Can my employer legally claim ownership of an app I coded before I got hired but worked on while employed
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Can my employer legally claim ownership of an app I coded before I got hired but worked on while employed
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
United States copyright employee work made for hire pre-existing software developed before employment employer ownership scope employment legal sourceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
New York employee invention assignment law Labor Law 203-f intellectual property employment agreementGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
USPTO employee invention assignment agreement ownership inventions employer patent assignmentGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
United States copyright employee work made for hire pre-existing software developed before employment employer ownership scope employment legal source Google ↗
New York employee invention assignment law Labor Law 203-f intellectual property employment agreement Google ↗
USPTO employee invention assignment agreement ownership inventions employer patent assignment Google ↗
- NYS Open Legislation · nysenate.gov
- N.Y. Labor Law Section 203-F · newyork.public.law
- Chapter 2 - Circular 92 · copyright.gov
- Work Made for Hire · copyright.gov
- What is Copyright? · copyright.gov
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States copyright employee work made for hire pre-existing software developed before employment employer ownership scope employment legal source OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
New York employee invention assignment law Labor Law 203-f intellectual property employment agreement OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
USPTO employee invention assignment agreement ownership inventions employer patent assignment OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |