Practice question
A company commissions an invention under a contract expressly reserving patent ownership to the inventor. The company claims commissioning always overrides every contrary contract. Which conclusion follows Section 30.1?
- Every commission automatically nullifies the reservation.
- The statute permits a contrary contract, so the express ownership reservation must be considered rather than ignored.
- Only the patent examiner may privately buy the right.
- The inventor's citizenship alone decides the clause.
- The ownership agreement necessarily becomes a trademark.
Legal references
- RA8293, IP Code, Sections28–30,71–76: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
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