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Re:Engineer refusing to file/disclose patents by harlanji on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:51PM (#19478026)
All coding job offers in California that I’ve received have come with an appendix which invalidates such clauses. It’s a major reason to work in Cali, if I understand correctly. In practice, if I’m working for my salary then I don’t have energy to innovate on my own, beyond conference talk demos that take a few weekends max.
Re:Engineer refusing to file/disclose patents by pmiller2 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @03:16PM (#19478170)
That’s because it’s against the law in California for a company to claim unrelated IP done on off hours with personal equipment. Don’t think they wouldn’t try it if they could.
Re:Engineer refusing to file/disclose patents by ralph84 on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:40AM (#19480521)
This, along with non-competes being unenforceable, is why California will always have the most tech startups.