Inventions Made in the Course of Employment

As a result of work performed during the course of employment, both works protected by copyright, patentable inventions, as well as other immaterial property rights may be created. The applicable rules are, to a certain extent, dependent on whether such results qualify as inventions made in the employment relationship or copyrighted work. As regards actual inventions made in the employment relationship, the employee is also entitled to a separate compensation for an invention, which the employer is entitled to exploit.

Issues relating to immaterial property rights in an employment relationship are dealt with in further detail in Inventions and Works in an Employment Relationship [Copyrights to Employee Works].