Regardless of the legal situation, this is a pretty shabby way to treat an employee. While the bonus was good, he contributed patents. How much did the compa

Regardless of the legal situation, this is a pretty shabby way to treat an employee. While the bonus was good, he contributed patents. How much did the company profit from those? Quite a bit more than you paid in bonus, I'll wager. And now you've cut the bonus, but still expect (and seem to be trying to force) the employee to continue contributing in his spare time? Sheesh.