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6/09/10, 7:25 am

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Can you force your employer to patent your invention if your invention is important?

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If you are an employee in a business, the answer is usually no. However, it depends on whether you have signed an employ...

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Any attorney will say, the answer is generally no. This, of course, is subject to what any applicable employment agreeme...

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Kevin B. Murphy

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