ALSO there's that pesky employment contract that REQUIRED the person to sign over any inventions made while employed at the company. It's not just about greed f

ALSO there's that pesky employment contract that REQUIRED the person to sign over any inventions made while employed at the company. It's not just about greed for a patent bonus. NOTE TO LAWYERS: if you are contesting a patent (especially a software or business method patent), consider contacting the inventor and asking them if they would be willing to testify that the invention WAS obvious to anyone skilled in the relevant field. I imagine that quite a few WOULD be willing to so testify, and hearing that testimony from the named inventor might be particularly persuasive to a judge or jury.