Contacts News Expert Articles IP Videos Employee Inventions Unlike in many other countries, inventions by employees in Germany are governed by a special Employee Invention Act. This regulates...

as far as expedient – before the patent offices. Employee Inventions We advise employers and employees on their rights and obligations relating to employee inventions, ensuring that the relevant...

vindicatio action. Disputes relating to the legal ownership often arise in relation to employee inventions and the employee inventor’s claims for compensation or as a result of cooperation...

but also, and mainly, in the form of the conduct by contractual partners and the companies’ own employees. The requirements for safeguarding trade secrets vary on a case-by-case basis. This is...

industries. A further significant area of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG’s practice involves advising clients on employees’ rights associated with copyright and remuneration issues relating thereto....

regarding any existing or potential infringement and revocation proceedings, analyzing the applicable employee invention regulations, carrying out a legal evaluation of existing license...