AZ HB2632

Employees retain all rights to inventions developed entirely on their own time without using employer equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secrets, unless the invention relates to the employer's business or actual/anticipated research and development.

Employment agreement provisions requiring employees to assign invention rights in violation of this section are void, unenforceable, and against Arizona public policy.

Employers cannot require void invention assignment provisions as a condition of employment or continuing employment.

Employers must provide written notification to employees before entering into employment agreements with invention assignment provisions, stating that the agreement does not apply to inventions the employee retains rights to under this law.

In legal disputes, the employee bears the burden of proving their invention qualifies as one they retain rights to under this statute.