Denmark

The Consolidate Act on Employees' Inventions (Consolidate Act. No. 104 of January 24, 2012)

Year of Version:

2012

Dates:

Entry into force: January 1, 1968

Adopted: April 29, 1955

Type of Text:

Main IP Laws

Subject Matter:

Patents (Inventions), Utility Models, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body

Notes:

The Consolidate Act on Employees' Inventions (Consolidate Act. No. 104 of January 24, 2012) takes into account amendments up to the 'Act on Amendments to the Patents Act and Other Acts (Act No. 1370 of December 28, 2011)', which entered into force on February 1, 2012.
Section 8 of the amending Act No. 1370 of December 28, 2011 amended paragraph 2 of section 12 where the words 'of up to four months' were added after the words 'imprisonment'.

Available Texts:

Danish

Bekendtgørelse af lov om arbejdstageres opfindelser (LBK nr 104 af 24/01/2012)(Version with Automatic Translation Tool)

English

The Consolidate Act on Employees' Inventions (Consolidate Act. No. 104 of January 24, 2012)(Version with Automatic Translation Tool)

Related Legislation:

Supersedes

(1 text)

• Consolidate Act on Employees' Inventions (Consolidate Act No. 131 of March 18, 1986)(DK026)

Is amended by

(3 texts)

• The Consolidate Patents Act (Consolidate Act No. 90 of January 29, 2019)(DK212)
• Act No. 1370 of December 28, 2011, on Amendments to the Patents Act and Other Acts(DK170)
• The Consolidate Utility Models Act (Consolidate Act No. 972 of December 17, 1997)(DK083)

WIPO Lex No.

DK171