On 10/05/2012 01:27, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Mark Lawrence<breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Google was a right PITA but eventually I found this
http://www.legalcentre.co.uk/intellectual-property/guide/intellectual-property-and-employees/
It appears to contradict what you've said above, or have I misread it? E.g
"Under the (Patents) Act (1977), there is a presumption that an employer
will own the patent of an invention made by its employee if the invention
was made in the employee’s normal or specifically assigned duties and
either, an invention might reasonably be expected to result from such duties
or, the employee has a special obligation to further the employee’s
interests, arising from the nature of those duties and responsibilities and
the employee’s status."
That's patents... intellectual property goes by other rules I think. I
am not a lawyer, and I try to avoid getting placed in any position
where this sort of thing will come up, because it's messy...
especially with internationalization.
ChrisA
The title of the referenced page is "Intellectual Property and
Employees". My quote is from the "Employees and Patents" section, but
there are several more sections, so it appears that patents are a part
of the intellectual property rule set.
I'm with you on avoiding this type of situation, but sadly the whole
pyjamas issue is a right pig's ear :(
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