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UK employer wins rights over employee’s invention
The ruling in the recent intellectual property case of LIFFE Administration and Management vs Pavel Pinkava, which concerned the ownership of a number of connected inventions relating to trading on a financial exchange, is that the employer is the owner, says a report on the International Law Office site. The judge’s decision was based on a step-by-step assessment of the relevant requirements under Section 39 of the Patents Act 1977.
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