Japan

Remuneration/ Participation in revenues

Statutory rules regarding remuneration

Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing

Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing

Related law (name & link)

Patents, Utility models, Designs

Where the employee vests the right to obtain a patent or the patent right for an employee invention in the employer, etc., or grants an exclusive license therefor to the employer, etc., the said employee shall have the right to receive reasonable value. Where no provision setting forth the value exists, or where it is recognized that the amount of the value to be paid is unreasonable, the amount of the value shall be determined by taking into consideration the amount of profit to be received by the employer, etc. from the invention, the employer, etc.'s burden, contribution, and treatment of the employee, etc. and any other circumstances relating to the invention.

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Patent Act of 1959, Article 35

Utility Model Act of 1959, Article 11(3)

Designs Act of 1959, Article 15(3)