Ask HN: Employer 'Outside work' agreements

2 points by h0h0h0 8 years ago | 3 comments

Hi there - we have a lot of developers in our company and we would like to come up with a reasonable employee 'outside work' agreement. We're open to devs moonlighting on their own stuff and getting paid for their own stuff, but not on company time.

Is there a good example agreement out there that is reasonable for both the employer and the employee? We'd love for employees that invent things OUTSIDE of work time and they should OWN them.

itamarst 8 years ago |

GitHub has one, though I can't vouch for details: https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement

h0h0h0 8 years ago | |

Thanks this is a perfect starting point.

PaulHoule 8 years ago |

If somebody wants to make some IP as "belonging to them", they can make a provisional patent application, which costs $60, is very easy, you do not need a lawyer.

Sign the right people's names as the inventor and get a statement that the company has no claim on this invention. Or vice versa if the company wants to say "this belongs to us"