LaFrance on Employee Ownership of Federally-Funded Inventions

Authors

Mary LaFrance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

In a case of first impression, the Federal Circuit held in Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems that a university engaging in federally funded research did not have legal title to its employee's invention when the employee had assigned his rights to a third party, even if that assignment conflicted with his pre-existing contractual obligation to assign his rights to the university. Mary LaFrance tackles this issue in this commentary.

Publication Citation

2010 Emerging Issues 4809.

Recommended Citation

LaFrance, Mary, "LaFrance on Employee Ownership of Federally-Funded Inventions" (2010). Scholarly Works. 455.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/455