Law360, New York ( September 25, 2014, 10:06 AM EDT) -- STC.UNM v. Intel Corp., Appeal No. 2013-1241 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 17, 2014) provides patent co-owners a stark reminder that they should clearly and carefully identify their rights and obligations with respect to the co-owned patent, or face surprises. What kind of surprises? Discovering that a co-owner has the ability to license the patent without sharing the royalties, or that a co-owner can prevent another co-owner from suing a third party for patent infringement and that involuntary joinder under Rule 19 may be of no assistance....
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