[BC] How standard is THIS?

[Cowboy]

On Monday 15 October 2007 09:16 pm, Thomas G. Osenkowsky wrote:
>  I know that some corporations will assume
>  ownership of any invention or creation that
>  is made during the employ of an individual.
>  The thinking is that you gained the knowledge
>  and idea by being employed by that company.

 Once saw a contract that included this clause from one
 of my clients, specificly for subcontracted engineering.

 I let it be known "unofficially" ( the rumor mill can sometimes
 be an effective tool ) that such a clause would end their relationship
 with me, something that likely neither of us desired.

 Somehow, that contract disappeared beck into their legal department,
 never to be seen or heard of again.
 My own council assures me that such a clause would be exceedingly
 expensive to enforce anyway, and would likely be held void in the
 case of a subcontracter regardless.
 Still, such problems are best avoided altogether.

 Too many legal departments see themselves as god-like, and seem
 to go out of their way to create unworkable "agreements" for everything.

-- 
Cowboy