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Author Author: gam3t3ch
Date Created: 5 Aug 2017 5:23 AM Date Created
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Would you work for a company if....

They told you that anything you create/invent while under contract with them becomes their property but has nothing to do with their company?

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fvan over 8 years ago +6

Why would you invent something that has nothing to do with the company, while at work? Whatever you programming/create/invent in the context of your job, while at work, becomes property of the company…
DAB over 8 years ago +5

They tried to pull this kind of agreement on engineers in the 1980's and after some lawyers saw it they informed the company that such an agreement was illegal in the US and they went away. We did have…
Jan Cumps over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1 +4

mcb1 wrote: ... My daughter had a clause in her contract about not being able to do the same work after leaving for x months, despite being employed as experienced in the job. The clause was an error and…

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fvan over 8 years ago

Why would you invent something that has nothing to do with the company, while at work?

Whatever you programming/create/invent in the context of your job, while at work, becomes property of the company, and I think that's normal. Whatever unrelated activity you do at home, is yours.
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gam3t3ch over 8 years ago in reply to fvan

no regardless of being at work or at home anything you invent/create becomes their property while under contract with them.
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fvan over 8 years ago in reply to gam3t3ch

If it was very lucrative and exclusive job, for a short period of time (1-2y), perhaps I would.

What's the employer's reason for such a clause, or the logic behind it?
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fvan over 8 years ago in reply to gam3t3ch

If it was very lucrative and exclusive job, for a short period of time (1-2y), perhaps I would.

What's the employer's reason for such a clause, or the logic behind it?
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Jan Cumps over 8 years ago in reply to fvan

Some companies put whatever they can get away with in their contracts (...and you're a video blogger. Watch out for groups that ask you to join their channel - they have similar clauses on your past and future creative output).
Many of these clauses can't be enforced in our country because not legal.
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