Concept and Ideas Sample Clauses

The "Concept and Ideas" clause defines the treatment of general concepts, themes, or ideas that may be discussed or shared between parties during their relationship. Typically, this clause clarifies that such broad or abstract notions are not protected as proprietary information and may be freely used by either party, as opposed to specific expressions or implementations. Its core function is to prevent disputes over the ownership or use of general ideas, ensuring that only concrete, protectable work is subject to confidentiality or intellectual property restrictions.
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Concept and Ideas. Those concepts and ideas disclosed by the Company to Consultant or which are first developed by Consultant during the course of the performance of Services hereunder and which relate to the Company' present, past or prospective business activities, services, and products, all of which shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Consultant shall have no publication rights and all of the same shall belong exclusively to the Company.
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Concept and Ideas. Those concepts and ideas disclosed by the Company to Employee or which are first developed or conceived by Employee during the Employment Term and which relate to the Company’s present, past or prospective activities, services and products, all of which shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company (hereinafter, collectively referred as “Concepts and Ideas”). Further, the Employee shall have no publication rights hereunder and all of the same shall belong exclusively to the Company. Employee acknowledges and agrees that all works and tasks performed by Employee for or on behalf of the Company, or in connection therewith during the Employment Terms (the “Works”) are owned by the Company. Employee acknowledges and agrees that, to the fullest extent allowed by law, all of the Works are “works made for hire,” as that phrase is defined in the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101) (the “Act”) in that either: (i) such Works are and will be prepared within the scope of this Agreement or (ii) such Works have been and will be specifically ordered or commissioned for use as set forth in the Act. The Company shall therefore be deemed to be the sole author and owner of any and all right, title, and interest therein, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights.
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Concept and Ideas. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Concepts and Ideas” shall mean those concepts and ideas disclosed by the Company to the Consultant or which are first developed by the Consultant during the course of the performance of Services hereunder and which relate to the Company’s past, present, or prospective business activities, services, and products, all of which shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Consultant shall have no publication rights and all of the same shall belong exclusively to the Company.
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Concept and Ideas. Those concepts and ideas disclosed by the Company to Consultant or which are first developed by Consultant during the course of pe1formance of services hereunder and which relate to the Company’s present, past or prospective activities, services and products, all of which shall remain the sole and exclusive prope1ty of the Company (hereinafter, collectively referred as “Concepts and Ideas”). Further, the Consultant shall have no publication rights and all of the same shall belong exclusively to the Company. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that all works and tasks performed by Consultant for or on behalf of the Company, or in connection therewith (the “Works”) are owned by the Company. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that, to the fullest extent allowed by law, all of the Works are “works made for hire,” as that phrase is defined in the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101) (the “Act”) in that either: (i) such Works are and will be prepared within the scope of this Agreement or (ii) such Works have been and will be specifically ordered or commissioned for use as set forth in the Act. The Company shall therefore be deemed to be the sole author and owner of any and all right, title, and interest therein, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights.
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Concept and Ideas. Those perceptions and thoughts made known by the Company to Consultant or which are first developed by Consultant during the time of the performance of Services hereunder and which relate to the Company’ present, past or potential business activities, services, and products, and limited to the field of video gaming hardware and not including the fields of headphones, audio and acoustics. The Consultant shall have no publication rights of the Concepts and Ideas and all of the same shall belong exclusively to the Company.
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  • Inventions (i) Executive acknowledges and agrees that all trade secrets, mask works, concepts, drawings, materials, documentation, procedures, diagrams, specifications, models, processes, formulae, source and object codes, data, programs, know-how, designs, techniques, ideas, methods, inventions, discoveries, improvements, work products, developments or other works of authorship (“Inventions”), whether patentable or unpatentable, (x) that relate to Executive’s work with the Employer, made, developed or conceived by Executive, solely or jointly with others or with the use of any of the Employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets or (y) suggested by any work that Executive performs in connection with the Employer, either while performing Executive’s duties with the Employer or on Executive’s own time, but only insofar as the Inventions are related to Executive’s work as an employee of the Employer (collectively, “Company Inventions”), will belong exclusively to the Company (or its designee), whether or not patent applications are filed thereon. Executive will keep full and complete written records (the “Records”), in the manner prescribed by the Employer, of all Company Inventions, and will promptly disclose all Company Inventions completely and in writing to the Company. The Records will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and Executive will surrender them upon the termination of Executive’s employment, or upon the Company’s request. Executive hereby assigns to the Company (or its designee) the Company Inventions including all rights in and to any related patents and other intellectual property that may issue thereon in any and all countries, whether during or subsequent to Executive’s employment with the Employer, together with the right to file, in Executive’s name or in the name of the Company (or its designee), applications for patents and equivalent rights (the “Applications”). Executive will, at any time during and subsequent to Executive’s employment with the Employer, make such applications, sign such papers, take all rightful oaths, and perform all acts as may be requested from time to time by the Company with respect to the Company Inventions and the underlying intellectual property. Executive will also execute assignments to the Company (or its designee) of the Applications, and give the Company and its attorneys all reasonable assistance (including the giving of testimony) to obtain the Company Inventions and the underlying intellectual property for its benefit, all without additional compensation to Executive from the Company, but entirely at the Company’s expense. (ii) In addition, the Company Inventions will be deemed “work made for hire”, as such term is defined under the copyright law of the United States, on behalf of the Employer and Executive agrees that the Company (or its designee) will be the sole owner of the Company Inventions, and all underlying rights therein, in all media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity without any further obligations or compensation to Executive. If the Company Inventions, or any portion thereof, are deemed not to be work made for hire, Executive hereby irrevocably conveys, transfers, assigns and delivers to the Company (or its designee), all rights, titles and interests, in all media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity, in and to the Company Inventions, including without limitation: (a) all of Executive’s rights, titles and interests in and to any underlying intellectual property (and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof) related to the Company Inventions; (b) all rights of any kind or any nature now or hereafter recognized, including without limitation, the unrestricted right to make modifications, adaptations and revisions to the Company Inventions, to exploit and allow others to exploit the Company Inventions; and (c) all rights to ▇▇▇ at law or in equity for any infringement, or other unauthorized use or conduct in derogation of the Company Inventions, known or unknown, prior to the date hereof, including without limitation the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. In addition, Executive hereby waives any so-called “moral rights” with respect to the Company Inventions. Executive hereby waives any and all currently existing and future monetary rights in and to the Inventions and all patents and other intellectual property rights that may issue thereon, including, without limitation, any rights that would otherwise accrue to Executive’s benefit by virtue of Executive being an employee of or other service provider to the Employer. (iii) To the extent that Executive is unable to assign any of Executive’s right, title or interest in any Company Invention under applicable law, for any such Company Invention and the underlying intellectual property rights, Executive hereby grants to the Company (or its designee) an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, fully paid license to such Company Invention and the underlying intellectual property, with the right to sublicense, use, modify, create derivative works and otherwise fully exploit such Company Invention and the underlying intellectual property, to assign this license and to exercise all rights and incidents of ownership of the Company Invention. (iv) To the extent that any of the Company Inventions are derived by, or require use by the Employer of, any works, Inventions, or other intellectual property rights that Executive owns, which are not assigned hereby, Executive hereby grants to the Company (or its designee) an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free license, with the right to sublicense, use, modify and create derivative works using such works, Inventions or other intellectual property rights, but only to the extent necessary to permit the Company to fully realize their ownership rights in the Company Inventions.

