OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1 All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, works of authorship, and inventions, whether patentable or copyrightable or not, which are conceived, reduced to practice, authored, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, in the scope of Employee's employment by Employer or any of its affiliates, and/or during the term of Employee’s employment (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or its affiliates (including, without limitation, all such information relating to any corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all documents, things, writings and items of any type or in any media embodying any of the foregoing (collectively, “Developments”), and any and all proprietary rights of any kind thereto, including without limitation all rights relating to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or its affiliates, as the case may be. Employee hereby assigns to Employer any and all rights Employee might otherwise have in and to any such Developments, and any and all proprietary rights of any kind thereto, including without limitation all rights relating to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1. All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during Employee's employment by Employer or any of its affiliates (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or its affiliates (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or its affiliates, as the case may be.
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1 All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during Employee's employment by Employer or any of the DEG Entities (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or the DEG Entities (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or a DEG Entity, as the case may be, and shall be treated as "work for hire".
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1 All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, innovations, developments, methods, processes, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not or reduced to practice, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during Employee's employment by Employer or any of the Employer Entities, both before and after the date hereof (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or the Employer Entities (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, marks, and any copyrightable work, trade xxxx, trade secret or other intellectual property rights (whether or not composing confidential information, and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items (collectively, "Work Product"), shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or an Employer Entity, as the case may be, and shall be treated as "work for hire." It is recognized that Employee is an experienced executive in the business of the Employer Entities and through several decades of prior work in the industry acquired and retains knowledge, contacts, and information which are not bound by this Article 4.
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1. All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during Employee's employment by Employer (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to Employer's business, products or services (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer.
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Executive, individually or in conjunction with others, during Executive’s employment by the Company or any of its affiliates (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on the Company’s premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of the Company or its affiliates (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities; geological, metallurgical, and other technical data and information, including operations, reserve information and exploration data; research, financial and sales data; pricing and trading terms; evaluations; opinions; interpretations; acquisition prospects; the identity of customers or their requirements; the identity of key contacts within the customer’s organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects; or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all correspondence, memoranda, notes, records, data or information, analyses, or other documents (including, without limitation, any computer-generated, computer-stored or electronically-stored materials) of any type embodying any of such items, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company or its affiliates, as the case may be.
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1 All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during Employee's employment by Employer or any of the Dresser, Inc. Entities (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or the Dresser, Inc. Entities (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or a Dresser, Inc. Entity, as the case may be, and shall be treated as "work for hire".
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 4.1 All information, ideas, concepts, innovations, developments, methods, processes, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, discoveries and inventions and all improvements to any of the foregoing, whether or not patentable or reduced to practice, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Employee in whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with others, during Employee’s employment by Employer or any of the Employer Entities, both before and after the date hereof (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer’s premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or the Employer Entities (including, without limitation, all such information relating to corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer’s organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, marks, and any copyrightable work, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights (whether or not composing confidential information, and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items) (collectively, “Work Product”), shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or any Employer Entity, as the case may be, and shall be treated as “work made for hire” to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, including the U.S. Copyright Act. If, for any reason, any Work Product shall not legally be a “work made for hire” and/or ownership of any Work Product does not automatically accrue to Employer or another Employer Entity, as applicable, then Employee hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign any and all of Employee’s right, title and interest thereto, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized or developed, to Employer, and Employer shall have the right to use the same in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner determined by Employer without any further payment to Employee whatsoever. To the extent Employee has any right, title or interest in any Work Product that cannot be assigned in the manner described above, Employee hereby unconditionally and irrevocably exclusively licenses such Work Product to Employer. Without limiting the foregoing, it is recognized that Employee is an ex...
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, and inventions, whether patentable or not, which are conceived, made, developed or acquired by Executive, individually or in conjunction with others, during Executive's employment by Company which directly relate to the Company's business, Technology, products or services and all writings or materials of any type embodying any of such items, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Company.
OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Company and Employee agree that during his employment, Employee has received and become acquainted with confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret information of the Company, its customers, and its affiliates. In consideration for the benefits conferred under this Agreement, Employee acknowledges and reaffirms the confidentiality and related obligations previously agreed to in Article 4 of the Employment Agreement, the provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein.
