patents and prototypes

[Goddard, Duncan]

I've never worked for a company in the u.k. that didn't try to take
ownership of anything/everything one dreamed up or designed or created
whilst in their employ. of course, being a musician, I've never signed any
of these contracts..... but I wonder how one would stand, legally, upon
trying to patent something one invented while working for a company that
enforced such rules. I've had a few bright ideas, broadcast-related, that I
could- in theory- take with me to another job or even "sell" to another
broadcaster; would I patent such ideas?

d.


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