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The Court of Appeal (Longmore and Jacob LJJ and Kitchin J) recently addressed (2010 EWCA Civ 1283) the meaning of the words "that person" in section 41(2) Patents Act 1977 in the context of a long-running dispute over an inventor's entitlement to compensation from his employer where the patent has been of outstanding benefit to the employer
In a judgment handed down on 11 February 2009 Mr Justice Floyd held that two of the inventors of two patent families relating to the radioactive imaging agent Myoview were entitled to compensation under section 40 of the Patents Act 1977
