Common use of Original Work Clause in Contracts

Original Work. Executive agrees that Executive shall not include any material owned by a third party in any written, copyrightable or patentable material furnished or delivered by Executive under this Agreement without the unconditional written consent of the owner of such intellectual property rights unless specific advance written approval is obtained from United Therapeutics for inclusion of such material including third party intellectual property rights. Executive also agrees that all work (or tangible expression of an idea) that Executive creates or contributes to United Therapeutics in the course of his employment hereunder will be created solely by Executive, will be original to Executive, and will be free of any third party claims or interests. Executive has not and hereby does not transfer any Intellectual Property rights owned or held solely by Executive to the Company relating to periods prior to the date of this Agreement and retains all rights to same provided, however, that Executive acknowledges that Intellectual Property rights that he created as an employee of the United Therapeutics Corporation prior to the date of this Agreement, and not otherwise previously assigned or transferred prior to the date of this Agreement are solely owned by the Company as a work made for hire.