Protection of Invention Sample Clauses

Protection of Invention. After acquiring full ownership of an employee's invention, the employer has the duty imme- diately to file a respective patent or utility model application in Germany. According to recent jurisdiction, such application in Germany can be replaced by a European patent application designating Germany or by a PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) application designating Ger- many either directly or via EPC (European Patent Convention). The employer is obliged to inform the inventor of any details of such application, and to keep the inventor informed of its further fate. The employer is obliged well before the end of the priority year according to the Paris Con- vention to inform the inventor in which countries the employer wishes to file foreign appli- cations, simultaneously giving the inventor the possibility to file, at the inventor's own cost and in the inventor's own name, foreign applications within the priority term. In such case, the employer is entitled, simultaneously with giving the respective information to the employee, to retain a right of non-exclusively using the invention in such foreign countries where the inventor may file a patent application in its own name. Only in instances where the inventor can prove that the aforementioned non-exclusive right of use retained by its employer would be an undue burden and prevent the inventor from statisfyingly using the invention in the respective foreign country by e.g. licensing, the employee can force the employer to renounce the aforementioned retained right. Should the employer intend at any time to give up a domestic or foreign application for the invention, before finally giving up the respective application or patent the employer must give the employed inventor the possibility to take over the application and patent, respectively, by assignment, for further prosecution in the own name of the inventor. Also in such case, the employer may retain a right of non-exclusive use, with similar provisions, as discussed in relation to foreign applications, in case that the retained right of non-exclusive use of the employer may be considered as an undue burden to the employee. The aforementioned duty of the employer to offer (a) patent/application to the employed inventor only does not exist anymore if the employee’s remuneration has already been fully paid by the employer, i.e., in general, by a lump-sum payment, to be discussed in more detail below. In cases where the employer does not wish to file a patent ...
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  • Assignment of Inventions Subject to Sections 2.4, and 2.6, I hereby assign and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Proprietary Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to the Company all my right, title and interest in and to any and all Inventions (and all Proprietary Rights with respect thereto) whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by me, either alone or jointly with others, during the period of my employment with the Company. Inventions assigned to the Company, or to a third party as directed by the Company pursuant to this Section 2, are hereinafter referred to as “Company Inventions.”

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  • Ownership of Inventions Inventorship of inventions conceived or reduced to practice in the course of activities performed under or contemplated by this Agreement shall be determined by application of U.S. patent Laws pertaining to inventorship. If such inventions are jointly invented by one or more employees, consultants or contractors of each Party, such inventions shall be jointly owned by the Parties (each such invention, a “Joint Invention”), and if one or more claims included in an issued Patent or pending Patent application which is filed in a patent office in the Territory claim such Joint Invention, such issued Patent or such pending Patent application shall be jointly owned by the Parties (each such patent application or patent, a “Joint Patent”). If such an invention is solely invented by an employee, consultant or contractor of a Party, such invention shall be solely owned by such Party, and any Patent application filed claiming such solely owned invention shall also be solely owned by such Party. Each Party shall enter into binding agreements obligating all employees, agents, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors (as provided in Section 3.2.7) performing activities under or contemplated by this Agreement, including activities related to the Programs, to assign his or her interest in any invention conceived or reduced to practice in the course of such activities to the Party for which such employee, consultant or contractor is providing its services. Subject to the rights granted under this Agreement, each Party shall have the right to practice and exploit Joint Inventions and Joint Patents, without any obligation to account to the other for profits, or to obtain any approval of the other Party to license, assign, or otherwise exploit Joint Inventions and Joint Patents, by reason of joint ownership thereof, and each Party hereby waives any right it may have under the Laws of any jurisdiction to require any such approval or accounting; and to the extent there are any applicable Laws that prohibit such a waiver, each Party will be deemed to so consent. Each Party agrees to be named as a party, if necessary, to bring or maintain a lawsuit involving a Joint Invention or Joint Patent.

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  • Inventions All inventions, designs, formulae, processes, discoveries, drawings, improvements and developments made by Employee, either solely or in collaboration with others, during his employment with Employer, whether or not during working hours, and relating to any methods, apparatus, products, compounds, services or deliverables which are made, furnished, sold, leased, used or developed by Employer or its affiliates or which pertain to the Business (the “Developments”) shall become and remain the sole property of Employer. Employee shall disclose promptly in writing to Employer all such Developments. Employee acknowledges and agrees that all Developments shall be deemed “works made for hire” within the meaning of the United States Copyright Act, as amended. If, for any reason, such Developments are not deemed works made for hire, Employee hereby assigns to Employer all of his right, title and interest (including, but not limited to, copyright and all rights of inventorship) in and to such Developments. At the request and expense of Employer, whether during or after employment with Employer, Employee shall make, execute and deliver all application papers, assignments or instruments, and perform or cause to be performed such other lawful acts as Employer may deem necessary or desirable in making or prosecuting applications, domestic or foreign, for patents (including reissues, continuations and extensions thereof) and copyrights related to such Developments or in vesting in Employer full legal title to such Developments. Employee shall assist and cooperate with Employer or its representatives in any controversy or legal proceeding relating to such Developments, or to any patents, copyrights or trade secrets with respect thereto. If for any reason Employee refuses or is unable to assist Employer in obtaining or enforcing its rights with respect to such Developments, he hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Employer and its duly authorized agents as his agents and attorneys-in-fact to execute and file any documents and to do all other lawful acts necessary to protect Employer’s rights in the Developments. Employee expressly acknowledges that the special foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is therefore irrevocable and shall survive (i) his death or incompetency, (ii) the termination of his employment with Employer and (iii) the termination of this Agreement.

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