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From: pc@hplabsb.UUCP (Patricia Collins)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.jobs
Subject: Re: Intellectual property arrangements with an employer
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Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 12:00:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 15 12:00:52 1984
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	It is my understanding that it is very difficult to inforce
these employer rights agreements.  A related legal issue is that of
leaving one employer to work for a competitor.  The inforcement of
this law varies from state to state.  Althought California has laws
which theoretically support the employer for "intellectual property rights"
and going to work for a competitor, California Courts have leaned 
toward the individual in both types of cases.


	It seems there are ethical/moral issues here which run deeper
than the contemporary whim of the Courts, but perhaps that discussion
should be in net.jobs/net.philo.

						Patricia Collins
						hplabs