University of Missouri sues professor over patent

by E Wayne Ross on January 29, 2009

bnd.com: University of Missouri sues professor over patent

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A long-running dispute between the University of Missouri and one of its professors over intellectual property is headed to federal court.

The university system filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City against chemical engineering professor Galen Suppes. The system claims Suppes won’t release the rights to more than 30 inventions and 11 potential patents it says were developed in his Columbia campus labs.