If you're not working on something similar to what the employer is working on, it's not a problem. Depends on the contract you sign. A lot of employers dema

If you're not working on something similar to what the employer is working on, it's not a problem. Depends on the contract you sign. A lot of employers demand their employees automatically sign over all invention rights (past and future), and then have a process to (maybe) give your rights back -- and it sounds like this is how Google approaches it.