Law Practice
Jul. 24, 2008
Dead Men Can't Sign Patent Claims, Federal Judge Rules
Forging a dead person's signature on a patent application is quick way to get on a judge's bad side.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 8
SAN JOSE - Forging a dead person's signature on a patent application is quick way to get on a judge's bad side.
Santa Clara-based MultiMetrixs and its lawyers learned this the hard way Tuesday, when U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in San Francisco invalidated a company patent because offici...
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