Birtles, Lovatt Evode Ltd v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (Patent): IPO 4 Dec 2000

Final decision In an action in respect of Evode against 3M, the contribution of Messrs Birtles and Lovatt who were employees of Evode was held to be enough for them to be named as joint inventors and, accordingly, a finding of co-proprietorship between 3M and Evode was established. After the issue of an interim decision to allow for submissions having regard, inter alia, to the potentially restrictive provisions involving co-proprietorship as set out in section 36(3), simple joint proprietorship was in the event decided

Judges:

Mr G Bridges

Citations:

O/452/00, [2000] UKIntelP o45200

Links:

PO, PO, Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoBirtles, Lovatt Evode Ltd v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (Patent) IPO 4-Dec-2000
Final decision In an action in respect of Evode against 3M, the contribution of Messrs Birtles and Lovatt who were employees of Evode was held to be enough for them to be named as joint inventors and, accordingly, a finding of co-proprietorship . .

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Final decision In an action in respect of Evode against 3M, the contribution of Messrs Birtles and Lovatt who were employees of Evode was held to be enough for them to be named as joint inventors and, accordingly, a finding of co-proprietorship . .
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Intellectual Property

Updated: 21 June 2022; Ref: scu.454020