Assignment of Inventions to the Company Sample Clauses
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company all improvements, inventions, formulas, processes, computer programs, know-how and trade secrets developed, whether or not patentable, made or conceived or reduced to practice or developed by Executive, either alone or jointly with others, during and related to Executive’s employment and the Company’s business or while using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (collectively, “Inventions”). All Inventions, and other intellectual property rights shall be the sole property of the Company and shall be “works made for hire.” Executive hereby assigns to the Company any rights Executive may have or acquire in all Inventions and agrees to perform, during and after employment with the Company, at the Company’s expense including reasonable compensation to Executive, all acts reasonably necessary by the Company in obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights with respect to such Inventions. Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Company and its officers and agents as Executive’s attorney-in-fact to act for and in Executive’s name and stead with respect to such Inventions.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. Except as provided in Sections 3(c) and 3(d), Employee agrees that all Inventions which Employee makes, discovers, conceives, reduces to practice or develops (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during Employee’s employment, including, but not limited to, conceptions or ideas derived prior to employment and reduced to practice or developed (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during employment, shall be the sole property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by law and Employee agrees to assign and hereby does assign to the Company all right title and interest to the Inventions.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. Employee will promptly disclose to the Company all improvements, inventions, formulas, ideas, works of authorship, processes, techniques and trade secrets, whether or not patentable, made or conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or jointly with others, during Employee's employment (collectively "Inventions"). All Inventions, and all patents, copyrights, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights related thereto shall be the sole property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by law and, to the extent permitted by law, shall be "works for hire." Employee hereby assigns to the Company any rights Employee may have or acquire in all Inventions and agrees to perform, during and after employment with the Company, all acts necessary or desirable by the Company to permit and assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing patents, copyrights, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights with respect to such Inventions. Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Employee's agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and in Employee's name and stead, to execute and file any applications or related filings and do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights, trade secret rights or other intellectual property rights with respect to any Inventions with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Employee.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. Employee shall promptly disclose to the Company all improvements, inventions, formulas, ideas, works of authorship, processes, computer programs, know-how and trade secrets developed, whether or not patentable, made or conceived or reduced to practice or developed by Employee, either alone or jointly with others, during and related to Employee's employment or while using the Company's equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (collectively, "Inventions"). All Inventions and other intellectual property rights shall be the sole property of the Company and shall be "works made for hire.- Employee hereby assigns to the Company any rights Employee may have or acquire in all Inventions and agrees to perform, during and after employment with the Company, at the Company's expense including reasonable compensation to Employee, all acts reasonably necessary by the Company in obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights with respect to such Inventions. Employee hereby irrevocably appoints the Company and its officers and agents as Employee's attorney-in-fact to act for and in Employee's name and stead with respect to such Inventions.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. Consultant agrees that all Inventions which Consultant makes, discovers, conceives, reduces to practice or develops (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during Consultant’s engagement related to the Services, including, but not limited to, conceptions or ideas derived prior to Consultant’s engagement but related to the Services and reduced to practice or developed (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during Consultant’s engagement with the Company, shall be the sole property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by law and Consultant agrees to assign and hereby does assign to the Company all right title and interest to the Inventions.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. I agree that all Inventions which I make, discover, conceive, reduce to practice or develop (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during my employment shall be the sole property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by Section 2870 of the California Labor Code or any like statute of any other state. I shall advise the Company promptly in writing of any Inventions that I believe meet the criteria in Section 2870 and the Company shall have the opportunity to respond in writing as to whether it agrees with such conclusions. Section 2870 provides as follows:
(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:
(i) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer.
(ii) Result from any work performed by the employee for his employer.
(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable. This assignment shall not extend to Inventions, the assignment of which is prohibited by Labor Code Section 2870.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. I agree that all Inventions that I make, discover, conceive, reduce to practice or develop (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during my employment shall be the sole property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. However, any inventions that I make, discover, conceive, reduce to practice or develop (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during my employment shall not be the sole property of the Company so long as such inventions have been developed entirely on my own time without using any of the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Proprietary Information, unless such inventions constitute Inventions for purposes of this Agreement because:
a. they relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the Company’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Company, or b. they result from any work I performed for the Company.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. I agree that all Inventions which I make, discover, conceive, reduce to practice or develop (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during my employment shall be the sole property of The Company. I also agree to assign and release all interests in any such Inventions to The Company and to execute all documents required to apply for and obtain Letters Patent or copyright in Canada or in any other country. The assignment shall not extend to Inventions, the assignment of which is prohibited by any applicable law.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. All Inventions which Rev.1 makes, discovers, conceives, reduces to practice or develops (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) in performing the Services shall be the sole property of the Company, to the maximum extent permitted by law and Rev.1 will assign to the Company all of its rights, title and interest to such Inventions. Unless specifically included on Exhibit “A” as part of the Services to be performed, such assignment does not apply to any software programs or subroutines, source or object code, algorithms, improvements, works of authorship, technology, designs, formulas, ideas, processes, techniques, methodology, know-how and data, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, made, discovered, conceived, reduced to practice, or developed by Rev.1, which are not developed or discovered by Rev. 1 in designing or developing the Product.
Assignment of Inventions to the Company. Employee acknowledges and agrees that all the Inventions shall be the sole property of the Company or any other entity designated by it, and the Employee hereby assigns to the Company his/her entire right and interest in all the Inventions. Employee further agrees as to all Inventions to assist the Company in every way (at the Company's expense) to obtain and from time to time enforce patents, copyrights or trade secret rights on the Inventions. To that end, by way of illustration but not limitation, Employee will testify in any suit or other proceeding involving any of the Inventions, execute all documents which the Company reasonably determines to be necessary or convenient for use in applying for and obtaining patents thereon and enforcing same, and execute all necessary assignments thereof to the Company or persons designated by it. Employee's obligation to assist the Company in obtaining and enforcing patents for the Inventions shall continue beyond the termination of his/her employment, but the Company shall compensate Employee at a reasonable rate after such termination for time actually spent by Employee at the Company's request on such assistance.
1. List of Prior Inventions. All inventions, if any, which Employee made prior to employment by the Company are excluded from the scope of this Agreement. As a matter of record, Employee has set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto a complete list of all inventions, discoveries, or improvements relating to the Company's business which have been made by Employee prior to his/her employment with the Company.