Re: [SiliconBeach] About to sign a confidentiality deed, is my own IP protected?

2010-09-22 Thread Ben Leslie
I'm not a lawyer, but my reading of those clauses would suggest that your IP is not protected. I would not sign that agreement without changes to those clauses. I would suggest talking to the hiring manager, exilian your desire to create other IP external to the contract, and see if the relevant

Re: [SiliconBeach] About to sign a confidentiality deed, is my own IP protected?

2010-09-22 Thread Jonathan Clarke
It's complicated. Is the project in the same domain? Are you going to use their equipment, resources and pick your colleagues brains? Can you see yourself working on a great idea out of work and implementing it? Speak to the hiring manager first and try and discuss that clause. Some good

Re: [SiliconBeach] About to sign a confidentiality deed, is my own IP protected?

2010-09-22 Thread Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli
Thanks everyone. This is really a gig where I will be working a few hours over maybe six weeks. So I won't be using their resources to develop my IP, but it is definitely in the same domain which is why I can provide some value as an external consultant (Facebook consulting). Because the document