Prior Inventions definition

Prior Inventions means all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, concepts, sales methods, improvements, trade secrets or similar intellectual property, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws, that relate to any Cigna company’s current or proposed business, work products or research and development which you conceived, developed, reduced to practice or fixed before your Cigna company employment and which belong to you.

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Prior Inventions see Section 8.2(a).

Prior Inventions means all inventions, original works of authorship, developments and improvements which were made by Recipient, alone or jointly with others, prior to Recipient’s employment, association or other engagement with the Company or any affiliate thereof. To preclude any possibility of uncertainty, Recipient has set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto a complete list of all Prior Inventions which Recipient considers to be Recipient’s property or the property of third parties and which Recipient wishes to have excluded from the scope of this Agreement. If disclosure of any such Prior Invention on Exhibit B would cause Recipient to violate any prior confidentiality agreement, Recipient understands that Recipient is not to list such Prior Invention in Exhibit B but is to inform the Company that all Prior Inventions have not been listed for that reason.

Examples of Prior Inventions in a sentence

• If Executive incorporates or causes to be incorporated into any Work Product, or otherwise exploits therewith, any Prior Inventions, then the Company shall own all such Prior Inventions, and Executive hereby assigns all right, title, and interest in such Prior Inventions to the Company.

• If no Prior Inventions are listed on Exhibit B, Executive represents and warrants that Executive has no Prior Inventions to disclose.

• The Company shall own all right, title and interest in and to any derivative works of, or improvements, enhancements or updates to, the Prior Inventions made by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to the license granted herein.

• To preclude any possible uncertainty, if there are any Developments that I have, alone or jointly with others, conceived, developed or reduced to practice prior to the commencement of my employment with the Company that I consider to be my property or the property of third parties and that I wish to have excluded from the scope of this Agreement (“Prior Inventions”), I have set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto a complete list of those Prior Inventions.

• I have set forth on Exhibit A, PRIOR INVENTIONS DISCLOSURE, to this Agreement a complete list of all inventions that I have, alone or jointly with others, conceived, developed, or reduced to practice prior to the commencement of my employment with the Company, that I consider to be my property or the property of third parties and that I wish to have excluded from the scope of this Prior Inventions , I represent that there are no Prior Inventions.

More Definitions of Prior Inventions

Prior Inventions means any inventions made, conceived, devised, invented, developed or first reduced to practice by me, under my direction or jointly with others prior to the date of this Agreement and which do not constitute Inventions within the meaning of Section 1.3 above.

Prior Inventions means all inventions, original works of authorship, developments and improvements which were made by Executive, alone or jointly with others, prior to Executive’s employment, association or other engagement with the Company or any affiliate thereof. To preclude any possibility of uncertainty, Executive has set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto a complete list of all Prior Inventions which Executive considers to be Executive’s property or the property of third parties and which Executive wishes to have excluded from the scope of this Agreement. If disclosure of any such Prior Invention on Exhibit B would cause Executive to violate any prior confidentiality agreement, Executive understands that Executive is not to list such Prior Invention in Exhibit B but is to inform the Company that all Prior Inventions have not been listed for that reason; and

Prior Inventions. [fill-in, if any.]

Prior Inventions means inventions, original works of authorship, developments, improvements, and Trade Secrets which were made by Executive prior to Executive’s employment with the Company.

Prior Inventions will mean any and all Inventions made, conceived or first reduced to practice by Employee, under Employee’s direction or jointly with others prior to Employee’s employment with the Company, which Employee owns or controls, either solely or jointly with others.

Prior Inventions means all Inventions, original works of authorship, developments, concepts, discoveries, processes, computer programs, know-how, ideas, methodologies, improvements, and trade secrets that were made by me prior to my employment with the Company, that belong to me, that relate to the Company's proposed business, products, or research and development, and that are not assigned to any entity of the Company hereunder.

Prior Inventions means the Intellectual Property made or conceived by or belonging to Consultant that that (i) was developed by Consultant prior to Consultant’s engagement with the Company, (ii) relates to Company’s actual or proposed business, operations, products or research and development, and (iii) is not assigned to Company hereunder; and