[Article / Contracts] Examination of provisions in joint patent application agreements between universities and companies (Minoru Tokita, Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 75, No. 5, 2025)
Updated: Oct 7
Article information
Article type: Publication review
Categories: Patents
Issues: Joint ownership, Contracts
Published on website: 2026-10-08
Display and classification checked: 2026-10-08
[Article / Contracts] Examination of provisions in joint patent application agreements between universities and companies (Minoru Tokita, Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 75, No. 5, 2025)
The obligation to notify the other party of improvement inventions should apply only where at least one inventor is shared with the original invention, and only until publication.
Profits should be allocated to the university only after they exceed half of the filing and related costs borne by the company.
The party abandoning its rights should bear the costs of abandonment.
Original article (2025-10-31):
Originally posted on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7513419858278031360/
Consultation guide by purpose: https://www.takaishihideki.com/en/single-post/consultation-guide-en
Update history
The update history records only changes actually published, with dates.
2026-10-08: First publication of the LinkedIn original; display, classification, and consultation link set.
2026-10-08: Updated issue tags and classification.
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