Default (statutory) regime for the ownership | Creator / successor in title |
|---|---|
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations | Patents: There are no statutory rules regarding employee inventions / Copyrigh: With the employer if within scope of employer's business and this has been explicitly foreseen. |
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research | Under the federal law, the research contract passed between the public authority and the researcher must stipulate expressly who acquires proprietary rights over research results. No professor's privilege. |
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually | No specific regulation |
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually | No specific regulation |
Related law (name & link) |
Belgium