Common use of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PATENT RIGHTS, RIGHT TO USE RESULTS Clause in Contracts

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PATENT RIGHTS, RIGHT TO USE RESULTS. 8.1 Intellectual property rights to the PhD thesis If the candidate is the only author of the PhD thesis, then he/she holds the sole intellectual property rights to the work. If the PhD thesis contains a collection of papers, the candidate holds the sole intellectual property rights to those parts which are the result of his/her independent creative work. Papers written by more than one person where it is impossible to ascertain the individual contributions will be deemed co-authored. For such papers, the co-authors jointly hold the intellectual property rights to the work. The parts of the PhD thesis which the candidate holds the sole intellectual property rights to, as well as other academic literature resulting from the thesis work which the candidate alone holds the intellectual property rights to, can be used free of compensation in the University’s teaching and research activities. This also applies to making copies (on paper and/or digitally) free of compensation. In the case of such use, the candidate’s name will be stated in accordance with legal stipulations and good practice.