Rights To Service-Related Works And Inventions

GRATA International presents a comparative overview of rights to service-related works and inventions across multiple jurisdictions, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Türkiye and Uzbekistan.

The publication examines key legal issues concerning works and inventions created by employees, including ownership of rights, the criteria for determining whether a work or invention qualifies as service-related, which rights automatically vest in the employer and which require separate assignment, as well as employee remuneration requirements.

It also provides practical insights into the documentation employers should put in place to protect their rights, the allocation of intellectual property rights within multinational corporate groups and cross-border employment relationships, risks arising from insufficient contractual provisions, rights to works and inventions created outside working hours or during remote work, protection of rights