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| | | | Non-competes: a gag or safeguard? Hey hey, Baltimore. Hope you're not melting out there today. On this Thursday, I offer some questions inspired by recent developments down the parkway. For our DC newsletter earlier this week, Technical.ly's lead DC reporter Michaela Althouse shared news about the district council banning non-compete clauses for employees making under $150,000 per year. Her invitation for readers to comment on this development (and the general status of non-compete clauses) yielded a nuanced response from CEO Todd Marks of Baltimore-based tech agency Mindgrub Technologies. Here's what he said: "Generic non-compete clauses are bad. In most cases, an employee shows up to work with skills and should be able to transfer those skills to other employers, readily, just like a contractor. "IP, however, needs to be protected. If an employee learns something proprietary from one employer, they should not be able to transfer that proprietary knowledge to another employer, particularly a competitor. "We need better definitions around skills transfer versus IP transfer, not overly broad non-compete clauses. If you talk to an attorney, though, broad is generally better, provided it can be enforced. "Since non-competes are getting harder to enforce, we’re gonna have to take the time to create better lines between transferable skills and non-transferable IP." What do you make of Marks' ideas? Can the balance between broadness and nuance be struck so that companies can protect IP without essentially gagging employees who deign to find other jobs? If so, how? Let us know your thoughts by replying to this email or sending another one to baltimore@technical.ly. — Technical.ly editor Sameer Rao (sameer@technical.ly) | | | | | Top Stories | | By As part of the ongoing Most Diverse Tech Hub initiative, Technical.ly is convening experts and biz pros to share actually actionable DEI best practices. heristic's Mercedes Ballard and Kristin Bonds will lead this interactive workshop. Read more » By Charm City's deal count dipped slightly while the amount invested increased — if not quite to where it was before. Read more » By Conscious Venture Labs' Jeff Cherry invited senior staffers of Fearless, Early Charm Ventures and Revival Baltimore to discuss the economic and social issues underscoring the shooting death of a Baltimore engineer by a squeegee worker. Read more » By In this Q&A, Frontdesk CEO Kyle Weatherly recounts his journey from nonprofit worker to entrepreneur who may just be Milwaukee's biggest startup success. Read more » | Blast from the past "We have the oil": Tech leaders see a foundation in Maryland for cybersecurity and data science to drive even bigger job gains. Read more » | Your Job in Tech Search all open jobs and hiring companies Featured Jobs As Kleer’s Director of Marketing, you will be responsible for creating interest and demand for Kleer solutions across dentists, consumers, and employers. This person will develop and execute a...Find out more » ReturnLogic is actively seeking an experienced product manager to help build and scale the ReturnLogic API and third-party developer system. A successful candidate will have a record of solving...Find out more » Think Company operates in the United States as a fully remote company. As such, please consider this a remote (work from home) position. Please note that Thinkers are expected to operate within...Find out more » This Week in Jobs And why a meme means no suits at the movies. Read more » SUBSCRIBE to TWIJ Post a Job Get a Job | Events View all events Promote your event | | |
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