HB 2562 -- Employment Agreements

Sponsor:  Darrough

This bill specifies that any employment agreement requiring an
employee to assign or offer to assign any of the employee's
rights in an invention to the employer does not apply to an
invention in which no equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade
secret information of the employer was used and which was
developed entirely on the employee's own time unless:

(1)  The invention relates to the employer's business or the
employer's actual anticipated research or development; or

(2)  The invention results from any work performed by the
employee for the employer.

Employers cannot require a provision made void and unenforceable
under the provisions of the bill as a condition of employment or
continued employment.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm