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AUT-1970-L-42828
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Federal Act on patent law (excerpt) (Patentgesetz (PatG), BGBl. 1970/259). Text No. 53.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Austria
Subjects (Classification)
Labour contracts
Adopted on (Date of text)
1970
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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