what is the situation wrt. ideas created by employees while employed ? who owns them ?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Richard Weait wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 19:23 +0000, Peter wrote:
> > The subject says it all. There are places where the employer owns
> > everything. What is the situation here ? I was unable to find a
> > coherent answer, only discussions so far. I.e. if A works for B
> > and develops a product C independently from his 'daytime' work,
> > which he later markets with D or alone, can B claim ownership ?
>
> Pay your lawyer to answer this for you if the answer matters.
> Details count.

  i would think that intellectual property issues would have been
addressed in whatever employment contract you signed.

rday
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