patents and prototypes

[Bjorn Julin]

Hi!

Yep,its freaky stuff those men in suits can
came up with, as far as my working experience
at R/D they always try to steal stuff even
things one has made previous the current
employment. It really bugs me this.

I always refuse to sign anything "afterwards"
the employment taking place, if they havent
presented the shit before the employment taking
place its thier fault, anekdot:

One time i was harrased by some middle boss
asshole from security and IP department ,he
threatned me with "end of employment", if i didnt
sign all i said tho this dude, well i think we
two shall go outside and use some force and se
who is firing who!. He eventually went awvay
and i never seen him again.

Try to include this line in a employment contract:
Anything IP that xxx brings to the company at the event
of an employment are xxx IP rigts and remain so after
the employment ends.

Whit this line you can always claim your IP rights!
Not to mention my last employer who was so scared that
they have implemented a contract that claims that the
employee can never make any statement regarding to the
company even if the employment ends. And if the employ
does the company claims all rights to a upfront "no limit"
cash penalty.!!!

This is totally bogus stuff and i had it explaied to the
CEO (who is an dumb ass)and said to him that you and
the company are violating the law and someone on the
company might get tierd and sue the company!
(wich eventually happend, it was not I, it was a coleague).

It ended that the company had to pay for the hassle
and stress that those lines in the contract created!!

Where do those CEO assholes came from?

BJ :-)

>From: "Hairy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: harrybissell at prodigy.net
>To: goddard.duncan at mtvne.com, synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: RE: patents and prototypes
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 19:42:33 GMT
>
>I was asked to sign an assignment in my last job.
>It said I assign all rights to .... during the course of my
>employment pertinent to the present or future interests of the
>company.
>
>I refused. I explained that (for instance) my Music CD would be
>assignable to them.
>
>We changed the wording to "pertinent to my job duties or assignments"
>Because if they wanted me to write music for them... I would
>(as long as they were paying...)
>
>Watch your @sses folks !!!!
>
>H^) harry
>
>
>>From: "Goddard, Duncan" <goddard.duncan at mtvne.com>
>>To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>>Subject: RE: patents and prototypes
>>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:49:36 +0100
>>
>>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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