Record number of judgments in favor of employee inventors
20 March 2020Telecommunications (fibre optics)
Obtaining by the 3 clients from their former employer the payment of additional remuneration for numerous inventions made during their employment contract.
Key Figures
1.040 million in convictions
Strategy
Attempt at conciliation before the CNIS (National Commission of Inventions of Employees belonging to the INPI)
Application of the firm’s valuation methodology, according to various criteria, in particular the economic interest of the inventions
Achievements
Obtaining a favourable conciliation proposal from the CNIS
After the employer’s appeal before the Paris Court of First Instance, an even more favorable decision was obtained: 100% of the inventors’ applications were granted, i.e. a total of more than one million euros for the 3 employees.
This remains the highest amount ever granted in this field.
Rare recognition of the moral prejudice suffered by employees as a result of contesting their status as inventors
Obtaining judicial publication of the judgment in the specialized press (very rare).
