Intellectual Property
May 23, 2009
Breakaway Employees Win Ruling in Patent Dispute
In a victory for high-tech worker rights, a federal judge has ruled that a clause in a semiconductor company's contract asserting ownership over a former employee's invention is invalid.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN JOSE - In a victory for high-tech worker rights, a federal judge has ruled that a clause in a semiconductor equipment company's employment contract allowing it to assert ownership over a former employee's invention is invalid and unenforceable. U.S. District Judge James Ware issued the ruling late Wednesday in a dispute between San Jose-based Applied Materials Inc. and a small company started by for...
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