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Federal Act on patent law (excerpt) (Patentgesetz (PatG), BGBl. 1970/259). Text No. 53.

Main Region

First Region

Austria
Labour contracts
1970
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides the right of an employee to take out a patent on his or her invention made during an employment contract. Section 7 sets out an exception from this principle, allowing an employer and employee to conclude an agreement giving the employer patent ownership or user's rights over an employee's invention.In such a case, the employer shall compensate the employee for the invention with an amount corresponding to the value of the invention. Consolidated text.

Monograph region

    Monograph title
    Arbeitsrecht
    Author
    Dittrich, Veit, Tades
    Publisher
    Manz Verlag
    Place of publication
    Vienna
    Country
    Austria
    ISBN
    3-214-11148-5