Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · ECE · hard

An ECE in his free time, using only personal equipment and unrelated to his job as a sales engineer, invents a new audio circuit. With no contrary agreement, who owns the invention?

  1. The employer
  2. The employee (inventor)
  3. IPOPHL
  4. The DICT

Answer

B. The employee (inventor)

Solution

Inventions not related to the employee's regular duties and made without the employer's resources belong to the employee.

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