Legal Question in Business Law in Texas

Re: Labor law - Intelectual property

Whether or not they could enforce the noncompete is going to be fact specific, and will depend on what's in the contract that you signed. You should hire counsel to review the agreement and your proposal.

Re: Labor law - Intelectual property

Might be too late now to have them sign a non-disclosure agreement, since you have already divulged the idea to them, but that's what you should have done BEFORE sharing it with them. Now, unfortunately, its pretty much going to be a case of their word or yours - unless you have some witnesses that will sign sworn statements to the effect that the idea is yours. And, you're not likely to find such witnesses because they will all likely be employed by the company and not want to risk losing their jobs. There are some other things you might try, but this would be beyond the scope of the simple and free advice we can give here. Hope this helps a little.

Re: Labor law - Intelectual property

I would have to see the non-compete agreement you signed before being able to give you any reliable advice.