The question
I signed a contract with a new employer that states they own rights to inventions and works of authorship. I am working as a researcher but am writing a novel (fantasy, unrelated to the job or company). The Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by me during the term of my employment with the Company to and only to the fullest extent allowed by applicable state law (collectively “Inventions”) and I will promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company; provided that the term “Inventions” will not include any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities or trade se...