I like this take on it... thanks David.
...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & Chief Network Architect* eintellego Networks Pty Ltd Email: ske...@eintellegonetworks.com ; Web: eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300 239 038 ; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; Skype: skeeve Facebook: eintellegonetworks <http://facebook.com/eintellegonetworks> ; Twitter: eintellego <https://twitter.com/eintellego> LinkedIn: /in/skeeve <http://linkedin.com/in/skeeve> ; Expert360: Profile <https://expert360.com/profile/d54a9> The Experts Who The Experts Call Juniper - Cisco - Cumulus Linux - Cloud - Consulting - IPv4 Brokering On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:27 AM, David Barak <thegame...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Thursday, February 12, 2015 7:38 AM, Skeeve Stevens < > skeeve+na...@eintellegonetworks.com> wrote: > > > > >Actually Bill... I have two (conflicting) perspectives as I said.... but > to > clarify: > > >1) A customer asked 'Can you make sure we have the IP for the network > design' which I was wondering if it is even technically possible.... > > >2) If I design some amazing solutions... am I able to claim IP. > > It is worth differentiating between the design itself and the > documentation of said design. The latter is clearly and totally IP, and > you could present that to the customer as "theirs": theirs and not yours - > that is, you would use different templates, naming conventions, etc. if you > created from whole cloth a similar design for a different customer in a > similar situation. They may be attempting to make sure that their network > documents don't show up as examples or other presentations for other > customers. > > As an example, an architecture document or a network assessment would be > covered by copyright law, and as such could be assigned to the author, the > company which created it, or could be "work-for-hire" and assigned to the > hiring company, depending on the contract in question. > > As to an amazing design solution, the USPTO has rules for that - you could > patent your design, but in our line of work that'd be a high bar given > prior art. > > David Barak > Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: > http://www.cdbaby.com/all/thefranchise > <http://www.listentothefranchise.com/> > > <http://www.listentothefranchise.com/> > > >
