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Intellectual Property when leaving a job...

Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:52 pm
Posted by PurpleHeart12
ST MARTINVILLE
Member since Mar 2011
35 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:52 pm
I got another job offer from a company that uses the same systems. My employer threatens to sue me if I take the job. I only signed a confidenality agreement. I'm not taking anything with me if I leave. What can be done to me?


Eta: I've talked to a few lawyers and like some of you have said. Anyone can sue an individual. I was advised about filing a complaint with the Equal Employement opportunity commission regarding the threat of being sued.
This post was edited on 9/30/14 at 10:28 am
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:53 pm to
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What can be done to me?


Cupping the balls
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51915 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:54 pm to
Money board will prob give you better answers
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37347 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:54 pm to
Need more info to reply.

Contacts? In sales?
Posted by beulahland
Little D'arbonne
Member since Jan 2013
3582 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:54 pm to
Not. One. Damn. Thing.

Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142484 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:54 pm to
you are a slave

deal with it
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42574 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:55 pm to
He mad, unless you signed some strange no compete waiver, there is nothing he can do.
Posted by PurpleHeart12
ST MARTINVILLE
Member since Mar 2011
35 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:58 pm to
Non compete clause never signed. It's in the oilfield. He has a patent on the equipment and the other company doesn't. They aren't doing the same work, just using the same testing equipment. And he is very mad!!!
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
162258 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

What can be done to me?

Tell him to eat a bag of dicks

He is bluffing like the bitch he is
Posted by PurpleHeart12
ST MARTINVILLE
Member since Mar 2011
35 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:04 pm to
Should I get a lawyer anyway?
Posted by Asgard Device
The Daedalus
Member since Apr 2011
11562 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:08 pm to
quote:

My employer threatens to sue me if I take the job.


100% chance I take the job, if that happened to me.
Posted by RebelOP
Misty Mountain Top
Member since Jun 2013
12478 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:19 pm to
Call a lawyer buddy just to make sure but I've never heard of someone getting sued because they use the same software.
Posted by Mudge87
NOLA
Member since Apr 2014
550 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:24 pm to
Get a lawyer to look at the contract you signed
Posted by RealityTiger
Geismar, LA
Member since Jan 2010
20452 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:51 pm to
He will make your experience miserable if you stay. Too late now.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63542 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:05 pm to
If you think this is bad, wait til he comes after you for his dumb property, as well.
Posted by USMCTiger03
Member since Sep 2007
71176 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:12 pm to
quote:

a confidenality agreement.

Which states?
Posted by Thug On A Rug
Member since Jun 2014
295 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:27 pm to
This is the story of my life.
Posted by Blue Velvet
Apple butter toast is nice
Member since Nov 2009
20112 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:29 pm to
quote:

Intellectual Property
Lucky for you, intellectual property doesn't exist; it's a myth.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
10056 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:37 pm to
quote:

I got another job offer from a company that uses the same systems. My employer threatens to sue me if I take the job.

What can be done to me?

Your employer can likely go frick themselves.
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
32486 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:44 pm to
quote:

got another job offer from a company that uses the same systems. My employer threatens to sue me if I take the job. I only signed a confidenality agreement. I'm not taking anything with me if I leave. What can be done to me?



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