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IP-Initial Training Program

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What does “defensive purposes” mean in IPA?

A: Defensive purposes means that you can defend yourself should another party try to initiate patent litigation against you or your customers or users. Under the IPA, it also means that you can use these patents against anyone who has sued others offensively in the…

INNOVATOR’s PATENT AGREEMENT

Sample agreement taken from "Innovators Patent Agreement" © 2012 Twitter, Inc, used under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This INNOVATOR’s PATENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made between the person(s) named below (collectively referred to as “Inventors”) and [COMPANY NAME], a [State of Incorporation] corporation,…

Sample Patent Agreement

Innovators Patent Agreement The Innovators Patent Agreement (IPA) is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps control in the hands of engineers and designers. It is a commitment from a company to its employees that patents can only be used for defensive purposes.