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> But if I create things in my free time at home, on my own equipment, then that's MINE, and I might start a company from it That's not entirely accurate: You'
by geocar 7y ago
> But if I create things in my free time at home, on my own equipment, then that's MINE, and I might start a company from it
That's not entirely accurate: You're required to submit it to your employer if it could be related to your work, see especially §18 (1-2) and §19
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- archi42 7y agoOha, thanks. That's actually repeated in my contract.
- danielh 7y agoIANAL, but if I'm reading §2 correctly, that only applies to patentable inventions.
- thiago_fm 7y agoInteresting. I was always afraid of creating stuff at home since I've started working in Germany. So. I can just create my own company, register domains and so on, and as long as it doesn't have anything to do with the company I currently work for, it is mine?