Unfortunately, it's much the same in the UK. Tilly on perl monks is unfortunately in the position of getting wise after the fact, which is a most painful way to do it.
I, personally, got 'anal' about my terms of employment when I saw that one company I was joining owned, according to their 'standard' contract, everything I did at work for them, everything I did at home for them, everything I did outside work ( regardless of field ) and ( the best bit ) everything I had ever done or will do in the future. Having pointed out to them that any work I had done previously belong to the company I did the work for and that anything I did in the future once my contract was over could no longer be 'owned' by them, I suggested they re-write the contract. I also asked that they specifically excluded anything written for the linux platform ( bless corp lawyers, "Links ?" ). They did mine, then reverted back to their previous effort for everyone else. I have , since then, been very anal about all contractual details. Hopefully Tilly will be able to survive this long enough to find a better employer ( who's contract will no doubt be looked at a bit more carefully ). D > -----Original Message----- > From: iwilliams > Sent: 21 March 2002 10:45 > To: london.pm > Cc: iwilliams > Subject: Discussion on intellectual propery > > > Please take a look at the discussion on > http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=153046 > > I don't know enough about the UK position, but I'd be very > interested to > find out. > > Ivor. > > > Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.
