Patent Assignment Found Ambiguous as a Result of Too Much Specificity

Euclid Chem. Co. v Vector Corrosion Techs., 561 F.3d 1340, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1 April 2009. District Court erred in granting summary judgment on patent ownership due to ambiguity in assignment. Legal context Virtually every patent assignment or patent licence typically includes not only the enumerated patent applications or issued […]