The English High Court recently awarded compensation to a devicemaker’s employees in recognition of their efforts in inventing a patented product, Emma Bevan, an attorney at London-based law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, said during a panel presentation at the 2009 AdvaMed Medtech Conference. As a result of the case, patent attorneys at U.S. companies are taking a closer look at purchase agreements for entities based in China, France, Germany, Japan and the UK as each of those countries has similar laws that would favor inventors.
International Medical Device Regulatory Monitor