Intellectual Property Law Of Germany - Copyright

Unlike patent and trademark rights, copyrights are acquired without registration or any special formality. They are obtained as soon as the work is created. The prerequisites of copyright protection are that the work must contain a minimum standard of personal intellectual creation and originality. German copyright law does not require novelty or priority. Examples of copyrightable creations are literary, musical, choreographic, artistic, photographic and cinematographic works, as well as television productions, representations of a scientific or technical nature, and - most recently included in the Copyright Act - computer programs. The copyright belongs to the person who creates the work. It should be noted that even if an employee who creates works under the instruction of his employer or within the arrangement of his employment contract, the German copyright laws vest the copyright in the employee makes it inalienable. The employer who wants to use the work has to acquire the