Jerry - And they may or not be able to enforce that stipulation. A friend of
mine invented something in his spare time. When his patent was granted, the
company lawyers showed up to provide his requisite $1 and their gratitude,
per the agreement he has been forced to sign as a condition of his
employment. He refused and they realized they couldn't enforce that
stipulation since the courts probably would not uphold it. But as a
consequence of the discussions with his management chain, he ended up
agreeing to resign.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
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I once worked for an excellent company, Southwest Research Institute, in the
USA. As part of my employment agreement, I had to sign a paper saying ANY
patent I was granted belonged to the company. It didn't matter if it was on
my own time or not anything the company was doing. "Any" was the operative
word.
Jerry Whittle
ASIFICS DBA
NCI Information Systems Inc.
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It's not unique to Australia and yes, they make
you sign a piece of paper to say anything you
do between 9am and 5pm belongs to the company...
Not just Oracle, BTW. Everyone does that. I wonder
what that would do to those who claim
one consulting gig = one book...
Oh, while I'm here: did anyone suggest Howard
had been sacked? I don't recall seeing that
said anywhere here. There was a troll suggesting
that in c.d.o.s., but that was just that: a troll.
Cheers
Nuno Souto
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