Julie Reardon
prosoft6 at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 17 12:12:49 CDT 2007
Is that an official, lawyer-type answer? Can we bank on that as a response officially? Julie Reardon PRO-SOFT of NY, Inc. 44 Public Square, Suite 5 Watertown, NY 13601 Phone: 315.785.0319 Fax: 315.785.0323 NYS IT Contract#CMT026A NYS Certified Woman-Owned Business www.pro-soft.net -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:45 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Patent...sort of....kinda All patents and inventions automatically belong to the inventor or author, unless that person agrees to reassign the rights. Typically a company will want certain employees to agree to this reassignment before they give you a job (and they won't give you the job unless you do agree). If a person comes up with an invention or copyright, the company can't force a person to reassign the rights, unless there is a prior agreement to do so. Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert L. Stewart Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:03 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Patent...sort of....kinda If you were an employee, technically it is theirs. If you were paid to develop it specifically, as a contractor, it depends on the state. If they did not have you sign a contract stating it was theirs, it could possibly be yours. Patent, I doubt it. At 09:26 AM 9/17/2007, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:30:10 -0400 >From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Patent...sort of....kinda >To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Message-ID: <006501c7f8ca$4a721060$6c7aa8c0 at M90> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Both companies out of business, you developed it for pay for an insolvent >business. I would say that you are bringing prior experience to company C, >which happens to include code and ideas gleaned from time spent working for >companies no longer in business. My first take would be no problem. > > >John W. Colby >Colby Consulting >www.ColbyConsulting.com >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dian >Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:38 PM >To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Patent...sort of....kinda > >OK...I give up...I've thought about this all weekend and I'm supposed to >have an answer tomorrow and I don't. This is ethical and moral and legal, I >think. Years ago, I worked for a title insurance company that dealt with >timeshares. At their request, I created an application to deal with some of >the special issues that affect timeshares and title insurance. That was my >first Access database. I left the company and the database...it belonged to >them. No problem. I went to work for another title company and created the >database application they needed to deal with their timeshare issues (didn't >use the old one....sorta recreated a new one). So far, so good. Not a moral >or ethical issue involved. That company fell apart and I moved on. Now, the >unethical part. The company fell apart and I took the the database home with >me because nobody cared. I "play" with it...have test data, etc., easily >available and I have implemented a number of the ideas I've gleaned from >this group (for which I will always be grateful)...now comes the ethical >question: Owner A couldn't care less (they don't do timeshares now); Owner B >is out of business entirely. IF I choose to work with C, am I doing anything >wrong by using the framework I've "played" with over the years. My >apologies...I know this is weird...but, honestly, I have no clue who else to >ask. Thank you... -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com