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Employment Contracts |
| Message Name: |
non-compete and inventions clauses |
| Date Posted: |
08/18/2000 |
| Message: |
I just accepted a consulting position at an Intnet company, but the non-compete I'm being asked to sign seems very restrictive. In essence, it would restrict me from working for any other consulting firm doing work in a similar field for a year. Can anyone tell me what they think? It reads as follows.
During the term of my employment and for one year thereafter I will not directly or indirectly be employed or involved with any business developing or exploiting any products or services that are competitive with products or services (a) being commercially developed or exploited by the company during my employment and (b) on which I worked or which I learned Proprietary information during my employment with the company.
There is also what seems to me a very restrictive inventions clause:
...I hereby agree promptly to disclose to the Company and I hereby assign and agree to assign to the Company my entire right, title, and interest in and to all inventions which I may solely or jointly develop or reduce to practice during the period of my employment (1) which pertain to any line of business activity of the company, (2) which relate to any of my work during the period of my employment...
Keep in mind that we're talking about a broad technology consulting practice here, so "any line of business activity" could apply to a huge number of inventions.
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