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> If Assignee needs to assert any of the Patent claims against any entity for other than a Defensive Purpose, Assignees must obtain prior written permission fro
by vibrunazo 15y ago
> If Assignee needs to assert any of the Patent claims against any entity for other than a Defensive Purpose, Assignees must obtain prior written permission from all of the Inventors without additional consideration or threat.
Doesn't this nullify everything else? I would love to believe we live in a world where inventors would stop their patents being used wrongly if they had the power. But I honestly believe these are a very tiny minority. Won't most inventors just agree with the company they work for anyway? There doesn't need to be any explicit threat, but just working for a company probably means that you'll do what's necessary to keep your bosses happy. Won't companies just get a signed consensus from inventors and keep suing anyway?
Am I missing something obvious?
- itsnotlupus 15y agoFor one thing, patents can take a long time to be granted. It's not unusual for inventors to have changed employers by the time their patents are granted.
- jleader 15y agoIn my experience, the inventors often are working somewhere else by time a patent gets litigated. In particular, patent trolls usually acquire patents without also acquiring the labs, inventors, etc. that created them.