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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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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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Is this "Works for Hire" language enforceable?
I am reviewing a job offer that includes this Works for Hire clause:
Works for Hire
During the term of your employment, you may create an
idea, process, trademark, invention, technology, program,
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Assigning intellectual property rights like a provisional patent to oneself while employed
A hypothetical: let's say I am employed in the U.S., and in a field where I am compensated for the results of my ideas or intellectual work, i.e. engineering.
Let's say I have a roughly standard ...
