WORK FOR HIRE STATEMENT Clause Samples
A Work for Hire Statement establishes that any work or intellectual property created by an individual or contractor during the course of their engagement is legally owned by the hiring party, typically the employer or client. This clause applies to creative outputs such as written materials, designs, software code, or inventions produced as part of the agreed-upon work. By clearly assigning ownership from the creator to the hiring entity, the clause ensures that the employer retains full rights to use, modify, or commercialize the work, thereby preventing future disputes over intellectual property ownership.
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WORK FOR HIRE STATEMENT. I hereby acknowledge and agree that all original works of authorship (the “Works of Authorship”) which are produced, developed or authored by me (whether alone or jointly with others), or otherwise resulting from my work within the scope of my employment with the Company and which are protectible by copyright are “works made for hire,” as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C., Section 101). In the event that any rights to the Works of Authorship are deemed not to be works made for hire, or in the event that I should, by operation of law, be deemed to retain any rights in such Works of Authorship, I hereby irrevocably and fully assign, without any further consideration and regardless of any use by the Company of any such Work of Authorship, all of my rights, title and interest, if any, in and to such Works of Authorship to the Company. I agree that the Company, as the owner of all rights to the Works of Authorship, has the full and complete right to prepare and create derivative works based upon the Works of Authorship and any derivative works of such Works of Authorship and to use, reproduce, publish, print, copy, market, advertise, distribute, transfer, sell, publicly perform and publicly display, and otherwise exploit by all means now known or later developed, such Works of Authorship and derivative works anywhere throughout the world.