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When staff ideas become employer’s
The tech solutions can either be internally generated or externally sourced. Where internally generated, employment contracts should ideally ensure that the “work for hire” doctrine is included for any software developers hired to generate tech solutions.
Spencer Silver, a scientist at the American conglomerate 3M, was trying to create a super strong adhesive in 1968. It wasn’t quite working so well and one result was a low-tack adhesive that could stick to surfaces without leaving residue.
Art Fry was a marketing engineer at 3M who loved singing in his church choir. While attending a work seminar, Fry learned about the Spencer’s innovation that, while perceived as a weak adhesive, could stick to surfaces without leaving residue.
