Unnamed Inventor, Invalid Patent 

Fortress Iron, LP v. Digger Specialties, Inc., 2026 WL 899158 (Fed. Cir. April 2, 2026) - The Constitution mandates that the U.S. patent system promote the progress of science and useful arts. Naming and crediting all inventors has long been central to that mandate. While the Patent Act allows correction of inventorship errors, patentees should not take that remedy for granted. In Fortress, the Federal Circuit held that failure to name all inventors renders a patent invalid if the error... By: Miller Johnson