Comments on: Trade Secret Law 101: Avoiding Trouble When You Have a Duty of Confidentiality http://www.iplawforstartups.com/trade-secret-law-101-avoiding-trouble-when-you-have-a-duty-of-confidentiality/ Lessons on trade secret, trademark, copyright & patent law for entrepreneurs Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jill Hubbard Bowman http://www.iplawforstartups.com/trade-secret-law-101-avoiding-trouble-when-you-have-a-duty-of-confidentiality/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jill Hubbard Bowman Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:50:43 +0000 http://www.iplawforstartups.com/?p=51#comment-36 On Friday I will be beginning a Startup Launch Series. I will be doing several posts that will discuss how to analyze whether your current/former employer has rights to the IP that you create "off duty." It's complicated but I will discuss the most critical issues like whether the work is within the scope of your current job duties. Stay tuned. On Friday I will be beginning a Startup Launch Series. I will be doing several posts that will discuss how to analyze whether your current/former employer has rights to the IP that you create “off duty.” It’s complicated but I will discuss the most critical issues like whether the work is within the scope of your current job duties. Stay tuned.

]]> By: Phil http://www.iplawforstartups.com/trade-secret-law-101-avoiding-trouble-when-you-have-a-duty-of-confidentiality/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Phil Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:46:32 +0000 http://www.iplawforstartups.com/?p=51#comment-35 "But you can’t use customer lists, financial data, or the secret software code that you wrote at your last job". In regards to code, is the key in this sentence "...software code you wrote AT your last job"? How does it affect code that you wrote on your own at home for an independent project, and then also used at your job? I would be interested to know if technically that code is still legally your own, or the companies. “But you can’t use customer lists, financial data, or the secret software code that you wrote at your last job”.

In regards to code, is the key in this sentence “…software code you wrote AT your last job”? How does it affect code that you wrote on your own at home for an independent project, and then also used at your job? I would be interested to know if technically that code is still legally your own, or the companies.

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