Who will own the software created in their free time (after work or on weekends)?

Question

Copyright

At work, the task is to make a chatbot. One concept and a small set of functions are suitable for work. In my free time, I developed (starting from scratch) a chatbot with a large set of functions and with a different concept of work. But from the outside it looks like a more functional and less functional chatbot. The question is, can the employer then take this bot away from me if I sell it?

Answer 1

Hundreds of times this question has already been asked on the Toaster. If your product competes with the company's product, the employer can sue you. The court will appoint an expert. If the expert concludes that you have used functionality in your chatbot, the property rights to which belong to the company, you will be obliged to pay a fine and compensate for the losses of the copyright holder. In the event of a relapse, they can be soldered for up to five years.

Answer 2

So sell it according to the gray scheme, incognito)
And also the employer's bot.
I'm not instigating, so, thinking out loud... =)

Answer 3

If it proves that you did it during working hours, if you are a developer.
And so, in theory, if there is no contract, then you.
Most likely, nafig he did not get into it. They didn't create Photoshop.
In general, you need to look at the employment contract and what is written there.
PS I've never been a lawyer, I've just been in a similar situation myself, the lawyer advised me to "sell, roughly speaking", I traded for an unscheduled vacation with pay.

Answer 4

We carefully read the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Chapter 70 "Copyright". article 1295 article 1296 article 1297