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A company I worked for (property appraisal company) got acquired by another company. They forced one of the higher up developers out. 6 months later that deve
by KallDrexx 10y ago
A company I worked for (property appraisal company) got acquired by another company. They forced one of the higher up developers out. 6 months later that developer wrote an app dealing with lines at Disney and was making money on ad revenue. The company came after him claiming they owned it because he used skills and knowledge he gained while employed to write that app. We had a "everything you do at any time belongs to us" contract.
So it does actually happen.
- st3v3r 10y agoWere they successful? I can't imagine any judge agreeing that, since you left a company, you can no longer make a living.
- KallDrexx 10y agoIt was settled out of court, he never did tell us what the final outcome was.
- chucksmash 10y agoHow did the company know what he was working on six months after he was forced out?
- KallDrexx 10y agoHe was at the original company for 15 years at the time and was the 2nd developer at the company. So he had a lot of friends at the company and he told his friends at the company that he made this cool app and word got around because everyone thought it was harmless to repeat.
- anonymousDan 10y agoCan you name the company? This kind of thing deserves bad press.
- KallDrexx 10y agoThey got acquired by another company and then gutted, most of the management that did that got thrown out after anyway so I don't know how much it matters. That being said I always read my employment contracts now.
- defen 10y agoSo that company owns any work he does for any future employer? That sounds absurdly unenforceable.
- nedwin 10y agoWhat state was this in?
- KallDrexx 10y agoThis was in Florida but the company that bought us was based in Minnnesota