Jake and Erin are joint inventors who hold a patent but have no agreement as to licensing or transferring it. May Jake transfer the patent to Toby without Erin's permission? Assume Jake receives $500,000 for the patent. Must Jake share this money with Erin, his co-inventor? Discuss.
What will be an ideal response?
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, each joint owner of a patent may sell it (or use it or license it, etc.) without the consent and without accounting to the other owners. Thus, it is critical for parties to have an agreement. In this case, Jake will be able to retain all $500,000 without accounting to Erin for any part of it.
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