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RE: Declaration I'm not sure it would be helpful, since they can't declare that they invented something they didn't know yet they would invent? Substitute declaration practice is pretty straightforward if you have the assignment.</div>
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I like the idea of a short form. Curious to see what other people think about it.</div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#404040">Employees sometimes refuse to sign assignments, in which case an employment contract stating that all future inventions are hereby assigned to the employer, may
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#404040">In rare cases inventors refuse to sign inventor declarations. Would it make sense/ eventually be helpful to have advance Inventor Declaration clause in an employment
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