So you don't know anything about US employment contracts but you're arguing anyway. I'm sure that's helpful to the OP.
OP: this is a pretty standard clause. A common phrasing in CA would be
Company owns right, title, and interest relating to any and all inventions
[...] during the term of my employment with Company to and only to the
fullest extent allowed by California Labor Code Section 2780.
I've signed very similar assignments for 5 different companies.
It is critical, however, to read your contract. I recently told a company (founded by ex-google, backed by tier 1 vc) to DIAF because they dropped in their 16 page (!!!) employment contract a few special terms:
if I conducted any company business on my cellphone or personal laptop they had the unlimited right to audit it.
I was like, well, if I take a miscellaneous call on my cellphone, that's conducting company business. So you now have the right to read my personal email on that same phone? Or if I answer a work email from my personal laptop, the same deal? Hells no.
Given the time of day, I suggest that the majority of people that will read these comments are in Europe. I have only tried to offer my opinion and be clear about my situation in response to a direct question. I can not offer appropriate personal and local legal advice on this forum (and nor can anyone else, as I was trying to make clear).
But "...to the fullest extent allowed by law" seems pretty much like what I'm talking about - a "standard" clause that benefits the employer maximally and with unlimited scope. It appears to automatically update with any changes to that law to ensure that it continues to benefit the employer maximally and with unlimited scope.
It's implicitly threatening language that is otherwise only seen with "Shoplifters will be prosecuted..."
I would be pretty concerned about that. The fact that you have accepted that as a standard, personally or culturally, doesn't make this any less of a concern for me.
Accepting clauses like this, as standard without question, is bad for everyone in the labor market.
OP should argue with such a clause if it doesn't suit them.
OP: this is a pretty standard clause. A common phrasing in CA would be
2870: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=lab&gr...I've signed very similar assignments for 5 different companies.
It is critical, however, to read your contract. I recently told a company (founded by ex-google, backed by tier 1 vc) to DIAF because they dropped in their 16 page (!!!) employment contract a few special terms:
if I conducted any company business on my cellphone or personal laptop they had the unlimited right to audit it.
I was like, well, if I take a miscellaneous call on my cellphone, that's conducting company business. So you now have the right to read my personal email on that same phone? Or if I answer a work email from my personal laptop, the same deal? Hells no.