§ 66-57.1 – Employee's right to certain inventions.

66-57.1. Employee’s right to certain inventions. Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that the employee shall assign or offer to assign any of his rights in an invention to his employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facility […]

§ 66-57.2 – Employer's rights.

66-57.2. Employer’s rights. (a) An employer may not require a provision of an employment agreement made unenforceable under G.S. 66-57.1 as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer, in an employment agreement, may require that the employee report all inventions developed by the employee, solely or jointly, during the term of his employment […]