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Another worker-friendly thing that NY did recently was to crack down on companies' claims to ownership of intellectual property that employees create on their o
by greenyoda 3y ago
Another worker-friendly thing that NY did recently was to crack down on companies' claims to ownership of intellectual property that employees create on their own time (the same kind of protection that California has):
> Effective immediately, Governor Hochul has signed a law invalidating any provision in an employment agreement that requires employees to assign to the employer any rights to an invention developed entirely on the employee's own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secrets.[1]
[1] https://www.dwt.com/blogs/employment-labor-and-benefits/2023/09/new-york-employee-invention-rights-labor-law https://www.dwt.com/blogs/employment-labor-and-benefits/2023...
- red-iron-pine 3y agointeresting. long live the NYC side project hustle. curious to hear how the NDA and other laws shift around that.