I knew the market wasn’t quite what it was, but this job ad today surprised even me.

 

I’ve had past conversations with others on the topic of intellectual property rights of employees in Australia, and had always been under the belief that pretty much anything I did in a creative capacity would belong to my employer.  Today I was pointed to this article, which suggests that’s not really the case.

Of course, for simplicity and to avoid any legal action, most people will still take care to separate their entrepreneurial activities as much as possible from their work.  Colleagues frequently leave their current role to go off and fully develop something they’ve been working on secretly.

So if you’re interested, this article has a good discussion of the state of play for employees, employers and their IP rights - 

http://www.findlawaustralia.com.au/articles/default.asp?task=read&id=16492&site=CN