Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 14:55, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > > This does not contradict my point: whether you are employed by a > > company or by a university, your employer owns the IP you > > produce. > > IANAL but I think this is not true automaticaly but rather, most > contracts have a spcific section that makes this so, but it is not the > default case, just the common one.
1) I have yet to see an employment contract (in industry or the academia) that did not include such a clause. 2) IANAL either, but such things are normally recognized by law and are included into contracts explicitly "to remove any doubt". Ditto the various confidentiality and non-competition clauses. If there is a lawyer lurking on the list maybe we can get a clarification regarding whether or not the IP ownership is included, e.g., in the definition of "work for hire". -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "IBM is a pretty big company." [W. Gates] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
