[ryandrake]

> c) not related to/competitive with the company's business.

Is a loophole big enough for a train to go through. BigTech can, and will, with a straight face, claim almost anything as "related to" something they are working on--because they work on everything. I have worked at two BigTechs and had to basically stop working on side projects because they both emphatically threatened (during onboarding) that they will aggressively claim IP ownership of moonlighting projects.

Anyone considering doing potentially commercializable side projects should do their due diligence. Even if you're right and they can't claim it, do you have the $$$ to fight their army of lawyers?

EDIT: The loophole's actual wording is:

     "Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer"

Which I think we can all agree is pretty broad. Be careful out there!