Reuters recently posted an article on the top items included in an employment contract. Third on list was Ownership of Inventions for employees who might invent. It went something like this," the employee agrees that anything he or she invents at work, or during a set period of time after termination, becomes the employer's invention, not the employee's own invention." Additionally, employees usually agree to assign their inventions to the employer, cooperate with the employer in getting inventions patented, and keep information about the invention confidential like any other trade secret. In return, sometimes the employer agrees to share with employee-inventors a percentage of the royalties paid for inventions.
...[Source: About.com]
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