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Employment

IP Assignment Clause

A term giving your employer ownership of what you create.

An intellectual-property assignment clause transfers ownership of work you produce to the company. Reasonable ones cover work done for the job; overreaching ones sweep in anything you create during employment — even unrelated side projects. Many states limit how far these can reach.

In practice

“All inventions conceived during employment belong to the Company” — check for a carve-out for personal projects on your own time.

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