Section 20 of law 11/86 is about the regulation of academic patents where rights and obligations of inventors and universities are established in relation to the patentable inventions that arise in the Spanish Institutions of Higher Education. Nevertheless, each university can elaborate a regulation in which not only Patent Law Resolutions are adapted to their own circumstances, but also applicants management and later patents are regulated. This article compares the different patent regulations in Spanish universities in order to have an overview of the internal regulation of this kind of rights. Aspects such as the actors involved, applicants management, setting of expenses, rights exploitation, profit sharing, patents cession and licences reserve are considered.
Patents; Universities; Regulations; Spain
