It looks like one of my former employers finally got around to processing the paperwork on a patent application for a process I created for them. They own the patent, but I am listed as the inventor.
Yes, but that now means that despite the fact that you invented it, you now cannot re-use any distinct features from that process anywhere else without paying royalties or getting a release from the patent holder.
It's the same mentality that saw a whole bunch of musical artists sued by record companies for re-using licks and beat patterns, despite the fact that the finished products sounded almost nothing alike.
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It's the same mentality that saw a whole bunch of musical artists sued by record companies for re-using licks and beat patterns, despite the fact that the finished products sounded almost nothing alike.
welcome to patent/copyright law.