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 resources below: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1112808 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1533817 Jonathan On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Ben Leslie <be...@benno.id.au> wrote: > 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 > clauses can be updated. > > Hope that helps, > > Benno > > On Thursday, September 23, 2010, Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli > <ayme...@gaurat.net> wrote: >> Hi, >> I will be hired as a contractor for some work and I am about to sign a >> confidentiality deed document and I want to make sure all the IP I produce >> outside of the scope of the engagement (work at home) won't be retained by >> the employer. >> >> >> My first language is not English so I want to make sure I don't confused by >> the subtleties of the language. >> The following are the paragraphs I would like your opinion on: >> >> >> == Document extract >> "In the course of employment by CompanyName you may make an invention or >> discovery; improveon an existing invention, technique or process; or author >> an original work or subject-matter. >> >> >> You acknowledge the desire and right of CompanyName to have disclosed to it >> all such inventions,discoveries, improvements and material, and to have >> vested in it any intellectual property rights >> >> subsisting therein. >> [...] >> You acknowledge that CompanyName is entitled to any Intellectual Property >> Rights that may ariseor be capable of being claimed as a result of anything >> done by you in the course of or in >> >> connection with employment by CompanyName ." >> == End of document extract >> Is the IP produced outside of the scope of the engagement protected or will >> the employer be able to take it? >> >> >> Thank you,-- >> Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli >> http://aymeric.gaurat.net >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. >> >> Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF >> >> No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
