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Posted Feb 6th, 2012
I submitted an revenue idea into my companies idea program. It was rejected locally and out of
frustration I sent this idea directly to national headq

Additional Details:
They asked for additional information from me and then a year latter introduced a product very
similar to my program. This product is projected to make 1 billion dollars this year. It has already
made 192million. headquarters hasn''t replied to my attempts to find out exactly what was my
contribution. Does this sound like a IP lawsuit.
Legal Topic Area: Intellectual Property in NY

My suggestion is that you make an effort to find out exactly what the rules of the "ideas" program are. Normally, when an employee submits an idea to his employer that is related to the employer's business, the idea belongs to the employer without any obligation of compensation. My guess is that your employer's "ideas" program actually has rules, and that those rules leave the issue of compensation, if any, to your employer's sole discretion -- at least that's what they usually say.


Answered on Feb 6th, 2012 at 8:19pm