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x3al | 9 years ago
In some countries, it's quite different. In Russia, you own anything you made as long as
* you don't touch it while you're on duty
* you don't use the employer's equipment
Obviously, you still can't use any information classified as 'trade secrets' at your current job because it's covered under another law.
You can even work in a directly competing company (or start one) WHILE being employed because job contract can't legally regulate your off-duty time and you can have unlimited number of side-jobs, as long as it's under 20-hours-a-week, in addition to your current full-time job. You don't even have to notify your full-time employer about it. The 'non compete clause' doesn't work. And your full-time employer can't even fire you (legally) just because you work in/own a competing company, as long as you follow all the regulations.
Even the 'I don’t just want to buy your 9:00-5:00 inventions. I want them all' in the job contract can't work if I understand the Russian laws correctly.
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