Comments on: Do your employee IP agreements automatically assign future inventions? http://ipspotlight.com/2008/02/21/do-your-employee-ip-agreements-automatically-assign-future-inventions/ News from the intersection of intellectual property and business law Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:11:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jacque Clayton http://ipspotlight.com/2008/02/21/do-your-employee-ip-agreements-automatically-assign-future-inventions/#comment-1961 Jacque Clayton Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:53:12 +0000 http://ipspotlight.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-1961 Dear Mr Singer, I have a query regarding employee's and the limits to the rights of IP. I recently viewed an employement contract that stated "all IP developed now or in the future at any time during your employment by the company will automatically be assigned to the company". My question is that does this mean a company can claim the IP you develop for yourself out of work hours? It seems very daunting that if you were to develop anything of any nature that there can be an automatic hold over it. I would really appreciate your response. Dear Mr Singer,

I have a query regarding employee’s and the limits to the rights of IP. I recently viewed an employement contract that stated “all IP developed now or in the future at any time during your employment by the company will automatically be assigned to the company”.
My question is that does this mean a company can claim the IP you develop for yourself out of work hours? It seems very daunting that if you were to develop anything of any nature that there can be an automatic hold over it.

I would really appreciate your response.

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