Default (statutory) regime for the ownership | Creator / successor in title |
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Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations | In relation to inventions: If there is no specific regulation of employee rights to inventions in the employee's contract, inventions made by employees within the context of their work and the fulfillment of their employment obligations belong to the employer. Inventions which are made through work but not as a result of specifically fulfilling the employee's contractual obligations are to be registered with the employer. The employer has 6 months in which to decide whether to acquire the invention in question or to release it. |
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research | Information not available |
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually | Information not available |
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually | Information not available |
Related law (name & link) |
Switzerland