> "The Employee agrees to keep the company informed of his ideas and > suggestions towards the technical development of the lines of > equipment to > be engineered, sold and/or managed by the Company. Employee > further agrees > that he will disclose promptly to the Company any and all inventions, > improvements, and developments, hereinafter referred to as > "Inventions," > conceived or made by the Employee during his employment, alone or in > conjunction with others, relating in any way to the business > of the Company > or in which the Company may be interested, and that all such > Inventions and > all information and records in regard thereto shall be assigned to and > become the exclusive property of the Company..." I *my* country I could just sign it, keep a copy, and hen when went to court it would seriously *weaken* the employer's position, because he forced something unreasonbale upon me. YMMV Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist