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Section 7 - Professional Activities (Part A - IEEE Policies)
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7.14 Patent Rights of Employed Engineer Inventors In order to promote the progress of electrical arts and sciences, it is IEEE policy to encourage the establishment of appropriate incentive systems for the development and disclosure of inventions. Implementation of this policy may include actions directed toward the improvement and revitalization of patent laws to extend protection of inventions in newer fields of technology not currently covered, and greater incentives to government contractors for the commercial utilization of inventions resulting from government support, and improving laws to provide equitable distribution of rights between employed inventors and their employers, as well as to promote equitable standard patent pre-assignment agreements. |
