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Protecting AI related IP by assigning all current and future IP to an LLC
Consider a fairly typical IP assignment clause, such as
I understand that the provisions of this Agreement requiring assignment of Inventions to the Company do not apply to any Invention that I have ...
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Work-for-hire unpaid: who owns the IP?
Suppose X is a software developer, the only employee of sole proprietor Y.
The contract is oral, "build an app like (famous app), earn $wage per week". Laws breached by this are outside the ...
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Which type of attorney should I consult for a complex case involving employment, contract, and IP law?
This question concerns another Stack Exchange question: https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/195267/agreement-made-at-hire-is-unenforceable-due-to-a-technicality-employer-refuses
What type of ...
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USA Employment Law: Job Search with Moonlighting
I am a Software Developer contractor but I also want to have my own side-hustle business. This side hustle business might contain programming, research or developing new software products. However, it ...
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difference between work and contractual obligations
In an employment contract, what is the difference between "the course of work" and "performance of contractual obligations"?
For example, in the Swiss Code of Obligations:
Art. ...
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Can an employee use an employer's market research subscription to conduct due diligence for IP?
If an employee uses "company resources" to develop IP, then the employer owns said IP. However, what is the scope of "company resources" and "development"? Hypothetically,...
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Is it safe to talk about ideas that I have not patented yet over public email?
I have an idea with which I may someday make a startup. I can talk about it with experienced people, over public emails for example. However, I wonder if from patent point of view this is safe. My ...
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Can a company own intellectual property created off the clock?
In an employment agreement, can a company claim intellectual property created off the clock unrelated to your their core business?
Specifically if their core business is in a narrow domain of software,...
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Can a contract clause really stop me from developing something in my own time [duplicate]
My contract states the below:
I assume this means, even things i make in my personal time would belong to the company?
I wonder how enforceable that really is as that would suggest that they would be ...
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Employment contract cites state law for a state I do not live in. Does that impact me?
My company has asked me to sign an "assignment of intellectual property" contract. This is standard practice, I understand the purpose, and I've signed a dozen of them before. But this one ...
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What intellectual property rights are being surrendered with this contract?
Alice has worked for an quango/academic organisation “The Establishment”, which is part of a larger “Wider Establishment” for some years. She was recently made redundant on pretty good terms and ...
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I was offered a job, but the contract concerns me
I have been offered a job, but while looking over the contract I found a paragraph that concerns me. I don't want to lose the right to any software that I write or develop outside of the company that ...
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Intellectual property with hiring minor as software engineer
I'm currently running a startup in California, and I'm looking to hire a few minors as paid software engineering interns. Since minors are unable to sign contracts, will I run into any issues with ...
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Can a business allow employees to use their own developed software for work as a way to protect its proprietary software?
Can a business allow employees to use their own software for work as a way to make sure that if the company has to declare bankruptcy and sell all its assets, then it can hide its proprietary software ...
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Can a Mexican employer really claim rights to IP created before the start of employment if not declared?
THE EMPLOYEE expressly acknowledges that pursuant to Article 163 of the Mexican Labor Law, all rights to any inventions, improvements and any intellectual property rights
(“Intellectual/...
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