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If you're in California, you're protected:

"If you work out of California, the law will not recognize an agreement to assign to your employer an invention that you develop on your own time and using your own resources, so long as the invention is not “employer's business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer.”"[0]

This is US-focused and other countries will differ, but some do's and don'ts:

[0] https://www.startupgrind.com/blog/moonlighting-a-side-projec...



> This is US-focused and other countries will differ, but some do's and don'ts:

If your local jurisdiction doesn't have pretty much the equivalent, it's a red flag to consider.


When a business is big as Google, with their fingers in everything, then that might not be much help at all.

Just one more reason to break up the tech giants.




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