[CS-FSLUG] Consulting advice

[Fred A. Miller]

On Friday 01 July 2005 1:50 am, David Aikema wrote:
> Things become a lot fuzzier when you're dealing with intellectual
> "property".  How do you go about proving whether you came up with an
> idea on the job or not?
>
> Even if you came up with an idea while off the job, if it's a concept
> relatively-closely-related to the company's field of work, then they
> may be able to claim that without working at the company you wouldn't
> have come up with it in the first place, and then be able to claim
> either partial or full ownership over it.

'Very possible, I would think. Most of the world is really "run" by bean 
counters and lawyers.........one reason we're in trouble. ;)

Fred

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