Compensating employee inventors: Shanks v. Unilever

This update follows from our previous article. Brief Background Professor Shanks invented a device which uses capillary action to sample and measure glucose concentration in blood, serum or urine. Professor Shanks’ inventions belong to his employer at the time (“CRL” – Unilever group’s UK-based research staff), who assigned the rights to Unilever plc. Unilever licensed […]