Common use of Assignment of Ownership Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Ownership. Consultant hereby irrevocably transfers and assigns any and all of its right, title, and interest in and to Designs and Materials, including but not limited to all copyrights, patent rights, trade secrets and trademarks, to Company. Designs and Materials will be the sole property of Company, and Company will have the sole right to determine the treatment of any Designs and Materials, including the right to keep them as trade secrets, to file and execute patent applications on them, to use and disclose them without prior patent application, to file registrations for copyright or trademark on them in its own name, or to follow any other procedure that Company deems appropriate. Consultant agrees: (a) to disclose promptly in writing to Company all Designs and Materials; (b) to cooperate with and assist Company to apply for, and to execute any applications and/or assignments reasonably necessary to obtain, any patent, copyright, trademark or other statutory protection for Designs and Materials in Company's name as Company deems appropriate; and (c) to otherwise treat all Designs and Materials as "Confidential Information," as defined below. These obligations to disclose, assist, execute and keep confidential will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. Consultant agrees that if the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure my signature on any such papers, any executive officer of the Company shall be entitled to execute any such papers as my agent and attorney-in-fact, and Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each executive officer of the Company as Consultant's agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such papers on Consultant's behalf, and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Designs and Materials, under the conditions described in this sentence. Consultant hereby waives and quit claims to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, which Consultant now or may hereafter have for infringement of any proprietary rights assigned hereunder.