The right to employee inventions in patent law : debunking the myth of incentive theory / Kazuhide Odaki.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Manchester, 2016) issued under title: Incentive or not? : a critical reappraisal of the law on compensation to employee inventors.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-196) and index.

Motivation of employee inventors and the effect of incentives on their productivity -- Inventor remuneration in the organisational context -- Monetary rewards and the creativity of employee inventors -- Legitimacy of employer ownership -- The United States -- Other common law countries -- Inventions made by university researchers -- Civil law countries -- General conclusion.