  • Discoveries 20.1 Anything of historical or other interest or of significant value unexpectedly discovered on the Site is the property of the Employer. The Contractor is to notify the Engineer of such discoveries and carry out the Engineer's instructions for dealing with them.

  • Proprietary Information and Inventions You agree to execute, deliver and be bound by the provisions of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C.

  • Confidential Information and Inventions (a) The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that in the course of his duties he is likely to receive confidential or proprietary information owned by the Company, its affiliates or third parties with whom the Company or any such affiliates has an obligation of confidentiality. Accordingly, during and after the Term, the Executive agrees to keep confidential and not disclose or make accessible to any other person or use for any other purpose other than in connection with the fulfillment of his duties under this Agreement, any Confidential and Proprietary Information (as defined below) owned by, or received by or on behalf of, the Company or any of its affiliates. “Confidential and Proprietary Information” shall include, but shall not be limited to, business plans (both current and under development), client lists, promotion and marketing programs, trade secrets, or any other confidential or proprietary business information relating to business operations of the Company The Executive expressly acknowledges the trade secret status of the Confidential and Proprietary Information and that the Confidential and Proprietary Information constitutes a protectable business interest of the Company. The Executive agrees: (i) not to use any such Confidential and Proprietary Information for himself or others; and (ii) not to take any Company material or reproductions (including but not limited to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof from the Company’s offices at any time during his employment by the Company, except as required in the execution of the Executive’s duties to the Company. The Executive agrees to return immediately all Company material and reproductions (including but not limited, to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof in his possession to the Company upon request and in any event immediately upon termination of employment. (b) Except with prior written authorization by the Company, the Executive agrees not to disclose or publish any of the Confidential and Proprietary Information, or business information of any other party to whom the Company or any of its affiliates owes an obligation of confidence, at any time during or after his employment with the Company.

  • Proprietary Information and Developments 9.1 The Consultant will not at any time, whether during or after the termination of this Agreement for any reason, reveal to any person or entity any of the trade secrets or confidential information concerning the organization, business or finances of the Company or of any third party which the Company is under an obligation to keep confidential, except as may be required in the ordinary course of performing the Consultant Services to the Company, and the Consultant shall keep secret such trade secrets and confidential information and shall not use or attempt to use any such secrets or information in any manner which is designed to injure or cause loss to the Company. Trade secrets or confidential information shall include, but not be limited to, the Company's financial statements and projections, expansion proposals, property acquisition opportunities and business relationships with banks, lenders and other parties not otherwise publicly available.