Last spring in Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., the Federal Circuit ruled that the doctrine of assignor estoppel does not prevent an assignor from lodging a validity challenge of either patent ...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. has drastically limited the doctrine of assignor estoppel, requiring patent practitioners to reconsider assignment and ...
This piece was co-written by Boston area intellectual property lawyer Thomas McNulty. Patents and patent applications are frequently assigned from one entity to another, for example between inventors ...
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) is working on a new project to address inconsistencies in state laws related to "assignments for the benefit of creditors" (ABCs). ABCs are a process where a company's ...