A practical guide to the employee inventions laws in the Nordic

The national regimes relating to employee invention laws across the world differ considerably and there is no harmonization of national employee invention laws in the European Union. 

However, the laws relating to employee invention in the Nordics are considerably similar. Employee inventions are regulated as special law in all countries and the legal provisions are based on the same idea: the employer may acquire rights to an invention made by the employee under certain conditions, however the employee is entitled to reasonable compensation.

This guide provides a practical overview of the employee invention laws in the Nordics and may be a useful tool when developing incentives and award programs tailored to the different legal regimes, as well as creating strategies for handling potential disputes arising from employee inventions.

Download the Nordic Employee Invention Laws Guide via the PDF-link below to find out more.