Ownership in Inventions
J. R. JANES · Advances in chemistry series · 1964
To the general rule regarding ownership of inventions, there are two important qualifications. First, if the inventor creates his invention under circumstances such that another supplies material, money, or other aid, that person, party, or company may become entitled to a personal shop right to use the invention free of liability to the inventor. This shop right is not assignable as such to others, nor can it be licensed, but it can be transferred in a sale of the whole assets and business of the holder. Second, if the inventor makes the invention under circumstances such that he has sold his services in inventing to another party or person, that person or party may become the owner of the full title to invention.