University Inventions – The New Law (since 2002) Sample Clauses

University Inventions – The New Law (since 2002). On February 6, 2002, a new version of Art. 42 of The Law has come into force in Germany, according to which, first of all, the former distinction between inventions made at universities by “normal employees”, like scientific personnel of a non-professor nature etc., and those of professors/assistants/lecturers has been given up. Since then, all inventions made by employees at universities, as far as working in research and technology, are covered by the Law, including those made by professors, assistants and lecturers, in the following just designated as “professors”, in other words, the so-called former “Professors’ Privilege”, has been deleted. The “Professors’ Privilege” had the consequence that inventions by “Professors” were defined as “free” inventions and could freely be evaluated by the professors, particularly by transferring or licensing such inventions to industry cooperation partners of the professors, without the university, as the employer of the professor, getting involved. Also the new Law, however, does not cover inventions made by “non-employees” at universities, like students, scholars etc., so that in these cases special regulations will have to be found on a contractual basis between professors, universities, sponsors, etc.. All inventions made by university employees, including professors, will now have to be notified to the university, but only, if the inventor intends and is in agreement with, respectively, publication of her/his invention. If the inventor does not wish to publish, like e.