Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases Advance Access originally published online on April 23, 2009
Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 2009 126(6):363-406; doi:10.1093/rpc/rcp021
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Kelly and Chiu v Ge Healthcare Ltd
(Floyd J.) 3-5, 8-11, 15, 16 December 2008 and 11 February 2009
[2009] EWHC 181 (Pat); [2009] R.P.C. 12
Patent—Employee invention—Inventor compensation—Causal relationship between patent and outstanding benefit—Whether other protection included regulatory data exclusivity—Meaning of compensation—Whether assessment of valuation of benefit ex post facto or ex ante —Whether patents of outstanding benefit to employer—Evaluating the benefit—Statutory factors to be taken into account—Fair share of benefit—Comparable licences