The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“Act”) introduces a number of changes to the UK employment law landscape. The following two developments – which came into force last week – will be of key importance to Life Sciences employers:
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Employee’s Rights to Compensation for Inventions – a European Perspective
By Inside EU Life Sciences on
Posted in Employment, Intellectual Property
Article originally published in PLC Life Sciences Handbook 2009/2010
Many life science companies rely on their employees’ inventiveness to fuel their research and development (R&D) efforts and generate patents. The most successful inventions can generate billions of euros of sales annually. In some circumstances, the employees who created the patentable inventions may be entitled to…