Article 119
(1) In case a worker makes an independent invention while in a business relation; the worker shall be obliged to notify the employer of the situation without a delay. In the notification; the employer shall be provided with informational conditions in order to reach the conclusion of whether the invention is fit to be considered as a real independent invention or not; by means of providing information about the invention and the form of invention, if needed.
(2) The employer can make an objection regarding the independence of the invention with a written notification within three months as of the date of the notification made to themselves.
(3) The worker shall not be obliged to notify if it is clear that the independent invention is not deemed to be within the employer’s field of activity.
(4) If the independent invention is considered within the employer’s field of activity; or if the business is preparing to take considerable actions to do activities in the field which the subject invention is within; the worker, before beginning to evaluate their independent invention from different angles while continuing the work relation; shall be obliged to make an offer the employer in order to provide them with conditions to benefit from their invention under proper circumstances without releasing full rights. If the employer does not respond within three months as of the date of receiving the notification, they will lose their preferential right regarding this matter. If the employer confirms the offer they received but do not agree with prescribed conditions, then, the conditions shall be determined by the court upon the parties’ request.