근로자의 직무발명과 정당한 보상에 관한 연구

• 영문명: Study on the Employee Inventions and the Fair Compensation System
• 발행기관: 경희법학연구소
• 저자명: 문선영(Moon, Sun-Young)
• 간행물 정보: 『경희법학』제43권 제3호, 437~465쪽, 전체 29쪽
• 주제분류: 법학 > 민법
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.09.30

영문 초록

As many inventions in the modern knowledge-based economy are made by organizations such as universities, research institutes, or businesses, great attention has been drawn recently to the employee invention system. Equitable use of the employee invention system encourages employees to create valuable inventions and furthermore benefits employers as they seek to retain distinguished researchers and prevent the outflow of trade secrets. In Korea, the amended Invention Promotion Act of 2006 aims to systemize and unify the employee invention system as a whole, which had previously fallen under both the pre-amendment Invention Promotion Act and the Patent Law. While there are many legal issues in the employee invention system, the remuneration issue is directly related to the employee’s actual rights and thus both employer and employee can easily realize its importance. It thus seems very meaningful at this point to review the employee invention system according to under the amended Invention Promotion Act and analyze the standard of fair compensation for employee inventors based on actual legal cases. The amended Invention Promotion Act of 2006 is important in that it enhances predictability and legal stability and makes possible, through voluntary negotiation, various types of remuneration appropriate to each respective corporation. However, it seems nonsensical that as long as a reasonable procedure is guaranteed the contract and work regulations between an employer and employee may be considered valid even when the specific details of remuneration cannot be regarded as fair. Though the amended Invention Promotion Act has great worth in the sense that it unifies and systemizes the employee invention system, the present employee invention system seems insufficient to protect employees who are in a weak social and economic position. Thus, through a review of the present employee invention system and related court decisions, this study attempts to identify problems in the system and find measures of improvement.

목차

l. 서

ll. 직무발명제도의 의의와 요건

lll. 직무발명의 권리귀속과 보상제도

lV. 현행 직무발명의 보상제도의 문제점과 개선방안

V. 결 론

키워드

직무발명 종업원발명 직무발명보상제도 보상 2006년 발명진흥법 Employee Inventions In-service inventions Employee Invention System Compensation Remuneration the amended Invention Promotion Act of 2006.