An assignor is a person or entity who transfers rights or benefits to another party, the assignee. Read about the rights of the assignor vs. assignee.

In its petition, Minerva argued that the case for eliminating assignor estoppel is even stronger than the case that supported eliminating licensee estoppel, in fact, because—unlike licensee ...

“The status of the status quo is far from clear…. The Supreme Court has considered the applicability of assignor estoppel in only a handful of cases—none of them recent—and those ...

Veteran softball umpire and assignor Jim Corpora said he could always count on Kevin Hoffman. “As an assignor, I appreciated Kevin because he was a guy who would go anywhere at any time for any level ...

Assignor estoppel does not apply if a later legal development renders the warranty given at the time of the assignment irrelevant, for example, changes to the standard for patent-eligible subject ...

In a June decision, the Supreme Court in Minerva Surgical v. Hologic, 141 S. Ct. 2298 (2021), breathed new life into the doctrine of assignor estoppel, a centuries-old doctrine based in ...

While 'Minerva' limited assignor estoppel's scope, the doctrine remains alive and, in some industries, could remain commonplace, according to Robert Counihan and Eric Majchrzak of Fenwick & West.

The Court distinguished these two doctrines, explaining that in assignor estoppel, an assignor makes a representation about a patent’s validity and receives some payment in return.

The assignor, in order to protect their right to sue, must preserve the chose in action in the assignment agreement imposing an obligation upon the assignee so they will not refuse to give consent.

However, in the past, if a rejection of trademark assignment recordal was issued on this ground, a declaration executed by the assignor attesting to the assignor’s non-use of the company name in ...

In certain circumstances, LIFW has acquired the assignor’s 50% interest up-front by purchasing the assignor’s contractual right to collect at the time of recovery.