I hear what you're saying, but all these mitigating factors that you bring up appear to make it less likely that the guy was simply an employee of the company.
This is again again opposite of a typical employee/contractor status dispute. Same issues, but the company wants things playing out in the "employee" direction so they can claim IP.
This is again again opposite of a typical employee/contractor status dispute. Same issues, but the company wants things playing out in the "employee" direction so they can claim IP.