Morris v. Scenera Research, LLC

BEASLEY, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a compensation and intellectual property dispute between Robert Paul Morris (“plaintiff’) and his former employer Scenera Research, LLC and its CEO Ryan Fry (collectively, “defendants”). In 2004, Stanley Fry, defendant Ryan Fry’s father, hired plaintiff as Scenera’s first employee. The parties did not sign a written employment agreement. They did, however, have several discussions concerning the details of plaintiff’s employment. Plaintiff expressed interest in inventing, but testified at trial that he had no obligation to invent. According to…