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Unfortunately it is a standard boilerplate in many Employment Agreements in the US. Over broad terms written by contract lawyers completely one sided. Fortuna
by syshum 8y ago
Unfortunately it is a standard boilerplate in many Employment Agreements in the US. Over broad terms written by contract lawyers completely one sided.
Fortunately most of the time if the employer is stupid enough to sue for non-work related IP many courts will toss the case and render the clause void in the agreement. However there have been a few bad rulings as well.
I remember on case where the employer sued an employee over a book they wrote after the book was successful, the employer happened to be having financial problems... If I remember correctly the judge ruled in favor of the employer
- xkcd-sucks 8y ago>Unfortunately it is a standard boilerplate in many Employment Agreements in the US. Every organization says it wants to be exceptional, except where it comes to employee rights and compensation. Then it's "sorry but this is just how everyone does it", e.g. "you can't get b tyer treatment elsewhere"
- mcguire 8y agoDo you remember the book? Was it related to the area of employment?
- syshum 8y agoI dont, it was several years ago that I read the analysis in an obscure publication, if I recall it was not related to employment, it was a work of fiction and the guy worked as a engineer or some other profession close to that