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12Nov

UK Supreme Court Decides Former Unilever Employee Entitled to Compensation Under Patents Act 1977

On 23 October 2019, the UK Supreme Court decided that Professor Ian Shanks, a former employee of Unilever UK Central Resources Ltd (“UCRL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever plc, was entitled to compensation under section 40 of the Patents Act...
By: Ropes & Gray LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/uk-supreme-court-decides-former-60668/

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