xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.SimpleSearch.filter.source:Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration. 43/2018
ISSN:1804-8048 (Online)
Abstract:
Universities have recently been facing pressure to increase the share of
commercialized R&D results, as well as to manage their intellectual property rights
responsibly, including the remuneration of employee-inventors. The paper brings the
first overall evidence of monetary incentives and rewarding schemes for employee
inventors at Czech universities. The analysis is based on the data of 15 Czech public
universities, which account for 98.7% of the patenting activity of all Czech
universities. We perform a content analysis of their internal guidelines, explore and
discuss how they interpret and apply key categories of broad legal framework defined
by the Czech patent law. We found that each university complies formally with the law
and has some remuneration system for employee inventors. Most of the schemes are
combined, paying employees a certain initial reward and share in income from future
technology commercialization. Although there is some common ground, we found
many creative approaches across the sample in particular remuneration elements.