Practice question
Two persons jointly own a patent by succession to undivided shares. One personally manufactures the invention for profit and claims Section 107 applies only to co-owners named in the original grant. Is that claim correct?
- Yes, succession is excluded
- Yes, joint ownership can arise only once
- No; Section 107 expressly includes succession in title to a share
- Yes, unless both are inventors
- No, because all successors lose patent rights
Legal references
- RA 8293, Intellectual Property Code, Sections 67-70, 73 and 76-107, read with RA 9502: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
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