Who owns your patents? Patents are not always owned by the inventors. Employment agreements may require inventors to assign their inventions to their employer. An Assignment is a contract that transfers ownership of patent rights (or other rights) to a new owner. I discuss assignments and different implications for your business in how patents are owned.

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0:00 Introduction
0:32 Employment Agreements with Obligation to Assign Inventions
1:24 Copyrights can also be assigned for written work or other art
1:47 Assignment contract
2:26 Inventorship on a patent does not mean ownership of a patent
2:53 Employment agreements for Entrepreneurs and business ownwers
3:45 Have your employees assign inventions to your company
4:20 Licensing patents through a business entity
5:47 Multiple Assignees/Owners is possible

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