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Noteworthy
Owner by default On 1 October 2009, the German Act on the Simplification and Modernisation of the Patent Law (Gesetz zur Vereinfachung und Modernisierung des Patentrechts) came into force. Most important to German public research organizations and universities is a modification to the Employees’ Invention Law (Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetz). Under the previous law, the employer had to formally CLAIM an invention by written notice to the employee if he wanted to receive all the rights associated with the invention, e.g. for its commercial exploitation. If he failed to do so within four months from the receipt of an invention disclosure statement, the inventor remained the owner of his or her invention. According to the new law, the employer will automatically become the owner of an invention made by an employee if he does not formally RELEASE it within four months. However, what remains unchanged is that ownership comes with a duty for the employer: he has to file for patent protection, at least in Germany, and let the inventor participate in future returns from commercialization. |
Meet us at the forthcoming events: Biotech-NetWorkshop, 24-26 February 2010, Schloss Ringberg (Tegernsee), Germany News in Brief:
Ascenion acquires shares in BITZ
Isabell Schwenkert joined the Hanover team in September 2009 as technology scout. Together with her colleague Ralf Cordes, she will work with scientists from the Hanover Medical School (MHH).more
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