| Most employers assume that they hold the | | | | among the employees which is not good for them. |
| unspecified right over their employee's inventions that | | | | Several cases that are encountered with the |
| were made on the job. The thought comes from the | | | | employers suing for patent rights lack evidence in the |
| fact that they have achieved the invention by using | | | | form of a written agreement to that effect. Also, |
| the resources available at the work place and | | | | the potential of having the rights to patent an |
| otherwise, the invention would not have been | | | | invention which can be useful for business is often |
| possible. | | | | ignored while hiring the employee. Only after the |
| Several employers have an employment agreement | | | | invention has been made, it becomes important for |
| which mentions that the employee's intellectual ideas | | | | the employer. This is a standard trait observed in the |
| belong to them. However, if there was no such | | | | industry. |
| written agreement, then the employer cannot | | | | In some industries inventions can be a great deal |
| assume that the right of inventions belongs to them. | | | | helpful for the business. Several factors are |
| In such a case, it would be inappropriate in the eye | | | | considered even if there is an agreement present. If |
| of law. | | | | the employee is given hourly wages, then the |
| Also, if an employer decides to pursue or wins the | | | | invention is not justified as the compensation should |
| case against the employee in the absence of a | | | | have been higher in that case. |
| written agreement, they will lose the credibility | | | | |