Invoice Documentation. Records of Consultant's costs pertinent to Consultant's compensation under a Contract shall be kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices. To the extent necessary to verify Consultant's charges or progress of scope, as applicable, and upon Authority’s timely written request, copies of such records shall be made available to the Authority at its Portland, Maine office. The employee’s salary record shall show time spent on the services for all Contracts, except those entered into under a lump-sum based fee structure. Ownership of Documents (Deliverables/Intellectual Property) All project deliverables and work product shall be considered work for hire and the Authority shall possess sole ownership rights therein. Consultant agrees to execute any assignment of rights which the Authority may reasonably deem necessary to ensure the transfer of said ownership. Consultant shall retain an irrevocable, perpetual license to use said deliverables and work product for its own internal use and for the creation of other work, including work for other clients; provided that this material shall be treated as confidential and that no deliverable or work product created under this Contract shall be provided or disclosed to any third party without the Authority's express written permission, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. All project deliverables and work product, whether printed or electronic, shall, upon completion of the work or as requested, be filed with the Authority in a format and media acceptable to the Authority. If the Authority alters the Consultant's deliverables or work product or uses such work for purposes other than its original intended use, the Consultant shall not be held liable for any claim resulting from such use. All original data furnished to the Consultant by the Authority shall be returned to the Authority in good order.
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