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Hæstiréttur, Hrd. No. 157/2011, Rökver ehf. v. Skýrr ehf.
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Expediente y fuentes
- Nombre
- Hæstiréttur, Hrd. No. 157/2011, Rökver ehf. v. Skýrr ehf.
- Cita
- Hrd. No. 157/2011
- Tribunal
- Supreme Court of Iceland (Hæstiréttur)
- Instancia
- última instancia
- Fechas
- Decisión
- 2011-12-08
- Presentación
- 2007-12-21
- Estado
- resuelto-firmeza-no-verificada
- Resultado
- The district judgment was affirmed; Rökver was ordered to pay Skýrr ISK 600,000 in Supreme Court costs.
- Resumen
- The court found an implied transfer/assignment in the circumstances. It described article 42b employer ownership as an exception built on premises different in nature from the author’s personal right over a work the author personally created.
- Antecedentes
- The programmer created a software prototype before formal employment and later worked through corporate/employment relationships. The dispute concerned who could enforce and exploit the program and whether rights had passed to the enterprise.
- Historia procesal
- Rökver filed on 21 December 2007. Reykjavík District Court rejected its claims on 17 December 2010. Rökver appealed; the Supreme Court affirmed.
- Cuestión jurídica
- Whether Rökver retained enforceable rights in the software prototype or the human programmer's conduct and corporate relationships effected a valid implied transfer to EJS and its successor.
- Criterio
- The court found an implied transfer/assignment in the circumstances. It described article 42b employer ownership as an exception built on premises different in nature from the author’s personal right over a work the author personally created.
- Fundamento decisivo
- The prototype was personally created by the programmer and initially accrued to the employer under article 42b. Later conduct—new employment, system registration, continued development and no reservation—showed an effective transfer, and the original company was bound by the programmer's apparent authority and years of inaction.
- Límites
- Ownership and implied-transfer dispute involving human-authored software. It distinguishes creation from ownership and does not confer authorship over software outputs.
- Relevancia
- doctrina-general
- Referencias relacionadas
- Peso del precedente
- Published Supreme Court judgment; strong national authority on employee-software ownership and implied transfer. Integración/votación: The official publication reports no individual vote count or dissent; unanimity is not independently asserted.
- Fuente
- Referencia
- Hæstiréttur, Hrd. No. 157/2011, Rökver ehf. v. Skýrr ehf.
- Enlace
- Consultar fuente
- Autoridad
- Supreme Court of Iceland (Hæstiréttur)
- Tipo
- published national Supreme Court software prototype, employment and implied-transfer judgment; non-AI
- Tipo de evidencia
- primary_full_text
- Localizador
- Dómur Hæstaréttar, paragraphs 17-23 and Dómsorð
- Verificación documentada
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