Joint Authorship

the possession by two or more persons of the copyright to a work of literature or art or a scientific or scholarly work, or the patent and other rights to a scientific discovery or invention. In the USSR, the term is also applicable to rationalization proposals.

In the USSR, the relationships between joint authors, including the authors’ respective use of their rights, are determined by mutual agreement. Income or royalties are also distributed by mutual agreement or sometimes in a manner provided by law. Disputes arising from joint authorship are resolved in court.