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Usually the clause is more nuanced, giving them an option to own it, or something to that effect. I asked an HR person years ago if they actually wanted to be
by mgkimsal 13y ago
Usually the clause is more nuanced, giving them an option to own it, or something to that effect. I asked an HR person years ago if they actually wanted to be on the hook for any intellectual property I might create off the clock - I might be in to illegal porn stuff, or security virus work, or whatever. Did they really want to claim ownership of that, without even knowing what it was? "Well, no, we don't want that" was the response.
- Xylakant 13y agoYou can't be on the hook for intellectual property. Having the right to the IP you gained off hours does not mean that they're on the hook for your actions in that time, even if your actions were a requisite to gain that IP. The clauses are usually more nuanced because the blanket "we own all you ever create" is - rightfully - considered to broad and unenforceable.
- mgkimsal 13y agoyeah - unenforceable - in that one case I actually got them to modify the language to be a bit more clear as to what they were after (essentially non-competition).