Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya

dc.contributor.advisorNcube, Carolineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNdungu, Martha Wanjiruen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-26T12:24:27Z
dc.date.available2016-07-26T12:24:27Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWe live in an economy where intangible assets have become valuable commodities. These intangible assets are created by individuals, or groups who apply their creativity and ingenuity appropriately. The result of such ingenuity and creativity is product that is deemed to be so important that it qualifies for legal protection. Such assets will benefit any individual, business, company or enterprise that has the ownership right or title and the ability to commercially exploit the asset. Therefore, there is an interest in the ownership and control of the assets as well as the manner in which legal entitlement is devised by the law. Where, the asset is an invention that is patentable the law has granted the employer ownership. This thesis considers how the law balances the right it gives to the employer and the compensation it grants the inventive employee. The thesis seeks to ensure that an employee-inventor has been adequately compensated for his ingenuity and for producing the fruits of his creativity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNdungu, M. W. (2016). <i>Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Intellectual Property Research Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20817en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNdungu, Martha Wanjiru. <i>"Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Intellectual Property Research Unit, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20817en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNdungu, M. 2016. Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ndungu, Martha Wanjiru AB - We live in an economy where intangible assets have become valuable commodities. These intangible assets are created by individuals, or groups who apply their creativity and ingenuity appropriately. The result of such ingenuity and creativity is product that is deemed to be so important that it qualifies for legal protection. Such assets will benefit any individual, business, company or enterprise that has the ownership right or title and the ability to commercially exploit the asset. Therefore, there is an interest in the ownership and control of the assets as well as the manner in which legal entitlement is devised by the law. Where, the asset is an invention that is patentable the law has granted the employer ownership. This thesis considers how the law balances the right it gives to the employer and the compensation it grants the inventive employee. The thesis seeks to ensure that an employee-inventor has been adequately compensated for his ingenuity and for producing the fruits of his creativity. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya TI - Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20817 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20817
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNdungu MW. Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Intellectual Property Research Unit, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20817en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentIntellectual Property Research Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherIntellectual Property Lawen_ZA
dc.titleEmployee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenyaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameLLMen_ZA
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