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KingNothing
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This is a clause from one of the required learning courses at my new employer:
I'm no lawyer, but this just seems wrong. I have a few ideas in my head - some inventions I would like to try - that pertain to improvements on modern wheelchairs. Totally unrelated. How in the world would my employer own the rights to this if I develop the idea further?
EMPLOYER owns the rights to anything you develop while employed at EMPLOYER to the extent permitted by law, regardless of whether this property is patentable or protectable by copyright, trade secret or trademark. You must report the intellectual property to EMPLOYER, and must protect it like any other EMPLOYER confidential information.
I'm no lawyer, but this just seems wrong. I have a few ideas in my head - some inventions I would like to try - that pertain to improvements on modern wheelchairs. Totally unrelated. How in the world would my employer own the rights to this if I develop the idea further?