Inventors Get 1st Dibs On Gov't-Funded IP: High Court

By Leigh Kamping-Carder
June 6, 2011, 5:49 PM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that federal contractors do not gain automatic patent rights to federally funded inventions because inventors get the first claim, handing a win to a Hoffmann-La...

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