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I think for many people it's going to be hard to fulfill the following: > ... except for those inventions that either: (1) relate at the time of conception or
by pi18n 14y ago
I think for many people it's going to be hard to fulfill the following:
> ... except for those inventions that either: (1) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer ...
As a programmer, there's not a lot I can do that is going to be considered wholly unrelated to what I'm employed for... at least it would be murky enough that the employer would have a good court case. This is infinitely more so for anyone working with Google, Apple, or any other company that has got their fingers in everything.
- xugle 14y agoI happen to have knowledge that google indeed does have such an explicit clause in it's employment contract. It sounds something like "... google deals with pretty much everything in computer software field. So if you invent/design/create anything at all computer related, while under employment with Google, we own it by default".
- pi18n 14y agoxugle, it seems your account got caught by the reapers. I found your comment to be informative, so it must have been some sort of mistake.