Common use of Assignment of Business Ideas Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Business Ideas. Employee shall immediately disclose to the Company a list of all inventions, patents, applications for patent, copyrights, and applications for copyright in which Employee currently holds an interest. The Company will own, and Employee hereby assigns to the Company, all rights in all Business Ideas, as defined in Section 6.2, below. All Business Ideas which are or form the basis for copyrightable works shall be considered “works for hire” as that term is defined by United States Copyright Law. Any works that are not found to be “works for hire” are hereby assigned to the Company. While employed by the Company and for one (1) year thereafter, Employee will promptly disclose all Business Ideas to the Company and execute all documents which the Company may reasonably require to perfect its patent, copyright and other rights to such Business Ideas throughout the world. After Employee’s employment with the Company terminates, for whatever reason, Employee will cooperate with the Company to assist the Company in perfecting its rights to any Business Ideas including executing all documents which the Company may reasonably require. While Employee resides or works in California, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations of this Section 6.1 do not apply to any invention which qualifies as a non-assignable invention under Section 2870 of the California Labor Code. Employee hereby represents that Employee has received and reviewed the notification attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A (“Limited Exclusion Notification”). For purposes of this Article VI, the term “Company” means Kohl’s, Inc. and its parent companies, subsidiaries and other affiliates.

Assignment of Business Ideas. Employee Executive shall immediately disclose to the Company a list of all inventions, patents, applications for patent, copyrights, and applications for copyright in which Employee Executive currently holds an interest. The Company will own, and Employee Executive hereby assigns to the Company, all rights in all Business Ideas, as defined in Section 6.2, below. All Business Ideas which are or form the basis for copyrightable works shall be considered “works for hire” as that term is defined by United States Copyright Law. Any works that are not found to be “works for hire” are hereby assigned to the Company. While employed by the Company and for one (1) year thereafter, Employee Executive will promptly disclose all Business Ideas to the Company and execute all documents which the Company may reasonably require to perfect its patent, copyright and other rights to such Business Ideas throughout the world. After EmployeeExecutive’s employment with the Company terminates, for whatever reason, Employee Executive will cooperate with the Company to assist the Company in perfecting its rights to any Business Ideas including executing all documents which the Company may reasonably require. While Employee Executive resides or works in California, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations of this Section 6.1 do not apply to any invention which qualifies as a non-assignable invention under Section 2870 of the California Labor Code. Employee Executive hereby represents that Employee Executive has received and reviewed the notification attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A C (“Limited Exclusion Notification”). For purposes of this Article VI, the term “Company” means Kohl’s, Inc. and its parent companies, subsidiaries and other affiliates.