Asked by nathi ngcobo on May 18, 2024

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Susan was hired by Teddy & Co.as a sales woman.However,management,upon seeing her intelligence and capabilities allowed her to use the office library and research facility to create an inventive product.Susan now wants to patent the product in her own name.This is not permissible under the:

A) doctrine of equivalents.
B) respondeat superior doctrine.
C) shop right doctrine.
D) doctrine of assignment.

Shop Right Doctrine

A legal principle that allows an employer to use an invention created by an employee during employment without compensation beyond their salary.

Doctrine of Equivalents

A principle in patent law that allows for the enforcement of a patent against a product or process that does not literally infringe upon the patented invention but performs substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the same result.

  • Understand the issues surrounding ownership and the transfer of rights in copyrights and patents.
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Tonya PoseyMay 20, 2024
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
Under the shop right doctrine,the employer is the owner of the trade secret because the employee was hired to do work related to the secret.