I agree, but this was back in the early '70s. We engineers were young and
innocent. The company did a lot of things that weren't legal but it was either
signing, or "out the door". Learned a lot since then.
Rick

michael brown wrote:

> >
> > >  copyrights & patents for anything that you develop
> > > and invent that has anything to do with the company.  If you use a
> pencil
> > > that you borrowed from the company, and used it to write down some
> > > ideas for the invention at a bar on a napkin, they own it.
>
> > Pic Dude responds:
> >
> > Here's one (contract) that I was forced to sign. If I went home and worked
> on
> > any
> > software or designed and hardware for myself on my own time, the company
> owned
> > it too!
>
> I AM NOT A LAWYER (but it doesn't stop me from speaking my mind)
>
> I wonder if that would really hold up in court.Flame shields ready
>
> michael brown

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