There are no trademark, copyright, or cybersquatting violations. But because if did have a search engine script up on one of the sites and Google adsense, they said that i was making money based on technology that i would not have known about if I did not work there...
I know that this is not a legal forum... but has anyone out there experienced this?
They want the names for the "cost of registration" ....
The question of the day... They must be valuable .... would you sign them over? My job is already toast...
The answers may have a bearing on the outcome.
In the US the employer can often successfully claim any produce of the employee if they can demonstrate that the work was done during compensated hours, or using company resources. Non-compete clauses can be harder to enforce, but they can be expensive to defend against.
I had a friend that got burned on this 25 years ago. Wrote a fancy-dancy COBOL accounting package after hours, but using the employer's mainframe. He went to patent and sell it, and the employer prevailed in a claim against the intellectual property. It got pretty nasty, and in the end he lost both his job and the program.
A hard lesson for him, but easy for me. I rather like learning from the mistakes of others so I don't have to make them myself ;)
WBF
Were you salaried, hourly or a contractor? Hourly turned Salary
Were these purchased on what could be considered the employers time, or using the employers equipment? No
Are you in the US, or elsewhere? US
How deep are your empoyer's pockets? Deeper than mine....
I guess that I feel that they should pay way more... I will keep you all updated... I have an atty's meeting soon!
Good luck with your Attorney...
WBF
They have no leg to stand on if that is the case.
