An employee leaves a company and has been developing one of its products for the last 3 years.That product is a glue that remains tacky for hours, enabling certain types of art work to be performed.After he leaves the company, the employee joins another company and finalizes the glue development for his new company.Who is likely to own the rights of the intellectual property involved in the formulation of the glue?

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Typically, when an employee develops a product for a company, the company owns the rights to that product. The fact that the employee continued to work on the product after leaving the company does not necessarily give them the right to the intellectual property.

An Employee Leaves a Company and Has Been Developing One