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Draft Bill on Workers’ Inventions

A draft bill submitted by Congressman Héctor Recalde, published March 18, 2011, amends article 82 of the Labor Contract Law, which regulated ownership of inventions and intellectual creations made by an employee (Draft Bill No. 1001-D-2011).
September 22, 2011
Draft Bill on Workers’ Inventions

The Draft Bill proposes that the Labor Contract Law defer to the specific provisions in the Patent Law. Furthermore it allows that the PTO’s decisions be appealed either before the federal courts or the labor courts. The draft bill rules that the inventor shall be named, something not included before in the Patent Law.

A reason of appropriate legislative technique is set forth as a basis for the draft bill, namely the need to have a single set of provisions in a matter that is legislated twice, in the Labor Contract Law and in the Patent Law.




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