[joshavant]

IANAL, but, for the _California_ readers, I'm fairly certain a contract with a clause like 'losing all intellectual rights to ANYTHING done/written/created ANYTIME and ANYWHERE' will NEVER hold up in California court, assuming said projects are done with the employee's own time + materials.

...Which is also a strong reason why you should always avoid using/making/doing anything personal on your employer's laptop/equipment.

[bmarkovic]

Neither would it hold up anywhere in continental Europe but I've heard some inconclusive things about UK in this regard. Well that's common law for you. As much as lawmaker is incompetent he is no competition to a brain dead judge.

Still the behaviour of the company after she raised concern clearly shows she is better off not working there.

[trowawee]

Yeah, but it's easier (and much, much cheaper) to say "This'll never hold up in court!" than it is to actually prove that it won't hold up in court, which is what most of these companies are ultimately counting on.