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From: govern@homxa.UUCP (Bill Stewart HO 4K-437 x0705)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.jobs
Subject: Re: Intellectual property agreements with an employer
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Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 09:48:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 15 09:48:49 1984
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For the most part, the CSO Intellectual Property Agreement is
reasonable - any work you do with CSO's resources belongs to them.
Back when Bell Laboratories was Bell Laboratories, we had to sign
about the same thing.  (And they didn't even pay us $1.00 :-) )
My main concern, which several other people have brought up when this
topic last came up, is "What happens if you develop something they
want, using your own resources?".  The prototype example, which is
more a problem at ATTIS than  at CSO, is personal computer software
that you write on your own time.  The last phrase in paragraph 1 of
your agreement ends "... or relating to any subject matter with
which CSO is or may be  concerned.", and this might get you in
trouble.
			Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Laboratories
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