Comment Conflict of interest (Score 1) 224
So your patent is in your own field of work. Let's say it's an algorithm for doing X.
Now, your new employer asks you to solve problem Y, which involves doing X. They might not even know it does, but it does, and they did after all hire you because you're an expert on that that subject, as stated on your application. Are you then going to knowingly make an algorithm worse than your patented one to avoid license issues?