Title :
Hired to Invent [invention]
Abstract :
Engineers are "hired to invent," which affects how they are compensated when their ideas are patented by the companies for which they work.
Keywords :
Contracts; Employee rights; Engineering management; Intellectual property; Law; Legal factors; Patent law; Patents;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/SPEC.2008.4445781