Default (statutory) regime for the ownership | Creator / inventor / successor in title |
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Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations | The employer owns if within the scope of the employment. Otherwise, in case of inventions, different sorts of preferential licenses for the employer. |
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 | No |
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually | In respect of inventions - yes, a student obtains the right to the creation. The parties must agree upon trade of right in order for it to happen. |
Related law (name & link) | The Patents Act 1977, Chapter 39; the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 |
United Kingdom