[rmc]

> it gives both parties a way to protect themselves and delineate what belongs to whom

Some contracts state "The company owns everything you do, even in your spare time". I can't see how this protects the employee at all.

[rhizome]

It protects the employee from the company's own lawyers.

[rmc]

By the employee giving over everything! Yes, it saves you from any court case, because the employee owns nothing!

[mhink]

whoosh

Pretty sure the parent was making a dry joke. 😉