Federal Circuit Review - December 2020
By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21
Non-Disclosure Agreement Controls Ownership of Patents Arising From Confidential Information Received Thereunder - In Sionyx LLC v. Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Appeal No. 19-2359, the Federal Circuit held that a party who discloses confidential information pursuant to an NDA may be entitled to ownership of U.S. and foreign patents filed by the receiving party when the patents arise from confidential information provided by the disclosing party, and the terms of the NDA provide that ownership of...
By: Knobbe Martens