Inventions All inventions, designs, formulae, processes, discoveries, drawings, improvements and developments made by Employee, either solely or in collaboration with others, during his employment with Employer, whether or not during working hours, and relating to any methods, apparatus, products, compounds, services or deliverables which are made, furnished, sold, leased, used or developed by Employer or its affiliates or which pertain to the Business (the “Developments”) shall become and remain the sole property of Employer. Employee shall disclose promptly in writing to Employer all such Developments. Employee acknowledges and agrees that all Developments shall be deemed “works made for hire” within the meaning of the United States Copyright Act, as amended. If, for any reason, such Developments are not deemed works made for hire, Employee hereby assigns to Employer all of his right, title and interest (including, but not limited to, copyright and all rights of inventorship) in and to such Developments. At the request and expense of Employer, whether during or after employment with Employer, Employee shall make, execute and deliver all application papers, assignments or instruments, and perform or cause to be performed such other lawful acts as Employer may deem necessary or desirable in making or prosecuting applications, domestic or foreign, for patents (including reissues, continuations and extensions thereof) and copyrights related to such Developments or in vesting in Employer full legal title to such Developments. Employee shall assist and cooperate with Employer or its representatives in any controversy or legal proceeding relating to such Developments, or to any patents, copyrights or trade secrets with respect thereto. If for any reason Employee refuses or is unable to assist Employer in obtaining or enforcing its rights with respect to such Developments, he hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Employer and its duly authorized agents as his agents and attorneys-in-fact to execute and file any documents and to do all other lawful acts necessary to protect Employer’s rights in the Developments. Employee expressly acknowledges that the special foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is therefore irrevocable and shall survive (i) his death or incompetency, (ii) the termination of his employment with Employer and (iii) the termination of this Agreement.
Rights in Work Product (a) In the course of its performance under this Purchase Order, Seller may conceive or reduce to practice inventions, discoveries, improvements, concepts, in tangible or intangible form, written materials, documentation, databases, designs, discs, tapes, programs, software, architectures, files and other material (collectively “Work Product”). Any and all rights in intellectual property, including without limitation, copyrights (including mask work rights), patents, design rights, database rights, rights in know-how, trade secrets and other confidential information and other similar rights worldwide, whether registered or not and including any applications for the foregoing (collectively “Intellectual Property”) in and to the Work Product shall be the exclusive property of TI from the date of inception. All Work Product shall be deemed "work-for-hire" as defined under United States copyright law and shall be the exclusive property of TI from the date of inception. If the Work Product does not qualify as a "work-for-hire", then in any event all Intellectual Property rights in and to the Work Product, including the copyright, will be deemed automatically transferred to TI from its inception. Xxxxxx agrees to assign and hereby assigns to TI Intellectual Property rights in and to all Work Product and waives any moral rights in favor of TI. TI shall have the exclusive worldwide right to use, edit, translate, publish, transfer or sell the Work Product prepared by Seller in any manner that TI deems fit without further payment to Seller. The Work Product shall be deemed to be TI confidential information and shall not be disclosed to other than TI or used by Seller or others without TI’s prior written consent.
