Stanford v. Roche (court case)

Stanford v. Roche was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the ownership of inventions made by researchers. The issue arose when a researcher at Stanford University developed a technology funded partly by the university but also had an agreement with Roche, a private company. Stanford argued it owned the patent rights based on its policies, while Roche claimed the researcher's agreement with them gave them rights to the invention. The Court ruled in favor of Roche, emphasizing that the researcher’s prior agreement with Roche took precedence over Stanford’s claims, clarifying how intellectual property rights are assigned in collaborative research environments.