent law
State court decisions
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Zubler et al talk about several patent law decisions of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2008. One is the case of Akazawa v. Link New Technology International, Inc, which the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of whether a party purporting to own patent rights transferred by way of intestacy has standing to sue. The inventor of the patent at issue in Akazawa, however, died intestate without a written will. The inventor's heirs subsequently assigned their interest in the patent to a third party, who then assigned all rights to Akira. When Akira later brought suit against Link New Technology, Link moved for summary judgment on the ground that the initial intestate transfer was not a valid assignment of patent rights. The district court agreed that because no valid assignment had occurred ownership of the patent remained vested in the estate and Akira had no standing to sue.
ISSN:0003-1453
1943-5673