Default (statutory) regime for the ownership | Patent: creator / successor in title |
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Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations | The employee shall be entitled to the patent unless the nature of the service entails the use of the employee’s special knowledge for the purposes of making inventions of the same kind as that to which the patent application relates, in which case the employer shall be entitled to the patent. |
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research | Information in English not available |
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually | If the invention has been made by a person carrying out research in the service of a university, college or research establishment, such university, college or research establishment shall be entitled to the patent. |
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually | Information in English not available |
Related law (name & link) |
Netherlands