Reconciling an IP agreement vs. IP provisions in Employment/Contracting contract

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Reconciling an IP agreement vs. IP provisions in Employment/Contracting contract

[copiesofcopies]

@chris-allan in the US, employers will typically provide prospective employees with an offer letter, which is contingent on the employee signing a separate IP assignment agreement (which often also includes confidentiality, non-compete, and non-solicitation terms). In this case, there is no "employment agreement" per se, which is intentional -- it avoids the implication that the employment is anything other than at-will.

[chris-allan]

Thanks, @copiesofcopies. The BEIPA is the best public representation of the intents we want to convey. As constructed it may just not work well outside the US. We're global so trying to rationalize US, UK, and EU employment law and IP policy into a consistent and cohesive set of language that we can confidently reuse has been quite a challenge.