Re: [issues] Patents (was: RMS boycott of Amazon)

[Robert Kiesling]

"Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If it was tangential but related to what he was employed for, 
> it's tricky and the safest course for both employee and employer
> is to come to an equitable agreement on the assumption that it
> belongs to both.
> 
> Basically, the employment contract is 'we pay you to make things
> for us', whether the 'things' are physical or intellectual. (ok,
> for service industries the word is 'do' rather than 'make' but the
> gist is the same.)

That sounds like an ideal situation.  I've never had an employment
contract with a university, even when I was teaching.  In fact, the
only thing I've seen that comes close to this description are
publishers' contracts, and they tend to be very simple and specific
about the material that the contract covers.

Robert 

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