Article 8: Property rights to a computer programme or database created in the performance of work duties
On legal protection of computer programmes and databases (1060-XII-son) · Date: 06.05.1994 · In force
Property rights to a computer programme or database created in the performance of work duties or on the employer's assignment shall belong to the employer, unless the contract between the employer and the author provides otherwise.
The procedure for payment and the amount of remuneration shall be established by the contract between the author and the employer.
If an organisation or enterprise (irrespective of its form of ownership) that owns property rights to a computer program or database is reorganised, dissolved or liquidated, all property rights may be transferred to the author (authors), the state or another legal successor by court decision or the liquidation commission, respectively.
