Comment on Video of Eric Schmidt blaming remote work for Google’s woes mysteriously vanishes
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoThat’s not really how IP works. Just because you think of something while eating a sandwich that Google paid for, that doesn’t mean they own it. Your brain is not “company resources”. The sandwich was not necessary for the brainstorm.
It’s smarter to think up good ideas away from the office, but it’s completely legal to take knowledge and experience with you when you leave the company.
merc@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Ok, feel free to argue that against Google’s lawyers. The law may be on your side, but the lawyers aren’t.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
In California it’s totally fine. That’s why there’s so many tech startups there. It’s not taxes.
merc@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
That may be the law, but Google isn’t likely to just accept it without fighting it.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
It happens all the time. Almost everyone who starts a new tech company has worked in a different one.