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Key question on employee inventor compensation to be decided by UK court

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( November 14, 2025, 13:27 GMT | Insight) -- The question of whether employees who invent patented products should have the significance of their inventions considered in the aggregate when seeking compensation from their employer is set to be considered by a UK court after a judge on Friday dismissed attempts to have the argument against the proposal struck out.Patents developed by employees of a company are usually registered in the name of the company, but employees can seek special compensation for their work if the inventions are considered to have delivered “outstanding benefits.” A key dispute over whether this qualifier must only apply to a single patent or can cover a patent family will now be considered by a UK court, a judge ruled on Friday....

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