Re:Engineer refusing to file/disclose patents
by BlackLotus89 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:36PM
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This is only partially true.
You are talking about Arbeitnehmererfindungen and those only belong to the employer if they are created on company time or if they are related to the work (Diensterfindung) every other invention belongs to the inventor (freie Erfindung) see ยง18 arbnerfg (3) althought you have to submit the invention to your employer if it could be related to the work (1-2)
Re:Engineer refusing to file/disclose patents
by Tomte on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:45PM
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You're right, I conflated "telling the employer" (required for both kinds of inventions) with the procedure of payment or release (only applicable for one kind). My bad!
You are talking about Arbeitnehmererfindungen and those only belong to the employer if they are created on company time or if they are related to the work (Diensterfindung) every other invention belongs to the inventor (freie Erfindung) see ยง18 arbnerfg (3) althought you have to submit the invention to your employer if it could be related to the work (1-2)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbnerfg/BJNR007560957.ht...