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Welcome to my world :) 14. Intellectual Property and Related Rights 14.1 All records, documents, papers, databases (including copies and summaries thereof) a
by stefek99 13y ago
Welcome to my world :)
14. Intellectual Property and Related Rights
14.1 All records, documents, papers, databases (including copies and summaries thereof) and other original matter, work or creation (collectively “Creations”) made or acquired by the Employee in the course of the Employment shall, together with all copyright, database rights and design rights both registerable and unregisterable that subsist in all such Creations worldwide, be and at all times remain the absolute property of the Company.
14.2 The Employee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights granted by Chapter IV of Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 that vest in the Employee (whether before, on or after the date hereof) in connection with the authorship of any copyright works in the course of the Employment with the Company, wherever in the world enforceable, including without limitation the right to be identified as the author of any such works and the right not to have any such works subjected to derogatory treatment.
I wonder if I can teach my 2yo daughter alphabet or counting 1-2-3 or would she become property of the company?
- guan 13y agoI think the key here is how “in the course of the Employment” should be interpreted. Is it anything that happens during the dates you are employed, or is there a requirement of some connection to the employment?
- lrem 13y agoIt gets even funnier. The contract of my wife effectively bars her from getting any software developer job in the same country for a year after cessation. Now, this makes you think about enforceability, doesn't it? That's exactly why you should ask prospective employer about their stance on open source/unrelated side projects before signing a contract.
- Rizz 13y ago"Course of employment" has a legal definition, it's the things you do because you have to for your work, so the actual work in the office, required education, travel to customers, that sort of stuff.