HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg) [LWN.net]

HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg)

Posted Sep 9, 2011 15:25 UTC (Fri) by utoddl (subscriber, #1232)
In reply to: HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg) by Hausvib6
Parent article: HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg)

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

I've never been able to read into that an interpretation that would make such exclusive rights transferable. Poor me...

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Transferring patents

Posted Sep 11, 2011 0:06 UTC (Sun) by Kluge (guest, #2881) [Link]

Interesting point. I suppose it would be important to see if patents had been transferable in England and the colonies previously, to determine what the legal context was.