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HOUSE BILL NO. 344
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY THE HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Introduced: 2/17/22
Referred: Labor and Commerce, State Affairs
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act relating to employee intellectual property."
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
3 * Section 1. AS 23.10 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read:
4 Sec. 23.10.038. Employee intellectual property. (a) A person may not require
5 as a condition of employment that an employee assign or offer to assign the
6 employee's rights in an invention that the employee developed entirely on the
7 employee's own time without using the person's equipment, supplies, facilities, or
8 trade secret information unless the invention
9 (1) relates, at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the
10 invention, to the person's business or actual or anticipated research or development; or
11 (2) results from work performed by the employee for the person.
12 (b) A provision in an employment agreement that violates (a) of this section is
13 unenforceable.
14 (c) A provision in an employment agreement that prohibits an employee who
15 resides and works in this state from seeking relief under this section in the courts of
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1 this state is unenforceable.
2 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
3 read:
4 APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to employment agreements entered into on or
5 after the effective date of this Act.
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Statutes affected:
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