In 2010 I posted a flow chart, with footnotes, to explain when an employer owns an employee invention and when it merely has shop rights -- see http://www.techl

In 2010 I posted a flow chart, with footnotes, to explain when an employer owns an employee invention and when it merely has shop rights -- see http://www.techlawnotes.com/diagramming-a-legal-issue-who-owns-an-employees-invention/ http://www.techlawnotes.com/diagramming-a-legal-issue-who-ow... For copyrighted works: In the U.S., anything done "within the scope of employment" (which can be a fact-intensive question) is considered to be a "work made for hire," with the employer as the "author" and thus as the owner.