Ask HN: Employment Agreement, Assignment of Inventions
From the Inventions or Discoveries section: With respect to all inventive ideas originated or developed by me for Company’s business while in the employ of the Company or within a period of one (1) year after the termination of said employment, which relate to projects upon which I have worked during my employment, or to the business carried on or contemplated by Company, or as to which I have acquired information as a result of my employment, and all patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights obtained on such inventive ideas: ...
Has anyone ever dealt with such a clause that wants to assign IP for stuff produced after employment? I think this is ridiculous. It's like a hidden baked-in non-compete/solicitation clause but much worse! I'm trying to get them to remove "or within a period of one (1) year after the termination of said employment" and replace with a non-compete clause instead.
UPDATE: I have been employed here for years. While auditing employee records they noticed some people where missing the agreement.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 10.7 ms ] threadCommon obstacle to changes: "we'll have to get lawyer to vet everything, it'll be a pain, can't you just sign?". I've hired lawyer ( https://www.rexbaker.com/) in the past which helps a lot with that.
Another common response: "our lawyer says it's fine". This is bullshit, it's a company lawyer, of course they think it's fine.