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> During the many hours of downtime on job sites, perched hundreds of feet above the street, he would pull out a journal and sketch new ideas for cranes, hoping
by pkamb 10y ago
> During the many hours of downtime on job sites, perched hundreds of feet above the street, he would pull out a journal and sketch new ideas for cranes, hoping to solve some of the machines’ fundamental problems.
Per last week's discussion, who owns those sketches? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13921433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13921433
- lwf 10y agoWell, he owns the company, so it's moot: > The 50-year-old crane operator and president of crane leasing company Vertikal Solutions was helping to build the 34-story Hilton Garden Inn in midtown.
- learc83 10y agoI really doubt a crane operator's contract said anything about assigning IP to his employer. If that is the case, he owns them.