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by pi18n 4920 days ago
I think for many people it's going to be hard to fulfill the following:

> ... except for those inventions that either: (1) 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 ...

As a programmer, there's not a lot I can do that is going to be considered wholly unrelated to what I'm employed for... at least it would be murky enough that the employer would have a good court case. This is infinitely more so for anyone working with Google, Apple, or any other company that has got their fingers in everything.

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xugle, it seems your account got caught by the reapers. I found your comment to be informative, so it must have been some sort of mistake.