Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Google was a right PITA but eventually I found this
> http://www.legalcentre.co.uk/intellectual-property/guide/intellectual-property-and-employees/
>  It appears to contradict what you've said above, or have I misread it?  E.g
> "Under the (Patents) Act (1977), there is a presumption that an employer
> will own the patent of an invention made by its employee if the invention
> was made in the employee’s normal or specifically assigned duties and
> either, an invention might reasonably be expected to result from such duties
> or, the employee has a special obligation to further the employee’s
> interests, arising from the nature of those duties and responsibilities and
> the employee’s status."

That's patents... intellectual property goes by other rules I think. I
am not a lawyer, and I try to avoid getting placed in any position
where this sort of thing will come up, because it's messy...
especially with internationalization.

ChrisA