Farewell to "Professor's Privilege": researchers at universities and public research institutions will no longer own the rights to patentable inventions. According to the new Intellectual Property Code, the property rights to the invention belong to the university and no longer to the individual researcher. Only in the case of "inertia" on the part of the structure, that is, if the university does not act in a timely manner to initiate the patenting process, is the researcher granted a right of "redemption", that is, the ability to proceed independently and retain ownership of the invention. The package of new regulations also includes the possibility for public research organizations and university institutions to have their own technology transfer office in order to enhance their intellectual property rights. The percentages of remuneration reserved for the inventor are decided on a case-by-case basis by the universities. Created as a measure designed to stimulate research and give greater prominence to researchers, academic privilege had ended up being, on the contrary, an element of uncertainty and fragmentation.
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