Re: who is the intellectual property owner in joint development?

Subject: Re: Re: who is the intellectual property owner in joint development?

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: If B contracts A as a consultant, there should be a contract somewhere. Hopefully, it will specify the ownership of the inventions arising from the collaboration. If not, B will probably own the invention on the principle that it hired A to invent (or collaborate to invent) the invention. : The inventors will be the persons who conceived the invention completely enough so that only routine work would be needed to actually practice the invention. This may be people from A or B or both; they usually end up transfering their rights to the owner of the invention. : This is a complex scenario, so you'll definitely want to consult with a patent attorney on this. There may also be questions if A has patents on the equipment or B has patents on the process. A cross-license betweeen A and B may be the friendliest solution here.

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