Excluded Inventions The provisions of Section 2.1 shall not apply to Inventions which fulfill all of the following criteria:
Patents and Inventions 13.1 BOARD shall have the right to file and prosecute any patent application and maintain any patent that may issue therefrom within the PATENT RIGHTS, and LICENSEE shall pay BOARD's expenses relating to filing and prosecuting of such patent applications and maintaining such patents, unless LICENSEE elects not to pay such expenses pursuant to LICENSEE's rights under Paragraph 13.5. In addition, in the event that LICENSEE desires that BOARD file a patent application on any invention arising out of or in connection with the RESEARCH PROGRAM and BOARD elects to do so, BOARD shall have the right to file and prosecute such patent application and maintain any patent that may issue therefrom, and LICENSEE shall pay BOARD's expenses relating to filing and prosecuting of such patent applications and maintaining such patents, unless LICENSEE elects not to pay such expenses pursuant to LICENSEE's rights under Paragraph 13.5. LICENSEE shall pay BOARD's expenses relating to filing and prosecuting of such patent applications and maintaining such patents within thirty (30) days after receipt of BOARD's written invoice. Subject to the rights and license granted to LICENSEE pursuant to Article IV of this LICENSE AGREEMENT, BOARD shall own all right, title and interest in and to any patent applications, and any patents that may issue therefrom, within the PATENT RIGHTS or that disclose inventions arising out of or in connection with the RESEARCH PROGRAM made solely by employees of BOARD and jointly by employees of BOARD and LICENSEE. Such patent applications and patents issuing therefrom shall be deemed to be patent applications and patents within the PATENT RIGHTS.
Joint Inventions (a) There are countries (not including the United States) which require the express consent of all inventors or their assignees to the grant of licenses or rights under patents issued in such countries for joint inventions.
Work Product and Inventions The Affiliated Group and/or its nominees or assigns shall own all right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions, ideas, trade secrets, technology, devices, discoveries, improvements, processes, developments, designs, know how, show-how, data, computer programs, algorithms, formulae, works of authorship, works modifications, trademarks, trade names, documentation, techniques, designs, methods, trade secrets, technical specifications, technical data, concepts, expressions, patents, patent rights, copyrights, moral rights, and all other intellectual property rights or other developments whatsoever (collectively, “Developments”), whether or not patentable, reduced to practice or registerable under patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property law anywhere in the world, made, authored, discovered, reduced to practice, conceived, created, developed or otherwise obtained by the Executive (alone or jointly with others) during the Executive’s employment with the Affiliated Group, and arising from or relating to such employment or the business of the Affiliated Group (whether during business hours or otherwise, and whether on the premises of using the facilities or materials of the Affiliated Group or otherwise). The Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Affiliated Group and to no one else all Developments, and hereby assigns to the Affiliated Group without further compensation all right, title and interest the Executive has or may have in any Developments, and all patents, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights relating thereto, and agrees that the Executive has not acquired and shall not acquire any rights during the course of his employment with the Affiliated Group or thereafter with respect to any Developments.
Sole Inventions Fuso or GenVec, as the case may be, shall, be responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining of the patent applications and patents, solely owned by it, worldwide in such countries as it deems appropriate, and conducting any interferences, reexaminations, reissues, oppositions or requests for patent term extensions relating to the Fuso Technology or GenVec Technology (respectively), using counsel of its choice, at its expense; provided, such expenses may be included in the Research Program funding described in Section 2.3 of the Collaboration Agreement.
Proprietary Information and Inventions Employee understands and acknowledges that:
Confidential Information; Inventions (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under his control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
Employee Inventions Each Employee Invention will belong exclusively to the Employer. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Executive’s writing, works of authorship, and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of the Employer, including any copyrights, patents, or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works made for hire, the Executive hereby assigns to the Employer all of the Executive’s right, title, and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. The Executive covenants that he will promptly:
Discoveries and Inventions Employee agrees that all inventions, designs, improvements, writings, research, analysis, and discoveries made during the term of this Agreement and pertaining to the business conducted by AnchorBank shall be the exclusive property of AnchorBank, as determined solely by AnchorBank. Employee shall assist AnchorBank in obtaining patents, trademarks, service marks and/or copyrights on all such inventions, designs, improvements, writings and discoveries deemed suitable for patent, trademark, service xxxx, or copyright by AnchorBank, and shall execute all documents and do all things necessary to obtain letters, patents, or copyrights, vest AnchorBank with full and exclusive title thereto, and protect the same against infringements by others.
Nonassignable Inventions This Agreement does not apply to an Invention which qualifies fully as a nonassignable Invention under Section 2870 of the California Labor Code (hereinafter “Section 2870”). I have reviewed the notification on Exhibit A (Limited Exclusion Notification) and agree that my signature acknowledges receipt of the notification.
