Employee-Employer IP Ownership Rights

Many companies operate under the belief that the employer automatically owns inventions made by employees or contractors during the course of their employment, but the rules are more complicated and there are several factors that will effect ownership. In this episode, Cecilia Vega and Lyndsey Kruzer discuss the complexities of ownership rights over inventions, trade secrets and the work product by employees and independent contractors who are working on behalf of a company or organization.