> I wonder if any other country has a similar system. Many states in the United States have limitations on IP assignment that protect against overly broad cont

> I wonder if any other country has a similar system. Many states in the United States have limitations on IP assignment that protect against overly broad contracts. Employers write their contracts as broadly as possible with the understanding that state limitations will limit any overly broad claims. California (where Google is headquartered) is one such state with IP assignment limitations, though I'm not sure how much of that was in place when this article was written nearly 3 decades ago.