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Ninth Circuit Holds That Even Brats Deserve Equitable Treatment

Many companies require their employees to sign agreements that any inventions they create "during the course of their employment" will belong to the employer. A recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit, however, illustrates why companies should revisit such agreements in order to ensure that the ideas developed by their employees may not be exploited by those employees to the detriment of their employer.

25 minute read December 20, 2010 at 01:32 PM
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Stephen W. Feingold and Katharine M. Sullivan
Ninth Circuit Holds That Even Brats Deserve Equitable Treatment

Many companies require their employees to sign agreements that any inventions they create “during the course of their employment” will belong to the employer.

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