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Bear in mind that sometimes the people on a patent listing aren't in favor of the idea being patented. A company I worked for started down the patent road for s
by davelnewton 11y ago
Bear in mind that sometimes the people on a patent listing aren't in favor of the idea being patented. A company I worked for started down the patent road for some processor emulation stuff I worked on; my name would have been on the patent even though I (a) didn't think it was patentable, and (b) didn't think it should be patented.
Because of the company's rules my name needed to be on the patent despite my objections.
- phkahler 11y ago>> Because of the company's rules my name needed to be on the patent despite my objections. Then you had the ability to stop it.
- davelnewton 11y agoEven if I had quit my name would have been on the patent. I'm interested in hearing how I could have stopped it once the process started.
- davelnewton 11y ago(Without changing my name.)
- phkahler 11y ago>> Even if I had quit my name would have been on the patent. I'm interested in hearing how I could have stopped it once the process started. Then you'd be a patent owner and could sue for infringement. OTOH you probably agreed to sell them all your IP for $1 or something when you hired in.
- bengali3 11y ago>you probably agreed to sell them all your IP for $1 or something when you hired in usually a condition of employment. FMI see Assignment of Inventions clause - all companies should have employees sign before hiring.
- davelnewton 11y agoNo, the patent would be owned by the company.