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Corporate personhood is a misunderstood issue. They aren’t treated like a natural person. Corporations for example can’t be inventors on a patent either.
by rhino369 5y ago
Corporate personhood is a misunderstood issue. They aren’t treated like a natural person. Corporations for example can’t be inventors on a patent either.
- pnt12 5y agoI was wondering about this. What happens when someone invents a patent related to their work? It is strange to me if the IP belongs to the company but not the patent.
- rhino369 5y agoDepends what the person's employment contract says. 95% of the time, the inventor is required to assign all rights to inventions related to the companies' work to the company. So you have inventor: Steve Wozniak; assignee: Apple Inc. Assignment allows the owner to be different from the inventor.