Re: Computer programs and employment

Excuse for cross-posting.

We are currently doing a study of transfer of copyright according to the national implementation of the EU protection of computer program directive (91/250/EU), which in art 2(3) make the default rule that copyright is transferred from employee to employer as part of the employment contract. As several other jurisdiction, the general rule in Norway is the opposite - the default is that only rights necessary for the employer to reach his (current) business objectives are transferred. We would welcome references to national case law which might give examples of the issue.

Also, according to Norwegian law, moral rights are not tranferred, while for instance in Danish and Swedish law also the moral rights are transferred to the employer. We would welcome references to any case law relating to moral rights in computer programs.

Jon Bing
Professor, dr juris
Bestyrer
Institutt for rettsinformatikk
Det juridisk fakultet - Universitetet i Oslo

Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law Faculty of Law - University of Oslo

PO Box 6702 St Olavs plass - N-0130 OSLO - Norway Phone: +47-22-850101 - Fax: +47-22-850102 http://www.jus.uio.no/iri/
<jon.bing[_at_]jus.uio.no> Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 10:40:24 GMT