A term giving your employer ownership of what you create.
An IP-assignment clause gives your employer ownership of intellectual property you create — code, designs, inventions, content. In employment and contractor agreements it’s standard for work done on the job, but the broad versions reach further, sometimes claiming things you build on your own time or brought with you.
“All inventions conceived during employment shall be the sole property of the Company.”
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Analyze my document free →Watch three edges: timing (“during employment” can sweep in personal projects), pre-existing IP (list what you already own so it’s excluded), and scope (does it cover only work related to the employer’s business, or everything?). Several states — California among them — limit assignment of inventions made entirely on your own time, without company resources, and unrelated to its business. A prior-inventions schedule and a clear carve-out for personal work are the usual fixes.
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“Employee assigns all right, title, and interest in any work product, whether or not created using Company resources.”
“Whether or not created using Company resources” is the overreach — in some states that exact language is limited by statute. Add an exclusion for inventions made on your own time and unrelated to the job.