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Contrary to most other jurisdictions, under German Law inventions and technical improvement proposals belong to the employee. The employer may, however, be able to claim these rights. Following such a successful claim, the rights belong to the employer and the employee will be entitled to a financial compensation. The rules governing inventions and technical improvement proposals are provided for under the German Act on Employee Inventions (Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetz).
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Schönbohm, J., Kremp, P.R. (2010). Employee Inventions and Copyrights. In: Kirchner, J., Kremp, P., Magotsch, M. (eds) Key Aspects of German Employment and Labour Law. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00678-4_13
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