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AK SB232

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/15/2022

Primary Sponsor

Labor & Commerce

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Origin

Senate

32nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits employers from requiring employees to assign rights to inventions developed entirely on the employee's own time without using employer equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secrets.

  • Creates exceptions allowing employers to require assignment if the invention relates to the employer's business or research/development, or if it results from work performed for the employer.

  • Declares employment agreement provisions that violate these protections unenforceable.

  • Makes unenforceable any employment agreement provision that prohibits employees who reside and work in Alaska from seeking relief under this law in Alaska courts.

  • Applies only to employment agreements entered into on or after the effective date of the Act.

Legislative Description

Intellectual Property Of Employees

Rights

Last Action

REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE

3/15/2022

Committee Referrals

Labor & Commerce3/15/2022

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