Common use of COPYRIGHTS AND PATENT RIGHTS Clause in Contracts

COPYRIGHTS AND PATENT RIGHTS. If the candidate is the sole author of the doctoral thesis, he or she alone holds the copyright to the doctoral thesis. If the doctoral thesis consists of a collection of articles and a summary, the candidate alone will hold a copyright to those parts that are the result of the candidate’s independent, creative work. In cases where more than one author writes an article or any other manuscript and it is not possible to identify the individual’s contribution to the whole, the article will be regarded as a joint work. The authors of such articles will hold a joint copyright. If the candidate is an employee at UiS and produces a patentable invention in connection with the doctoral thesis, written notification of the invention must be given to the TTO at UiS without undue delay pursuant to Section 5 of the Act of 17 April 1970 respecting the right to employees’ inventions. If the invention results from cooperation with the supervisor(s) employed by the university, the candidate and the supervisor must in concordance submit written notification of the intervention to the TTO at UiS, without undue delay. The candidate and the supervisor(s) must identify their respective shares in the patentable invention. Nonetheless, a candidate who is employed by XxX has the right to publish the invention on the conditions stated in Section 6, paragraph three, of the Act respecting the right to employees’ inventions. The right to publish in accordance with the previous paragraph can only be exercised by the candidate if the co-inventor(s), including supervisor, if the invention is the result of a cooperative effort, expressly consents, and provided that third party’s rights do not prevent publication. Regarding crediting of institutions/enterprises when results are made publicly accessible or are published, see Part A, Section 9.