Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

If a CA software company has a typical agreement to assign copyright to the employer except for "prior inventions" that you list on the contract (which are explicitly excluded from the agreement), are those "prior" inventions excluded even if you continue to contribute to them while employed?


Asked on 4/11/13, 8:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jim Betinol Withrow and Betinol Law

I've worked on this type of agreement before for both the employer and employee's side. Generally, California Labor Code 2870-2872 is the controlling law on this type of situation. I would recommend that you read over the code and speak to an attorney about your specific situation.

Best,

Jim Betinol

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Answered on 4/12/13, 10:11 am


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