In a much-anticipated ruling issued on May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s reading of the longstanding enablement requirement of U.S. patent law in the...more
The Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act, better known as the Bayh-Dole Act, and the federal regulations implementing the Act permit government contractors to retain ownership of inventions developed with federal funding....more