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IP rights on software and inventions made by interns or other persons not benefiting from an employment contract or the status of public official: an apparent alignment with the regime for employees, although some questions remain pending
In application of the law n°2020-1674 on research programming for the years 2021 to 2030 (the "research programming law"), the ordinance n°2021-1658 dated December 15, 2021 introduces the articles L.611-7-1 and L. 113—-9 of the Intellectual Property Code (IPC hereinafter), which are likely to align the regime of attribution of intellectual property rights on software and inventions made by third-parties (non employees) hosted within the framework of an agreement by a legal entity carrying out research activities, with the one applicable to employees and public official. Interns, foreign doctoral students, professors or director emeritus and people on International voluntary service in a company (Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)) may be concerned as well.