Employee Intellectual Property Agreement

An Employee Intellectual Property Agreement ensures that you have legal claim to the intellectual property that you pay your employee to create for you. That includes inventions, patents, graphic design, written copy, art, and more! A lot of employers assume that they automatically own the stuff that you employees create. Although there are certain situations where it is, there's a lot greyer areas than you'd expect. For example, what if your employee took the knowledge that they learned from your training, and then used it to create a direct competitor? Or if they clock out during part of the time, they are working on a project so that they can claim partial ownership? Unfortunately, it happens. Having an Employee Intellectual Property Agreement eliminates those grey areas, allowing you to not have to worry about that.