RE: "Prior Inventions" on employment contract

Hi, Dan:

That was my first thought, too.  But then, upon reading again, it sounds
like every detail, detail, detail must be documented (and signed by
Company) or it's excluded from protection.

No, this sounds like a no-win to me, unless everything you've ever said,
everything you've ever done, everything you've ever considered doing that
is still a glimmer in your mindset is documented and blessed by "Company."
Blech.

Dennis





Dan <dbcemid@yahoo.com>@midrange.com on 12/09/2002 01:15:09 PM

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--- Joe Pluta <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com> wrote:
<snip>
> Not a chance I'd sign this.  Under any circumstances.  And if I was
> turned
> down for a job because I didn't sign it, I'd seriously consider a
> lawsuit.
> It's the product of a lawyer gone mad.  The original idea was
> probably to
> protect the company from someone developing a competing product on
> their own
> time, but the wording is ludicrous.
>
> "Employee agrees that (s)he has no ideas...that relate in any way..."
>
> Give me a break.  This is an incredibly broad statement.  I've
> noticed
> similar things in other contracts, but this one is the worst.

But, isn't Exhibit "B" the place where I would retain my ownership
rights?  And, if so, would I presume correctly that detail, detail,
detail trumps over a broad "everything on my cd" statement?

TIA, Dan

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