[Copyright] IP High Court, 2010 (Ne) 10029 <Takizawa>
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[Copyright] IP High Court, 2010 (Ne) 10029 <Takizawa>
A research report prepared under a joint-research agreement between a university and an outside organization qualified as a work made in the course of duties, with the university as author.
(1) Initiative of the corporation or other organization
The university concluded a joint-research agreement with Kitami City and others and was obliged to prepare the research report as part of its performance.
(2) Created in the course of duties
Through X's obligation to submit a research plan and the university's designation of the research purpose, content, location and other matters, the university was involved to some extent in the substantive content of the research, beyond ordinary labor management.
(3) Published by the corporation or other organization under its own name as author
The report's cover displayed names including “Kitami Institute of Technology Regional Joint Research Center,” without expressly identifying individual writers.
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