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Updating author: Marc
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Employee
inventions
Inventions owned by the employer
The ownership of copyright
Summary
3.825
- The ownership of any invention made by an employee in the course of his or
her employment vests in the employer. However, should the invention be
patented, the employee is entitled to a fair share of the benefit that the
employer has derived, or may reasonably expect to derive, from the
patent. (See 3.827 Employee inventions and 3.829 Inventions owned by the employer)
- The ownership of the copyright in any literary, artistic or dramatic work
written or produced by an employee in the course of his or her employment
likewise vests in the employer. (See 3.830 The
ownership of copyright)
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Future developments
3.826 There are no future developments.
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Employee inventions
3.827 In some industries, such as the pharmaceutical and
textile industries, scientists and chemists, for example, are employed
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