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Can I claim right on the invention made by me outside work


13-Jul-2023 (In Trademark & Copyright Law)
My employer requires me to sign an invention assignment agreement which reads as follows: "I understand that "Company Inventions" means any and all Inventions that I may solely or jointly author, discover, develop, conceive or reduce to practice during the period of the Relationship," where the relationship is defined as: "Any employment or consulting relationship with the company". I presume this should apply to only ideas and inventions(and derived) during the course of my employment. Any unrelated ideas I develop on my own time, using my own equipment still belong to me. Is this correct?
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Answer #1
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The intention seems to be correct but the wordings of the contract do not do justice to the intention. It has to be made specifically clear that any work done outside the contract of employment would not be covered under the said clause.

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Joseph

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