Title: Use of copyrighted works in business

Authors: Ingrida Veiksa

Addresses: Department of Law, Turiba University, Graudu Street 68, Riga, Latvia

Abstract: The growth and competitiveness of any business, especially micro and SMEs, will increasingly depend on the ability to apply new knowledge, organisation and working methods, as well as the capacity to engage in the commercialisation of research and development to develop new products, services, or processes. In the information society, the development of new products, services, and processes requires the use of innovations resulting from the intellectual activity of creative people. For creators and successors in title of intellectual property rights (various projects, trademarks, inventions, computer programs, etc.) to be able to successfully develop and market their products, they need a functioning IPR protection system. The research found that it is essential for the company to acquire the rights to the works created during the employment contract, and it would be necessary to reasonably limit the author's right to withdraw the work created during the employment relationship.

Keywords: copyright law; piracy; author; work; employment relationship; withdrawal rights.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2024.137491

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2024 Vol.16 No.2/3, pp.115 - 131

Received: 05 Sep 2022
Accepted: 21 Feb 2023
Published online: 21 Mar 2024 *

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