Something else I generally don't want to see in my contracts is a
statement which says basically anything you learn while there you cannot use
anywhere else. If I see that I will force them to take it out or not sign
it... I have heard it is legally unenforcable (Who can say you cannot take
your ideas and knowledge with you when you leave), but I still don't like
it.
Richard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:41 AM
> To: Alexander Farber (EED)
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OT] advice needed.
>
>
> "Alexander Farber (EED)" wrote:
> >
> > Vladislav Safronov wrote:
> > > I am going to work in a Web Company to write some mod_perl apps.
> > > They gave me a contract (I think the terrible one) which
> > > contains paragraph (among the others) that signs the rights to all
> > > inventions over to them.
> >
> > The same paragraph (the inventions resulted from your contracting
> > work belong to the company who hired you) is in my contract here
> > in Germany and my lawyer told me it's a usual thing.
> >
> > > The problem is .. I have never sign such contracts and I
> don't know if it's
> > > "common" contract template that programmers sign when
> start coding for
> > > somebody.
> >
> > I'd go to a lawyer to check the contract.
>
> It's a very common clause here in the UK. The only thing that you need
> to watch out for is that the clause covers only those inventions made
> 'while in the course of your duties'. This allows you to do other work
> in your spare time. Most employers want to hold title to the work
> produced by their employees while they are paying them to do
> that work.
>
> --
> John Reid
> Senior Analyst/Programmer
> Open Connect (Ireland) Ltd
> http://www.openconnect.ie/
>
