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Any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models, techniques, formulae, trade secrets, service marks, patent rights, copyrights, sui generis database rights, designs, designations, know-how, ideas, trademarks and works of authorship (collectively, hereinafter referred to as \"Intellectual Property\"), made, developed or created by the Executive (alone or in conjunction with others, during regular hours of work or otherwise) during the Executive's employment by the Company and its predecessors, which may be directly or indirectly useful in, or relate to, business conducted or to be conducted by the Company shall be the Company's exclusive property and will be promptly disclosed by the Executive to the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, such Intellectual Property shall be deemed works made for hire.\n(b) Executive hereby transfers and assigns to the Company or its designated affiliate any right, title or interest which Executive may have or acquire in any such Intellectual Property (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights, and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive, (i) during the Term that relate to the subject matter of, or arise out of, his services to the Company, (ii) are referred to in clause (a) above, or (iii) constitute any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, \"Inventions\"). Executive will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Executive waives any license or other special right which Executive may have or accrue therein. Executive agrees to execute any documents and to take any actions that may be required, as reasonably determined by the Company's counsel, to effect and confirm such transfer, assignment and waiver. Executive shall further assist Company, at its request and expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company as its agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and in Executive's behalf to execute and file any documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant. The Executive shall, upon the Company's request, execute any documents necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Company's counsel to direct the issuance of patents, trademarks or copyrights to the Company or its designated affiliate with respect to such Intellectual Property as are to be the Company's exclusive property under this Section 10 or to vest in the Company or such affiliate title to such Intellectual Property, the expense of securing any patent, trademark or copyright, however, to be borne by the Company or such affiliate. The Executive will keep confidential and will hold for sole benefit of the Company any Intellectual Property which is to be their exclusive property under this Section 10 for which no patent, trademark or copyright is issued.\n(c) Executive agrees that all Inventions and all other business, customer, marketing, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to the Company's customers or employees) that Executive developed, learned or obtained for or about the Company and its predecessors, or that Executive develops, learns or obtains during the Term that relate to the Company or the business or that are received by or for the Company in confidence, constitute \"Proprietary Information,\" provided that Proprietary Information shall not include information in the public domain through no fault of Executive. Executive will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the services hereunder, use any Proprietary Information. Upon termination of this Agreement, and as otherwise requested by Company, Executive will promptly return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Executive may keep personal copies of his compensation records and this Agreement.\n(d) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Executive agrees that during the Term and for one year thereafter, Executive will not encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason. As further protection, Executive will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business of the Company, and Executive will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business of Company.\n(e) The Executive agrees that non-public terms of Intellectual Property shall constitute Confidential Information within the meaning of Section 9.\n(f) The foregoing provisions of this Section 10 shall be binding upon the Executive's heirs and legal representatives. 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Any and all inventions, products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models, techniques, or formulae (collectively, hereinafter referred to as \u201cDevelopments\u201d), made, conceived, developed, or created by Executive (alone or in conjunction with others, during regular work hours or otherwise) during Executive\u2019s employment, which may be directly or indirectly useful in, or relate to, the business conducted or to be conducted by the Company will be promptly disclosed by Executive to Charter and shall be Charter\u2019s exclusive property. The term \u201cDevelopments\u201d shall not be deemed to include inventions, products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models, techniques, or formulae which were in the possession of Executive prior to the Term. Executive hereby transfers and assigns to Charter all proprietary rights which Executive may have or acquire in any Developments and Executive waives any other special right which the Executive may have or accrue therein. Executive will execute any documents and to take any actions that may be required, in the reasonable determination of Charter\u2019s counsel, to effect and confirm such assignment, transfer and waiver, to direct the issuance of patents, trademarks, or copyrights to Charter with respect to such Developments as are to be Charter\u2019s exclusive property or to vest in Charter title to such Developments; provided, however, that the expense of securing any patent, trademark or copyright shall be borne by Charter. 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The term \u201cDevelopments\u201d shall not be deemed to include inventions, products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models, techniques, or formulae which were in the possession of the Executive prior to the Term. The Executive hereby transfers and assigns to the Corporation all proprietary rights which the Executive may have or acquire in any Developments and the Executive waives any other special right which the Executive may have or accrue therein. 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