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>And yet now your company owns that idea insofar as it qualifies as an invention if it has such a clause in its employment agreement. Actually, if you're an em
by cube13 15y ago
>And yet now your company owns that idea insofar as it qualifies as an invention if it has such a clause in its employment agreement.
Actually, if you're an employee, and you work on that idea to the company during business hours, they own it, period. That's what being an employee means. If you're a contractor, it's a different story.
- psykotic 15y agoI wasn't talking about developing the idea on company time. As I mentioned in another post, that clearly marks an idea for company ownership.
- URSpider94 15y agoAnd what, pray tell, is company time? Do things I think up during my 11 PM conference calls count? How about if I duck out during the day to see my kid's play at school? Company time is a fiction that no longer holds water.
- psykotic 15y agoI honestly don't care all that much about the exact legal demarcation. What matters most to me is the attitude the idea implies.