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It'd probably be easier to create a list of companies without

• Amygaz 7y ago
  That’s what I think. I have mainly worked at non-profits (gov, inc, edu), and even these own all your work. The only way is to develop your idea, which has to be unrelated enough to your work, at a different location, on you own time, with your own money.
  • MaxfordAndSons 7y ago
    > The only way is to develop your idea, which has to be unrelated enough to your work, at a different location, on you own time, with your own money. To be clear, many (if not most) of the IP clauses discussed here would still claim to own your personal IP produced while employed EVEN given all those conditions. As an aside, workers in California have much better protections from this kind of IP overreach by employers, and abiding by the conditions you mention will protect you there, but not necessarily elsewhere. Also, and this really grates me, employers in California will still often include a total IP ownership clause, even though it's nullified by the state law, for reasons I can't fathom - to scare you into not developing your own IP off the clock? Or just in case the law changes? I find it very distasteful.
    • mg794613 7y ago
      I agree fully. The absurdism only becomes visible to some if you were to turn it around. Retroactively disqualify code at previous jobs, because you garnered the skill at a different location on your own time with your own money. suddenly its ridiculous.