Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If there’s a patent for a cutting-edge AI development, replicating their approach in your solution violates their IP. By acquiring a business, you also acquire their employees. This is especially true if the company has proprietary technology. The workaround? You can tap into network effects or economies of scale.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

John (Shuo) Yang is our Senior Software engineer and one of the smartest people I have ever met. Chris Detmer is our UI Developer (the guy who codes and polishes the user-facing parts of the site) and has been with cS longer than any other employee. Thanks, guys! Plus he likes Legos. Thanks, Chris! Thanks, Adriano!

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Bosnia Software Engineering Cambodia San Francisco 67

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Names can be classified on a continuum based on how they communicate to consumers, says Nina Beckhardt, president of The Naming Group , an agency whose employees have crafted names for Walmart, Target and Puma. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Does It Mean Something? 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. I went to the Columbia Engineering Career Fair in October 2009 and left with ~150 resumes. Doubtful we’d have access to such a rich employee pool any other way. Need to learn about IP, patents, etc.?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. It is clear that good software engineers avoid you.

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