N.Y. LAB Law § 203-F
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Inventions made by employees
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§ 203-f. Inventions made by employees. 1. Any provision in an\nemployment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or\noffer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her\nemployer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed\nentirely on his or her own time without using the employer's equipment,\nsupplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those\ninventions that either:\n (a) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the\ninvention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrably\nanticipated research or development of the employer; or\n (b) result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.\n 2. To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to\nrequire an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being\nrequired to be assigned under subdivision one of this section, such\nprovision is against the public policy of this state and shall be\nunenforceable.\n
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