American Superconductor Corporation a power technologies company, says it is taking a series of legal actions against Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd. AMSC is filing criminal and civil complaints in China against Sinovel and other parties alleging the illegal use of AMSC’s intellectual property. These cases follow an intensive investigation conducted by AMSC and law…
Who owns the IP funded by government grants?
Carey C. Jordan, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, www.mwe.com A recent case concerning intellectual property (IP) rights serves as a cautionary tale to researchers and inventors in the wind industry. Although the case centers around a Stanford University researcher and several patents he authored concerning HIV nucleic acid measurement, it is useful to the wind…