The right to a European patent shall belong to the inventor or his successor in title. If the inventor is an employee, the right to a European patent shall be determined in accordance with the law of the State in which the employee is mainly employed; if the State in which the employee is mainly employed cannot be determined, the law to be applied shall be that of the State in which the employer has the place of business to which the employee is attached.
What is EPC 060?
This is Article 060 from the EPC (Europäisches Patentübereinkommen), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.
Legal Text
If two or more persons have made an invention independently of each other, the right to a European patent therefor shall belong to the person whose European patent application has the earliest date of filing, provided that this first application has been published.
In proceedings before the European Patent Office, the applicant shall be deemed to be entitled to exercise the right to a European patent.
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Official Source
This legal text is from the official EPC framework governing the Unified Patent Court.
Reference: EPC 060 (Article 060)