1. If the employee succeeds in making a new invention while performing their work, the employer shall have no right to that invention, even if the employee has developed it on connection with the work they performed in the service of the employer, unless the nature of the work undertaken by the employee requires them to devote their efforts to inventive activity, or the employee reaches the invention by means of materials, tools, facilities or any other means placed at their disposal by the employer for the purpose of invention, or if the employer has expressly stipulated in the contract that they shall have the right to any inventions the employee may discover, and the court may verify that the employee has expressly accepted such stipulation. 2. If the invention is of serious economic significance, the employee may, in the cases stipulated in Paragraph (1) of this Article, claim special consideration to be assessed in accordance with the requirements of justice, taking into account the assistance provided by the employer and the use of their facilities for this purpose. 3. If the parties do not agree on the special consideration stipulated in Paragraph (2) of this Article, it shall be determined by the court. Any agreement depriving the employee of this special consideration shall be void.
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