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Patentees denied remuneration for expired temporary patent as company was not a public economic unit.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the patentees' claim for remuneration regarding the application of their invention after the temporary patent expired. The court found that the company continued the investment but did not assume the legal status of a public economic unit required by the Invention Act. Consequently, the statutory obligation to pay remuneration did not apply to this private entity.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 98 ust. 1 ustawy o wynalazczości; Art. 124 ustawy o wynalazczości: Remuneration for the application of a worker's invention is due only from a public economic unit or a successor entity assuming all its obligations, not merely a private company continuing an investment.
Keywords
AI generated
worker's invention
remuneration claim
public economic unit
temporary patent
succession of obligations
Invention Act
civil liability
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 98 ust. 1 ustawy o wynalazczości
Art. 124 ustawy o wynalazczości
art. 393 § 15 KPC
art. 102 KPC