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<font face="Times New Roman">Kathy - I think you are hung up on the
fact that you do not know the facts. An assignment presupposes
rights exist in one party and both parties desire to assign those
rights to another party. <br>
I guess you do not know (1) if a written assignment document has
already been executed that transferred rights</font> one party to
another. Such as from a named inventor to a company. <br>
I guess you do not know which law governs in case there is such a
document.<br>
I guess you do not know which law governs in case there is no such
document.<br>
<br>
I do see that the PCT application filed in RO/GB has "two GB
priority applications." So it is almost certain that there is one or
more written assignment documents executed prior to the date of the
PCT filing that transferred ownership and the right of priority to
the applicant named in the PCT application. But that is besides the
point.<br>
<br>
Normally, national stage filing orders specify the follow-on
documents you will get, and normally that specification of documents
answers your questions. But if not, then the prudent thing to do is
obtain the relevant facts from the FA.<br>
<br>
(You will note that I did not address your choice of law related
questions. Sorry.) <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A FA has asked me to file the US National
Phase application of a PCT application (RO/GB, with two GB
priority applications). They\u2019ve also asked me to send an
Assignment of the US application for signature.
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<p class="MsoNormal">My brain is hanging up on this for some
reason \u2013 does it make sense (would it be unauthorized
practice) for me to send them a US assignment of a US patent
application, if the applicant and inventor are both in the
UK? Would the contract be governed by UK law, and therefore I
couldn\u2019t prepare it for them? I\u2019ve asked the FA for a copy of
any assignment that\u2019s already been made, but I\u2019ve so far only
received the request to prepare one for the US. If they\u2019re
unable to send me prior assignment(s), would a better approach
be to prepare a confirmatory assignment (but what if I don\u2019t
know the terms of prior assignment(s))? <o:p></o:p></p>
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