Legal framework of employee-created software in Chile

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<p>This paper analyzes the legal regime of computer programs carried out by workers. This study focuses on the examination of the subsection 2° of article 8° of Law No. 17,336 that precisely regulates this hypothesis. Basically, two major issues are discussed: the first concerning the ownership of the intellectual property rights of software, with special emphasis on the problem of moral rights; and the second, on the remunerations that these workers can receive.</p>
This paper analyzes the legal regime of computer programs carried out by workers. This study focuses on the examination of the subsection 2° of article 8° of Law No. 17,336 that precisely regulates this hypothesis. Basically, two major issues are discussed: the first concerning the ownership of the intellectual property rights of software, with special emphasis on the problem of moral rights; and the second, on the remunerations that these workers can receive. © 2020.
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Computer programs, Employment contract, Intellectual property, Job functions, Worker
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