I'd say pay close attention to what Kevin is saying here -- he has pretty much covered what my advice would be. See a lawyer before investing a lot of time in this and take a copy of your employment contract with you.
On 1/5/06, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:190685 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
