Must be for American based contracts although (with IBM) never saw such a thing.
Would have rejected it (or crossed such clauses out) before starting and yes I did work for governments including the UK and US and also never saw such a condition. As for law well at least for the UK but I suspect US as well - for most employment contracts does state that any design / inventions worked on while working for the 'company' belongs to the company (so the partner has to have created it/them etc). There is usually other type clauses that basically would state one way or another that all work is under the supervision of a manager / director etc and therefore the clause in question cannot arise. Wonder who the employer was and more importantly based. Bet it does not comply with US federal statute law as it would not with UK law. On 30/11/15 15:28, John McKown wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/30/sysadmins_former_boss_claims_five_years_free_support_or_off_to_court/ > <quote> > ... > “I got a letter through the door from my old company saying that my > contract meant that I was responsible for any issues and need to provide a > service for five years after I leave the company making reference to a > clause relating to potential criminal action and that I may be called by > the company to provide assistance in legal proceedings." > ... > </quote> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
