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| Name: | Federal Act on employees' inventions. |
| Country: | Germany |
| Subject(s): | Conditions of work |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1986-08-15 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | DEU-1986-L-42217 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=42217&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Arbeitsrecht, Text No. 121, 1994-12-31, H.C. Nipperdey, C.H. Beck Verlag, Germany, Munich |
| Abstract/Citation: | Provides an exception from the general principal that all products arising from work belong to the employer. If an employee invents an entirely new, patentable product, the employer may acquire rights to the product in return for compensation equal to the value of the product. |