Pretty much every company I know does this: > If you take that option then it really has to be done on your own time, and must not use any company resources, m

Pretty much every company I know does this: > If you take that option then it really has to be done on your own time, and must not use any company resources, meaning not on a company laptop, or on a company network, etc. This is rare, and I'm not aware of many other companies that give employees that option. It’s actually a California law that the company can’t own what you do on your own time with your own equipment. Further, I’ve gone through this process with two employers. All I did was disclose what I was doing and they set limitations on MY EMPLOYMENT at their company. So they wouldn’t take the IP, just they may not continue to employ me. The limitation was simply that “I couldn’t willfully help competitors to the company” then they listed a few industries. This was true for two fortune 100 companies I worked for.