Wait....Does my employer own the rights to any thing I invent

>>1677274

as long as you don't use their assets you're good.

Yep, sorry. They also own your wife and kids, you're basically their slave. You have to let them fuck your wife, or else you get kicked out of the most free country in the world.

>>1677274
Did you read the contract you signed, it depends on the company

>>1677677
this

>>1677275
sometimes this

if you didn't sign a contract, then as long as it is not in a related field or using their assets, then they can't really claim ownership.

software companies put extra terms in their contracts to deal with this sort of shit.

>>1677274
watch The Steam Engine