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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 1 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.246s | source
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Animats ◴[30 Nov 18 06:28 UTC] No.18567176[source]▶
Did you sign Google's visitor agreement? Did you read Google's visitor agreement. You give up some IP rights by signing that. This is a case where it matters. When I visited Google, I refused to sign. They just give you a badge that said you didn't sign.
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londons_explore ◴[30 Nov 18 11:43 UTC] No.18568390[source]▶
Unless you've been visiting other offices from the one I've been visiting, the agreement pretty much says:

* No taking photographs or video without permission.

* Don't disclose things you see in the office outside the office

It's literally 3 sentences, and they have handy little icons next to each.

I see nothing about IP rights assignment or anything of the sort.

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1. RossM ◴[30 Nov 18 15:14 UTC] No.18569635[source]▶
Same experience here, perhaps there's a different agreement for social visits and commercial meetings.