Employee Inventions and International R&D
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1.280,00 €
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Leistungen & Ablauf
Veranstaltung - 1.280,-€ zzgl. MwSt.
The fee includes the 'live' participation via internet, high-quality course material for download, a participation certificate as well as technical support including a test meeting.
Period:
09:00 to 17:00 CET
Buchungsdetails
Online-Seminar
Ab
1.280,00 €
zzgl. MwSt.
Leistungen & Ablauf
Veranstaltung - 1.280,-€ zzgl. MwSt.
The fee includes the 'live' participation via internet, high-quality course material for download, a participation certificate as well as technical support including a test meeting.
Period:
09:00 to 17:00 CET
This online course shall provide a sound overview about different local laws in important countries in EU and beyond with respect to employee invention rights. It shall enable the participants to address complex situations when designing and negotiating agreements for cross-border R&D.
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What to Expect
- Employee invention law: overview on Europe, US and Asia
- Inventor remuneration - rights and obligations
- National laws vs. international cooperation/research
- Harmonised remuneration/incentive systems in globally acting companies
- Consequences for international R&D
Who Should Attend
You are tasked with dealing with employee inventions and would like to know best practices?
Then this online course is intended for you. Knowledge of patent law is required.
Objective of the Event
A variety of separate national laws provides local solutions to questions regarding the allocation of rights resulting from employee inventions, their transfer to the employer and the relevant remuneration claims of the inventors. These problems need to be resolved in R&D agreements between cooperation partners in cross-border scenarios, within a multinational group of companies, and in situations of employee delegation or dislocation of R&D activities.
This online course shall provide a sound overview about different local laws in important countries in EU and beyond with respect to employee invention rights. It shall enable the participants to address complex situations when designing and negotiating agreements for cross-border R&D.
Your Benefit
After the course, you will
- have an overview about relevant national laws on employee inventions,
- be able to deal with employee inventions in cross-border R&D agreements,
- know how to set up a multi-country remuneration/incentive system which is harmonised.
Programme
09:00 - 17:00 CET
- Legal situation in Europe and worldwide: no harmonisation
- Classification and duty of disclosure of inventions
- Allocation of invention rights
- Transfer of invention rights to the employer
- Inventor remuneration
- Overview on Europe, US and Asia
- Overview on Europe, US and Asia
- Contractual options
- Legal boundaries
- Growing number of cooperation agreements
- How to find the applicable law? / National laws vs. international cooperation
- Joint inventions: filing, cost allocation and rights to use
- Centralized patent administration in companies
- Overview regarding possible contractual provisions
- Special problems regarding cooperation with universities
- Allocation of rights
- Technology transfer within international groups
- Cross-licenses
- Incentive systems
- Legal boundaries
The laws on employee inventions in different countries
The laws on employee inventions in different countries
- Legal situation in Europe and worldwide: no harmonisation
- Classification and duty of disclosure of inventions
- Allocation of invention rights
- Transfer of invention rights to the employer
- Inventor remuneration
- Overview on Europe, US and Asia
The laws on employee inventions in different countries
The laws on employee inventions in different countries
- Overview on Europe, US and Asia
Delegation of employees and applicable law
Delegation of employees and applicable law
- Contractual options
- Legal boundaries
Consequences for international Research & Development
Consequences for international Research & Development
- Growing number of cooperation agreements
- How to find the applicable law? / National laws vs. international cooperation
- Joint inventions: filing, cost allocation and rights to use
- Centralized patent administration in companies
- Overview regarding possible contractual provisions
Consequences for international Research & Development
Consequences for international Research & Development
- Special problems regarding cooperation with universities
Employee inventions and technology transfer
Employee inventions and technology transfer
- Allocation of rights
- Technology transfer within international groups
- Cross-licenses
Harmonised remuneration/incentive systems in globally acting companies
Harmonised remuneration/incentive systems in globally acting companies
- Incentive systems
- Legal boundaries
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6.5 hours CPD/pursuant to Section 15 FAO
At this event, participants will receive a certificate confirming 6.5 hours CPD/pursuant to Section 15 FAO (German Rules on Certified Specialist Lawyers).
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We are happy to advise you personally and individually.
Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Deputy Department Manager
+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de



