The reference
11. On 25 January 2018 Prosyscor made a reference to the Comptroller under section 12 of the Patents Act 1977 (‘the 1977 Act’) in relation to the PCT Application. In a written decision dated 25 May 2018 the Comptroller declined jurisdiction in favour of this court.
- Introduction
- The reference
- The issues
- The witnesses
- The law
- Right to employees’ inventions.
- Technical background
- The PCT Application
- Claims 1 and 11
- The inventive concepts disclosed in the PCT Application
- The devising of the inventive concepts
- The devisers of the inventive concepts
- Development
- Breach of confidence
- Conclusion