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Unilever plc & others v Shanks: employee invention compensation to be measured by reference to actual benefits to employer rather than hypothetical benefits
- Bird & Bird
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- United Kingdom
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- January 31 2011
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
