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This is incorrect both de facto and de jure. Anything you invent while employed at a university or a company like IBM or Microsoft will belong to them forever,
by mimixco 5y ago
This is incorrect both de facto and de jure. Anything you invent while employed at a university or a company like IBM or Microsoft will belong to them forever, without exception.
The cardinal rule is that, if you do not want your invention to belong to your employer, don't work for them.
All of the sour grapes about these arrangements are indictments of working for someone else, and I wholeheartedly agree! If you have the least bit of cojones, make something people want and sell it yourself. But, if you prefer the golden yoke, the owner of the farm gets all the fruits.
- spywaregorilla 5y agoThat can be the case, but depends on circumstances. The point I was making is likely to hold up in court even without a specific contract clause in place to address it.