Common use of Discoveries Clause in Contracts

Discoveries. The Executive covenants and agrees to fully inform the Corporation of and disclose to the Corporation all inventions, designs, improvements, discoveries, and processes (“Discoveries”) that the Executive has now or may hereafter have during the Executive’s employment with the Corporation and that pertain or relate to the business of the Corporation, including but not limited to the operation and franchising of restaurants, or to any experimental work, products, services, or processes of the Corporation in progress or planned for the future, whether conceived by the Executive alone or with others, and whether or not conceived during regular working hours or in conjunction with the use of any Corporation assets. The Executive will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Corporation, and will transfer, convey, release and assign to the Corporation all of the Executive’s right, title, and interest, if any, in and to any and all Discoveries, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws, that the Executive has solely or jointly conceived or developed or reduced to practice, or caused to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of time that the Executive is employed with the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive is not required to assign, or offer to assign, to the Corporation any invention that fully qualifies under California Labor Code Section 2870, which section is reproduced below:

Discoveries. The Executive covenants and agrees to fully inform the Corporation Company of and disclose to the Corporation Company all inventions, designs, improvements, discoveries, and processes (“Discoveries”) that the Executive has now or may hereafter have during the Executive’s employment with the Corporation Company and that pertain or relate to the business of the CorporationCompany, including but not limited to the operation and franchising of restaurants, or to any experimental work, products, services, or processes of the Corporation Company in progress or planned for the future, whether conceived by the Executive alone or with others, and whether or not conceived during regular working hours or in conjunction with the use of any Corporation Company assets. The Executive will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the CorporationCompany, and will transfer, convey, release and assign to the Corporation Company all of the Executive’s Executives’ right, title, and interest, if any, in and to any and all Discoveries, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws, that the Executive has solely or jointly conceived or developed or reduced to practice, or caused to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of time that the Executive is employed with the CorporationCompany. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive does not hereby assign and is not required to assign, or offer to assign, assign to the Corporation Company any invention that fully qualifies qualified under California Labor Code Section 2870, which section is reproduced belowprovides:

Discoveries. The Executive covenants and agrees to fully inform the Corporation of and disclose to the Corporation all inventions, designs, improvements, discoveries, and processes (“Discoveries”) that the Executive has now or may hereafter have during the Executive’s employment with the Corporation and that pertain or relate to the business of the Corporation, including but not limited to the operation and franchising of restaurants, or to any experimental work, products, services, or processes of the Corporation in progress or planned for the future, whether conceived by the Executive alone or with others, and whether or not conceived during regular working hours or in conjunction with the use of any Corporation assets. The Executive will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Corporation, and will transfer, convey, release and assign to the Corporation all of the Executive’s right, title, and interest, if any, in and EXHIBIT 10.1 to any and all Discoveries, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws, that the Executive has solely or jointly conceived or developed or reduced to practice, or caused to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of time that the Executive is employed with the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive is not required to assign, or offer to assign, to the Corporation any invention that fully qualifies under California Labor Code Section 2870, which section is reproduced below: