Posts by senex1970

UK dev loses ownership claim on forensic software he said he wrote in spare time and licensed to employer

Deluded

Reading the judgement, the guy had an IP clause in his contract and signed several other agreements that confirmed ownership to the employer. The mind boggles why he *ever* thought he owned it (or who advised him the fight had any chance at all).

A very interesting read. The judge seems to have seen through the fog and reached the obvious conclusion that work done whilst employed normally belongs to the employer. Strange that Penhallurick didn't realize this given the IP clause in his employment contract. How did the case get this far?