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    Default Inventor or Investor?

    I am a inventor working on a cool invention, if i get a investor will he/she be one of the "inventors" on the patent application?

    The investor might add little to nothing on to the invention, What happens if the investor try to steal my patent, by putting his/her name instead of mine, or try to get his name next to mine on the application?

    How can I sue or use other legal actions to defend my Intellectual property?

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    Default Agreement with Investor

    Why would you agree to either name your investor as an inventor, or give your investor any input into the patent application process? If your investor might insist upon either, exclude the possibility in your contract with the investor. Presumably the investor is buying a share in the invention, or in profits derived therefrom, not a fictitious claim to be a co-inventor.

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    It is my understanding that it is not legal for an investor (who is not actually involved in the invention) to be named as a co-inventor, so it would be fraudalent to submit such an application.

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