The Intellectual Property Court confirmed the independence of his invention. Lawyers attribute the dispute to improperly executed documents. Rights to inventions created in the course of work belong to the employer.
However, proving this is sometimes very difficult, and courts hearing such disputes often side with the weaker party—the employees.
Daria Bitkina, an Associate at Nordic Star’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice, assessed the risks of employee misappropriation of the company’s intellectual property in an article for DP.
For more details, see the Delovoy Peterburg article (available by subscription).