Common use of Assignment of Rights by Contractor Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Rights by Contractor. As between the parties, subject to Section 9.3 above, all Work Products, including without limitation Custom Software (except for the Contractor Technology, Proprietary Software, and Third-Party Software, which for the purposes of this Section of the Contract will not be owned by the Department) and Data, will be deemed works made for hire of the Department for all purposes of copyright law, and copyright will belong solely to the Department. If any such Work Product is adjudged to be not a work made for hire, Contractor must assign, and hereby assigns, all copyright in such work to the Department, as well as all patents, trademarks, trade designs, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights. Contractor hereby assigns all right, title and interest in and to such Work Products to the Department. Contractor shall, at the expense of the Department, assist the Department or its nominees to obtain copyrights, trademarks, or patents for all such Work Products in the United States and any other countries. Contractor agrees to execute all papers and to give all facts known to it necessary to secure United States or foreign country copyrights and patents in and to such Work Products. Contractor agrees to and hereby, to the extent permissible, waives all legal and equitable rights relating to the Work Products, including without limitation any and all rights of identification of authorship and any and all rights of approval, restriction or limitation on use or subsequent modifications.