>Me and my team delivered a high frequency trading platform. Ahead of schedule, and better performance than requested.
Sounds like you have the startings of your own business there.
Sounds like you have the startings of your own business there.
You had those ideas right after the contract with the assignment clause was terminated though, right?
Unless you signed some non-compete that extends beyond the time you were employed (and you're in a jurisdiction where that's actually enforceable), taking that idea and whipping up a new implementation from scratch (then selling it to other businesses, including, say, your former employers' competitors) should be perfectly legal. It might be a bit below-the-belt, but well, maybe said former employer should've thought about that before kicking you to the curb :)