Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

Rights to a patented invention

Do I have the rights to a patented invention that was invented and patented by an indepedent engineering contractor as part of a system he was being paid by me to design for me. There was no written contract regarding the rights to such an invention.


Asked on 2/05/08, 2:00 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ronald Mahurin Law Offices of Ronald Glenn Mahurin

Re: Rights to a patented invention

If you did not invent the invention, you cannot file for a patent. However, if the invention was built by others under your direction, in other words you thought of the invention and others reduced it to practice, then you can apply for a patent.

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Answered on 2/05/08, 10:37 am


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