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Author
Krupa-Lipińska Katarzyna (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland)
Title
Towards Fair Division of Benefits from Patent Rights: Remuneration for Employee-Inventor in Polish Legal System and in Comparative Context
Source
Torun International Studies, 2023, nr 1(17), s. 111-120, bibliogr. 20 poz.
Issue title
A Modern Model of Cooperation between Universities and Social and Business Environment. An International Context
Keyword
Wynalazczość, Patenty, Relacje pracodawca-pracownik, Szkolnictwo wyższe
Invention, Patent, Employer-employee relationships, Higher education
Note
summ.
Abstract
Remuneration for the employee-inventor is the key element to stimulate the development both in business and academic units for the beneficiary of the whole society. The purpose of the given article is to analyze whether the polish legal framework for employee remuneration for invention fairly balances interests of inventors and the units for which they are working for. Research has been based on the statutory provisions and comments of legal doctrine. The first element that has been taken into consideration was to whom the right to obtain a patent belong and later - if the right to a patent belong to employer - whether and how the employee-inventor should be remunerated. Both of those problems are differently set in different jurisdictions. Polish law adhere to the systems which by statute prescribes the right to obtain a patent in case of employee inventions to employer and also by statue guarantee remuneration for the employee-inventor both in business and academic environment. Upon the analysis the conclusion of the article is that despite of the fact that the statutory provisions are reasonably and fairly constructed, in certain elements they are vague and left much space for the internal regulation of economic entities and higher educational institutions, which at the end of the day might change the overall assessment and work better for those entities than for the employees. The value of the given paper is the practical approach of the analysis with references to the actual problems that arise.(original abstract)
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ISSN
2391-7601
Language
eng
URI / DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/TIS.2023.009
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