Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Georgia

Re: Intellectual Property Agreements

A great deal depends on the language of the two agreements. For instance, the prior year's agreement may indeed cover intellectual property by its restrictions concerning confidential information. If the company decides to retain the employee who does not sign the second agreement, it is probable that the employee will be bound by the old agreement AS WELL AS any new policies adopted by the company, even if the employee does not specifically sign an agreement covering this new subject matter. From the information you have provided, however, it is impossible to tell exactly what rules and which agreement would apply. I would caution you that failing to sign the new agreement probably would not give you carte blanche regarding the company's intellectual property, and any intellectual property you create while working for the company would probably still belong solely to the company as work for hire.