U.S. Intellectual Property Ownership – Default Laws
Morgan Lewis authors, writing in the firm’s Tech & Sourcing blog, discuss how patent, copyright, and trade secret ownership works in the United States if there is no agreement in place to allocate these rights.
“Protecting intellectual property rights is a critical component to the success of a technology company,” according to Vito Petretti and Cindy L. Dole. “In order for a tech company to determine how to protect its intellectual property, the company should understand how the key intellectual property rights work.”
Their article covers patents, copyrights and trade secrets.