2. What are the rights and obligations of co-owners of a patent under the legal system?
The legal regime governing co-ownership of patents organizes relations between co-owners in a way that varies according to the acts to be performed.
2.1 Personal exploitation of the invention by one of the co-owners
(article L. 613-29 a) of the Code de la propriété intellectuelle )
Each co-owner may exploit the invention for his or her own benefit. The legal regime does not set out the conditions for such exploitation, nor does it provide for any division of the acts of exploitation between the co-owners.
It does, however, impose an obligation on the co-owner who exploits the...
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