Intellectual Property
Mar. 18, 2003
Invention Record Is Crucial, Even Without Patent Filing
Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Michael J. Sacksteder - When the issue is whether an accused patent infringer came up with an invention before the inventor named on the patent, the otherwise-unsupported word of even a large number of witnesses usually is insufficient to invalidate an issued patent based on the prior sale, public use or invention of the product or method claimed in the patent.
Intellectual Property
By Michael J. Sacksteder
When the issu...
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