IP Ownership in an R&D Collaboration Agreement: Who Owns the Results?
R&D collaboration: who owns the results? Freedom of contract, employee inventions (Art. L. 611-7) and joint ownership of patents (Art. L. 613-29 et seq.).
Employee Inventions in France: How Should an Innovative Company Manage Them?
Article L611-7 of the French Intellectual Property Code (Code de la propriété intellectuelle) classifies employee inventions into three categories.
How to Protect Non-Patentable Know-How in an R&D Project in France
Non-patentable know-how: protection as a trade secret (Article L.151-1 of the French Commercial Code), three cumulative criteria and reasonable protective measures.
