Inventions Improvements Clause Samples
The "Inventions & Improvements" clause defines the ownership and rights related to any inventions, discoveries, or enhancements developed during the course of a contractual relationship. Typically, this clause specifies whether such intellectual property created by an employee, contractor, or partner belongs to the employer, client, or remains with the creator, and may require prompt disclosure of new inventions. Its core function is to prevent disputes over intellectual property by clearly allocating rights and responsibilities, ensuring that all parties understand who benefits from innovations made during the engagement.
Inventions Improvements. Copyrights, Ideas and Similar Creative Property. Employee agrees that any inventions, improvements or ideas which Employee may make or conceive, and any copyrightable subject matter of which Employee may be the author, either solely or jointly with others, which Employee makes, conceives, or authors during the period of Employee's employment with the Company, shall be the property of PAI, the Company, the Company's or PAI's subsidiaries or affiliated companies, as the case may be, and that Employee will promptly disclose all such inventions, improvements, ideas and material to PAI, the Company, the Company's or PAI's subsidiary or affiliated companies, as the case may be, and that on request, Employee will execute all applications, assignments, and other papers necessary to enable PAI, the Company, the Company's or PAI's subsidiary or affiliates to obtain full protection and title in all countries to such inventions, improvements, ideas and matter.
Inventions Improvements. Copyrights, Ideas and Similar Creative ---------------------------------------------------------------- Property. Employee agrees that any inventions, improvements or ideas which -------- Employee may make or conceive, and any copyrightable subject matter of which Employee may be the author, either solely or jointly with others, which Employee makes, conceives, or authors during the period of Employee's employment with the Company, shall be the property of the Company, Company's subsidiaries or affiliated companies, as the case may be, and that Employee will promptly disclose all such inventions, improvements, ideas and material to the Company, Company's subsidiary or affiliate, as the case may be, and that on request, Employee will execute all applications, assignments, and other papers necessary to enable the Company, Company's subsidiary or affiliate to obtain full protection and title in all countries to such inventions, improvements, ideas and matter.
Inventions Improvements and Copyrightable Materials --------------------------------------------------- The Employee shall disclose promptly in writing and assign immediately, and hereby assigns to the Company, all of the Employee's right, title and interest in and to, any original works of authorship, formulas, processes, programs, benchmarking or other databases, techniques, know-how, data, developments or discoveries, whether or not copyrightable (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Work Product"), which the Employee may make or conceive, or first reduce to practice or learn either solely or jointly with others, during the employment period with the Company through the Employee's work with the Company or its affiliates or with any other person or entity pursuant to an assignment by the Company or its affiliates. The Employee acknowledges the special interest the Company holds in its processes, techniques and technologies in producing its editorial works and agrees that such processes, techniques and technologies shall not be directly or indirectly used or distributed by the Employee for the interests of any person or entity besides the Company.
(a) All disclosures and assignments made pursuant to this Agreement are made without royalty or any additional consideration to the Employee other than the regular compensation paid to the Employee by the Company or its affiliates.
(b) The Employee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company or its affiliates all necessary documents, and shall take such other action as may be necessary to assist the Company in obtaining by statute, letters patent, copyrights, trademarks or other statutory or common law protections for the Work Product covered by this Agreement, vesting title and right in such patents, copyrights, trademarks and other protections in the Company and its designees. The Employee hereby agrees that the Work Product constitutes a "work made for hire" in accordance with the definition of that term under the U.S. copyright laws. The Employee shall further assist the Company or its affiliates in every proper and reasonable way to enforce such patents, copyrights, trademarks and other protections as the Company may desire. The Employee's obligation to deliver documents and assist the Company or its affiliates under this Agreement applies both during and subsequent to the term of his employment.
(c) Any Work Product which the Employee may disclose to anyone within six (6) months after the termination of his employme...
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