Module 6

03/10/2024

Who owns

• Original Inventor / Creator / Designer

Unless

• Employee acting in course of employment - in which case employer owns

Warning

• If made pursuant to a commission, the commissioner does not own

But

• Contract can change the default

• May be different in other countries

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IP Ownership – Other issues

Academic funding

•

Commissioned works

•

Joint inventions

•

Disputing ownership

•

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