Intellectual Property Divisible in Divorce

Business Valuation Update BVLaw
Legal and Court Case Update
August 30, 2002
marital dissolution/divorce

Mei Li Teller v. Howard Scott Teller
53 P.3d 240 (Hawaii 2002)
US
State Court
Hawaii
Supreme Court
Nakayama

Summary

The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled, on an issue of first impression, that intellectual property such as trade secrets and patents could be property subject to equitable distribution, depending upon when they accrued.

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Mei Li Teller v. Howard Scott Teller

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