Roger A. Jackson Intellectual Property Law Blog

Who really owns the idea anyway, prior to any formal protection (patent, trademark, copyright, etc.) or informal such as trade secret which is not available because the idea has been publically disclosed, think of the Facebook case, as is typical there are no witten agreements  between the parties.  The law does not really have a clear avenue for these issues, could ownership be parallel to real or personal property, i.e. possession=ownership absent any clear ownership... Read More