The UK's view might be considered saner since if you can prove you came up with the intellectual property on your own and didn't copy it could be argued that yo

The UK's view might be considered saner since if you can prove you came up with the intellectual property on your own and didn't copy it could be argued that you have a joiont right with the other patent holder. Not sure if they interpret it that way but it would be a logical outgrowth of the view.