Ownership of IP for Rejected Ideas?
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If you mentioned it in writing (emails, presentation) they can always can come back and claim ownership in case this idea will succeed elsewhere.
Many times employees from one company can pursue a new idea and form a new spin-off company. With that said this would mean the parent company would probably have some shares in the spin-off.
You can also ask for their "blessing" but at the end it may all go to the contract you've signed
You can also ask for their "blessing" but at the end it may all go to the contract you've signed
Someone will surely warn me "They rejected it for a reason, why would you still pursue it?" but the context is that they are very risk averse and I might be able to find other investors/partners who have a different risk appetite.