Le salarié est une personne physique liée à un employeur par un contrat de travail. Sa relation à son employeur est caractérisée par le lien de subordination.

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Exemple : « Inventions made by an employee in execution of either a work contract involving an inventive mission in conformance with his actual functions, or of studies and research which have been explicitly entrusted to him, shall belong to the employer. » (art. L.611-7 paragraph 1 of the French IP Code)