Ali v. Carnegie Institution, No. 16-2320 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2017)

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This longstanding patent dispute began when Mussa Ali, proceeding pro se, filed a civil suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Oregon court) against the Carnegie Institution of Washington (Carnegie) and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) (collectively, defendants), alleging that they erroneously omitted Mr. Ali as a co-inventor on a handful of patents that the defendants co-owned. Mr. Ali sought to be added as a co - inventor to the patents -in-suit, as well as monetary damages from UMass for this alleged omission .