Common use of Assignment and Disclosure of Inventions Clause in Contracts

Assignment and Disclosure of Inventions. Employee hereby assigns to the Company all right, title and interest to all Company Inventions, which will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, whether or not subject to patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret protection. Employee also acknowledges that all original works of authorship that are made by Employee (solely or jointly with others), within the scope of Employee’s employment with the Company, and that are protectable by copyright, are “works made for hire,” as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act. To the extent that any such works, by operation of law, cannot be “works made for hire,” Employee hereby assigns to the Company all right, title, and interest in and to such works and to any related copyrights. The consideration for such assignment and the assistance provided in this Section 6(c) is the normal compensation due Employee by virtue of Employee’s service to the Company. Employee will also disclose to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company all inventions made, discovered, conceived, reduced to practice, or developed by Employee, either alone or jointly with others, within six (6) months after the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company which results, in whole or in part, from Employee’s prior employment by the Company. Such disclosures will be received by the Company in confidence to the extent such inventions are not assigned to the Company pursuant to this Section 6(c).