Finland

Default (statutory) regime for the ownership

Patent: creator / successor in title; Copyright: creator / successor in title

Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations

Employer (if within scope of employer's business)

Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research

With the University if the researcher does not request the right to the invention.

Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually

No

Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually

No

Related law (name & link)

Act on the Right in Employee Inventions

Act on the Right in Inventions Made at Higher Education Institutions