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btilly a day ago

This is a state level thing. As is whether IP produced outside of your job, on your own equipment, is yours.

I moved from New York to California a bit over 20 years ago in large part because I personally encountered this (the IP ownership bit), and preferred to live under California's rules.

It is worthwhile to read https://www.paulgraham.com/america.html. Point 7 talks about how easy it is for regulations to accidentally squash startups. I believe that the fact that California makes neither mistake causes us squash fewer startups. It is not sufficient to have made Silicon Valley a startup hub, but it was likely necessary.

xhrpost a day ago | parent | next [-]

Just looking this up but appears NY finally caught up here in 2023 https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._labor_law_section_203-f

btilly 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Thanks for the correction.

It was only 20 years too late to help me.

Esophagus4 18 hours ago | parent [-]

I would love to hear whatever you’re comfortable sharing of your (anonymized) story, if you’re up for it!

arnonejoe 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I usually add this at the end of the agreement and if they wont go for it, I move on:

This agreement shall not apply to any inventions, conceptions, discoveries, improvements, and original works of authorship that [my name] developed entirely on their own time without using [the employer](s) equipment, supplies, facilities, trade secret information, or anything not based on or received from [the employer].

throwarayes a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It also depends on the laws governing your contract, not just where you live.