Common use of Creations Clause in Contracts

Creations. Employee acknowledges that Employee may conceive of or otherwise create ideas, inventions, original works of authorship, product designs, logos, brand names, trade or service marks, and/or other similar or related items during the course of Employee’s employment (“Creations”). To the extent that any such Creations relate to the Company’s or Predecessors’ business or their customers or customer’s business, Employee hereby assigns to the Company all rights, titles and interests in any such Creations, including, without limitation, all patent, trade secret, trademark, service xxxx, trade dress, copyright and other intellectual property and similar or related rights. During the term of Employee’s employment by the Company and for the period of one (1) year following termination of employment by Employer and any of its Affiliates with or without cause, employee shall promptly disclose in writing to the Company all such intellectual property and other similar or related rights conceived or made by Employee, either solely or in concert with others. Employee shall, at the Company’s request and expense, execute specific assignments to any and all such intellectual property and other similar or related rights and execute, acknowledge and deliver such other documents and take all such further action as may be requested by the Company, at any time during or subsequent to the period of Employee’s employment with the Company, to obtain, procure, prosecute, transfer, assign, enforce, or defend any and all national or international intellectual property and/or other similar or related rights assigned hereby to the Company. Without diminishing in any way the rights granted to the Company, where lawful, if a Creation is described in a patent application or is disclosed to a third party by Employee within six (6) months after Employee’s termination of employment with the Company, Employee agrees that it is to be presumed that the Creation was conceived, made, developed, acquired or created by Employee during the period of employment by the Company, unless Employee can prove otherwise.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Employment Agreement (Renewable Energy Group, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Renewable Energy Group, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Renewable Energy Group, Inc.)

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Creations. Employee acknowledges that Employee may conceive of or otherwise create ideas, inventions, original works of authorship, product designs, logos, brand names, trade or service marks, and/or other similar or related items during the course of Employee’s employment (“Creations”). To the extent that any such Creations relate to the Company’s or Predecessors’ business or their customers or customer’s business, Employee hereby assigns to the Company all rights, titles and interests in any such Creations, including, without limitation, all patent, trade secret, trademark, service xxxx, trade dress, copyright and other intellectual property and similar or related rights. During the term of Employee’s employment by the Company and for the period of one one (1) year following termination of employment by Employer and any of its Affiliates with or without cause, employee shall promptly disclose in writing to the Company all such intellectual property and other similar or related rights conceived or made by Employee, either solely or in concert with others. Employee shall, at the Company’s request and expense, execute specific assignments to any and all such intellectual property and other similar or related rights and execute, acknowledge and deliver such other documents and take all such further action as may be requested by the Company, at any time during or subsequent to the period of Employee’s employment with the Company, to obtain, procure, prosecute, transfer, assign, enforce, or defend any and all national or international intellectual property and/or other similar or related rights assigned hereby to the Company. Without diminishing in any way the rights granted to the Company, where lawful, if a Creation is described in a patent application or is disclosed to a third party by Employee within six six (6) months after Employee’s termination of employment with the Company, Employee agrees that it is to be presumed that the Creation was conceived, made, developed, acquired or created by Employee during the period of employment by the Company, unless Employee can prove otherwise.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement (Renewable Energy Group, Inc.)

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