The Most Overlooked Mistake That Can Kill Your Company Before It Starts- Most founders assume their company owns what it builds.

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 ...

Intellectual property assets are the lifeblood of many businesses today. No employer wants to see those assets walk out the door when an employee leaves. Processing Content Employee invention ...

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Washington proposes outlawing assignment of benefits in property claims, with violators facing fines up to $50,000 per violation. Senate Bill 6178, sponsored by Senators Samuel Hunt, Adrian Cortes, ...

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 ...

The federal judge overseeing the implementation of the $1 billion concussion-related settlement involving the NFL has barred third-party litigation funders from entering into assignment agreements ...

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The biopharmaceutical company MOLOGEN AG yesterday signed, with the consent of the Supervisory Board, a term sheet outlining the framework for a global assignment of all ...

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 ...