Inventions and Original Works Sample Clauses

Inventions and Original Works. (a) Subject to Section 2.4(b) below, the Employee agrees that he will promptly make full written disclosure to Employer, will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of Employer, and hereby irrevocably assigns to Employer without any additional compensation all of his right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions (and patent rights with respect thereto), original works of authorship (including all copyrights with respect thereto), developments, improvements or trade secrets which Employee may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, relating to or concerning the business of the Employer, whether or not conceived, developed or reduced to practice: (i) during working hours, (ii) while on Employer premises, (iii) with use of Company equipment, materials or facilities, or (iv) while performing his duties under this Agreement ("Employer Intellectual Property"). Employee acknowledges that all original works of authorship relating to the business of Employer which are made by him (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of his duties under this Agreement and which are protectable by copyrights are "works made for hire" as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.A., Section 101), and that Employee is an employee as defined under that Act. Employee further agrees from time to time to execute written transfers to Employer of ownership or specific original works or authorship (and all copyrights therein) made by Employee (solely or jointly with others) which may, despite the preceding sentence, be deemed by a court of law not to be "works made for hire" in such form as is acceptable to Employer in its reasonable discretion. Employee hereby waives in favor of Employer and its assigns and licensees any and all artist's or moral rights Employee may have in respect of any Invention pursuant to any local, state or federal laws or statutes of the United States and all similar rights under the laws of all jurisdictions.
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Inventions and Original Works a) Inventions/Original Works Retained and Licensed. Employee has completed and attached hereto a list describing all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, improvements, and trade secrets which were made by Employee prior to employment with the Company (collectively referred to as "Prior Inventions"), which belong to Employee, which relate to the Company's proposed business, products or research and development, and which are not assigned to the Company hereunder, or, if no such list is attached or the attached form titled "List of Prior Inventions and Original Works", Employee represents that there are no such Prior Inventions and acknowledges having none. If in the course of any employment with the Company, Employee incorporates into a Company product, process or machine a Prior Invention owned by Employee or in which Employee has, an ownership interest, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty free, irrevocable, ninety-nine (99) year worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process or machine, which license shall be confirmed, in a separate writing or writings at the request of Employer.
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Inventions and Original Works. Unless otherwise specified in a Task Order, Independent Contractor and Company agrees that all right, title, and interest in and to any and all software, original works of authorship, developments, concepts, improvements, designs, discoveries, inventions, ideas, trademarks or trade secrets, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws (collectively referred to as "Inventions"), which exist prior to this Agreement remain the property of the Independent Contractor. Independent Contractor agrees that any Inventions which have originated by the Independent Contractor for purposes of fulfilling this Agreement, which Independent Contractor or Consultant may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the term of this Agreement shall be and are hereby mutually assigned to the Company, or its designee, and Independent Contractor except for any Inventions which: (1) Independent Contractor or Consultant developed entirely on its own time without using the Company's equipment, supplies, facilities, or Confidential Information; (2) are unrelated to the Company's business; and (3) do not result from any work the Independent Contractor or Consultant performed for the Company. Independent Contractor further agrees to assist Company, at Company's expense, to execute all documents and take all actions to vest title in Company and to effect the assignment upon request and to obtain patents or copyrights for any Inventions, including but not limited to: (1) providing, if requested, all data, plans, specifications, descriptions, documentation, and other information; (2) requiring its Consultants to execute, if requested, all applications, oaths, assignments and all other instruments and papers which Company shall deem necessary; and (3) assisting Company in completing any applications or registrations relating to such Inventions. Independent Contractor acknowledges and agrees that the decision whether or not to commercialize or market any Invention is within the Company's sole discretion and that no royalty or other compensation of any kind will be due to Independent Contractor or Consultant as a result of the Company's efforts to commercialize or market any such Invention. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to apply to Independent Contractor's Inventions that existed prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement, and all such Inventions remain...
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Inventions and Original Works. (a) Subject to Section 2.4(b) below, the Employee agrees that he will promptly make full written disclosure to Employer, will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of Employer, and hereby assigns to Employer all of his right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions (and patent rights with respect thereto), original works of authorship (including all copyrights with respect thereto), developments, improvements or trade secrets which Employee may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, while performing his duties under this Agreement. Employee acknowledges that all original works of authorship relating to the business of Employer which are made by him (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of his duties under this Agreement and which are protectable by copyrights are "works made for hire" as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.A., Section 101), and that Employee is an employee as defined under that Act. Employee further agrees from time to time to execute written transfers to Employer of ownership or specific original works or authorship (and all copyrights therein) made by Employee (solely or jointly with others) which may, despite the preceding sentence, be deemed by a court of law not to be "works made for hire" in such form as is acceptable to Employer in its reasonable discretion.
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Inventions and Original Works a) Employee agrees that he will promptly make full written disclosure to Employer, will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of Employer, and hereby assigns to Employer, all of his right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions (and patent rights with respect thereto), original works of authorship (including all copyrights with respect thereto), developments, discoveries, computer software, operating methods, improvements or trade secrets which Employee may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the course of performing his duties under this Agreement.
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Inventions and Original Works. SECTION 2.4 Employee agrees that he will promptly make full written disclosure to Employer, will hold in trust for the sole right ft and benefit of Employer, and hereby assigns to Employer, all of his right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions (and patent rights with respect thereto), original works of authorship (including all copyrights with respect thereto), developments, improvements or trade secrets which Employer may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the course of performing his duties under this Agreement. Employee acknowledges that all original works of authorship which are made by him (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of his duties under this Agreement and which are protect able by Copyrights are "works made for hire" as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.A., Section 101) and that Employee is an employee as defined under that Act. Employee further agrees from time to time to execute written transfers to Employer of ownership of specific original works of authorship (and all copyrights therein) made by Employee (solely or jointly with others) which may, despite the proceeding sentence, be deemed by a court of law not to be "works made for hire" in such form as is acceptable to Employer in its reasonable discretion.
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Inventions and Original Works. Section 2.4.
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  • Proprietary Information and Inventions Employee understands and acknowledges that:

  • Inventions and Proprietary Information Executive agrees to sign and be bound by the terms of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit B (“Proprietary Information Agreement”).

  • 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.

  • Assignment of Company Inventions Inventions assigned to the Company or to a third party as directed by the Company pursuant to the subsection titled Government or Third Party are referred to in this Agreement as “Company Inventions.” Subject to the subsection titled Government or Third Party and except for Inventions that I can prove qualify fully under the provisions of California Labor Code section 2870 and I have set forth in Exhibit A, I hereby assign and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Intellectual Property Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to Company all my right, title, and interest in and to any and all Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) made, conceived, reduced to practice, or learned by me, either alone or with others, during the period of my employment by Company. Any assignment of Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) hereunder includes an assignment of all Moral Rights. To the extent such Moral Rights cannot be assigned to Company and to the extent the following is allowed by the laws in any country where Moral Rights exist, I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such Moral Rights, and all claims and causes of action of any kind against Company or related to Company’s customers, with respect to such rights. I further acknowledge and agree that neither my successors-in-interest nor legal heirs retain any Moral Rights in any Inventions (and any Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto).

  • Inventions and Patents 6.1 The Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and inventions (collectively, "Inventions"), including new contributions, improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, developed, invented or made by him during the Term shall belong to the Company, provided that such Inventions grew out of the Executive's work with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company's time or with the use of the Company's facilities or materials. The Executive shall further: (a) promptly disclose such Inventions to the Company; (b) assign to the Company, without additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the United States and foreign countries; (c) sign all papers necessary to carry out the foregoing; and (d) give testimony in support of the Executive's inventorship.

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