Not necessarily. IIRC, if you are salaried you may be considered "always on the clock". I'm vaguely remembering a case of an IBM engineer who developed something in his own time in his garage but IBM claimed ownership of his invention because he was salaried. Of course, with laywers there's no hard and fast rules. So one case doesn't mean it's always so.
My first step would be to talk to a lawyer, but they will probably cover some obvious bases: 1. Do you have documented proof that your idea was rejected? 2. Does your company prohibit you from taking a second job in the same field (may not even be legally enforceable.) 3. Instead of just "inventing" this on your own time, set up a business entity (LLC to be safe) and do your inventing on this second job's time. On 1/5/06, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am no legal expert, but if it is written on your own time > using your OWN REGISTERED tools (such as Dreamweaver, etc), > then it is your IP. If you use tools that is registered to > your employer, then it becomes there regardless if it is > written at home or not. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:59 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Need Advice on Intellectual Property > > I have written a proposal at work to write a large scale application > that we really need. It has been shot down. Now I want to write the > application on my own. > > Where I need advice or an answer is who owns the IP on this project? If > I spend the time creating this on my own time, will I own the IP or will > my employer? > > The only "proprietary" information I would use for the project is the > format of the file from which to import data. Everything else is > available on the WWW. > > Russel > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190627 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
