The vast majority of technological inventions originate from the research departments of industrial companies.
The inventors and thus the basic owners of the inventor rights, e.g. on a later patent, the employees of the respective company are employed there. There is a collision of different legal positions in employee invention law. The inventor right under patent law means that the inventor is entitled to the right to an invention. For companies, however, this would not be a sustainable situation – after all, inventions are made in the context of the employment relationship for the company.
The company has a legitimate interest in seeing them receive the rights. After all, if in doubt, they would lack a business foundation. In Germany, for example, it is regulated that the right to an invention that was created in the context of an employment relationship as a service invention belongs to the employer. Such conflicts of interest are resolved via the Employee Inventions Act (ArbEG).
In this potential area of conflict, we provide you with comprehensive advice from a patent attorney and support you with your questions on employee invention law. We help you as an employer to exercise your rights. We help you to obtain the right to unilaterally claim a service invention and advise you on the claiming, use and remuneration.
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