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I can see why they've done it -- stop you from inventing something at work, knowing you can't sell it immediately, so leaving and selling it after you've left.
by isostatic 9y ago
I can see why they've done it -- stop you from inventing something at work, knowing you can't sell it immediately, so leaving and selling it after you've left.
- Bartweiss 9y agoBut the presumption clause is absolutely insane. Even if you can prove something was done after you left the company, they're still considered the owner. Imagine someone quit that job today, 6 months later room temperature superconductors were invented, and 2 months after that the ex-employee invented a great new use for them. It's literally impossible that the invention was made at the job, but the contract still appears to claim it.
- isostatic 9y agoI didn't say I agreed it (I don't), just suggesting why the firm things their clause may be reasonable.