IP assignment is extremely common, but there are almost always exceptions that you still own the IP if it’s your own time, your own equipment, and not directly related to what you do for your employer.
I’m not defending this, but this is an extremely common practice in the US.
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 9 months ago
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It also extends to other fields.
Disney has this rule on all artistic creations of it’s employees
jaybone@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No it’s not.
If this were such a common practice there would hardly be any US contributors to open source projects.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The legal practice is common. Enforcement is significantly more challenging (particularly when you’re working under an online alias in a niche space).