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Celery Man

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  1. Yeah I think this is the one for me. I really like the live version of Knocking as well.
  2. Very unlikely that I’m going to try and go use this patent, lol. What an asshole. I had completely forgotten about filling out the paperwork, I do remember thinking that the idea isn’t all that novel, just a natural application of existing technology. Either way kinda cool though I guess to get my name on a patent if it goes through - not something I anticipated doing in my career.
  3. Yeah I’m on the bandwagon. It’s interesting - I don’t have a single song that is the “oh check this guy out” song. I don’t know that any of his songs are 10s for me but he has a whole bunch of 7s and 8s.
  4. I had a folder of “Too Many Cooks” gifs saved on my phone in hopes of an illustrious career. Dashed.
  5. I can’t tell how “big” MJ Lenderman is. He seems huge in my algorithm but he keeps not being known by people I would expect to know him. New music video for wristwatch
  6. Yeah I mean I signed a thing that says I have to do this and I did “invent” this thing on company time for company purposes and I’m not trying to be a pain in the ass to get back at the company or whatever. If they had fucked up and not obligated me to give them some IP that they need to move forward with the stuff I spent a lot of effort convincing them was obviously a good idea, I would have been happy to try and get them to write a check and it would have made me look back on them cancelling my corporate card before the charge for my Lyft to the airport cleared with a bit more of a smile. Either way, that’s not what’s going on here - much appreciate the help and being able to avoid spending money on a lawyer to tell me to check my employment agreement (dumbass).
  7. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
  8. Ah yeah, found an invention section of my employment agreement that covers this, so it does seem pretty straightforward.
  9. Ok, figured as much when I first got it - appreciate the insight.
  10. That's absolutely what I would expect to be the case and would not be surprised if it is still the case. The thing they are trying to get me to sign right now is a Combined Declaration and Assignment for a Utility Application, which would seem to be the thing that assigns that right. But also it would seem to be the thing that declares me an inventor, and if it's as simple as that I don't know why they wouldn't just take my name off of it. Probably nothing but I'd love one more bonus.
  11. I worked as a digital product manager for a biotech company for a number of years before being shitcanned along with a bunch of other folks after a merger last year. I just got an email from a lawyer from the company asking me to sign and return some documents. They are relevant to a patent application that was filed probably at the beginning of 2024, on which I along with my old manager and one of the scientists on our team are listed as inventors. The gist of the document seems to be that as an inventor i would be assigning to the company global and exclusive rights in perpetuity blah blah blah. I should talk to a lawyer about this right? And any tips on doing that (google patent lawyer in my hood?)? I'm not incredibly liquid at the moment so on the one hand I would love if this was some free money but also I'm not trying to spend a bunch in lawyers fees if this is unlikely to be worth anything. I'm not particularly mad at the company, but I'm also not trying to just give stuff away to them (and they did fucking fire me while I was on a business trip with a 6 month old at home). And while I don't want to burn bridges I also don't think I'm likely to return to their industry specifically and certainly not the niche sector of the industry where my team was most active (which is a fairly small world). This feels like the kind of thing where they should have had me sign this before giving me severance or even as the patent was filed. But the company is run by scientists moonlighting as business folks and is particularly stupid in that area. I don't believe that the patent has been granted ("30 mo US phase filing" is part of the email). Included in the email is the previous email from December where legal had tried to contact me to sign the documents, apparently unaware that I had been fired. Anyways, any informed perspective from some of our law homies here would be appreciated.
  12. Someone buy me this
  13. Maybe it’s a Speed type situation where if the market drops a certain percentage in a single day he explodes.
  14. I wish people like @realgreggym were smart enough to understand just how fucking stupid they are. But alas.
  15. I want to be James’ dad when I grow up.
  16. I’m only eating pussy
  17. They should do a crossover sequel where the Accountant gets on the server and organizes the elements into layers.
  18. For you, definitely upgayed.
  19. well now I'm ordering a whole bag of sugar free gummy bears
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