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Inventor Sues Therative, Inc. Over Inventorship of Patent on ThermaClear Device; Separate Invention Theft Case Continues

Published in Medical Patent Law Weekly, April 29th, 2009

Patent litigation firm Teuton, Loewy & Parker LLP filed a lawsuit yesterday against Therative, Inc. on behalf of inventor Joseph Neev, PhD. In the lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court, District of Delaware, Dr. Neev claims sole inventorship rights in U.S. Patent Number 7,494,492, a recently issued patent that Therative claims protects its ThermaClear Acne Clearing Device.

Dr. Neev seeks a court order correcting U.S. Patent No. 7,494,492 to show Dr. Neev as the sole inventor under the patent. Such an order would make Dr. Neev the owner of the patent, would likely prevent Therative from using the invention claimed in the patent, and would allow Dr. Neev to...

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Source: Medical Patent Law Weekly (2009-04-29)

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