Employee Patent Compensations?

Posted by Cliff on Monday October 27, 2003 @01:25PM from the if-you-invent-do-it-on-your-own-time dept.

Anonymous Coward asks: "My employer has recently filed a patent application for something I invented. As compensation I am being given the statutory $1 for the assignment and a shiny brass plaque if the patent(s) is awarded. Is this typical for North American companies? I did sign a no compensation and automatic assignment type employment contract and while I was willing to accept that technically, I'm owed nothing, this strikes me as cheap, greedy, and backward thinking on my employers part. I've Google'd and read and this action seems archaic, am I wrong and just full of myself? Your thoughts please!"

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Reward Program by Mr.+Darl+McBride · 2003-10-27 13:35 · Score: 1, Redundant

My company rewards employees by enlisting their IP in the broadest and most questionably interpreted ways possible to fight the good fight. We use your inventions to battle against Linux piracy and BSD-thieving Apple Republicans.
Hi, I'm Darl McBride. And here at SCO, we Think Different (tm).