Comment by S_A_P

I do software consulting sleeved through various contracting or consulting companies. All of the paperwork I have to sign tries to have a claim to any IP created at the job. I immediately red line this unless there is some sort of reasonableness to it. I don’t mind giving some percentage of IP to a company that kept me busy somewhere for a year and the Resultant IP isn’t the main focus of the engagement. They are right that it probably wouldn’t have happened if they had not given me the opportunity. Otherwise I am not going to relinquish the right rights to code written to solve a problem. Most clauses I’ve seen are in this vein. Nope. DRY.