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Practice question: Ownership of Patents

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Practice question

Under IPCode Section104, what ownership consequence follows a valid assignment of an undivided share of the entire patent and invention?
  1. The parties become joint owners
  2. The patent automatically expires
  3. The assignee necessarily becomes sole owner of every interest
  4. The invention becomes public domain solely because of the share transfer
  5. The assignor can never retain any interest

Legal references

  • RA8293 IP Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html Sections29,31 and104–107.

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