[hmahncke]

IMHO, you should discuss it with your employer.

Declaration of prior inventions in my experience is typically used to exclude work you've already done from being covered in your invention assignment form, by which your employer generally owns anything you invent while being employed.

If your side-projects are in the same domain as your job, and you're signing any kind of IP assignment form, you should probably clear that with your employer, and accept that you'll either (1) get a waiver from them, (2) stop working on your side projects, (3) be in a world of IP pain when your side project and employer's project come into conflict, or (4) get a different job.

Github has a model agreement that protects your side-projects, if your employer agrees: https://github.com/blog/2337-work-life-balance-in-employee-i...

Of course, IANAL.

[arunpn123]

Thank you for the reply. The employer sent me an FAQ that says to be on the safe side, just list the item on the form and I can work with their legal team after joining, in case I need more clarification.