Data and Inventions Clause Samples
The Data and Inventions clause defines the ownership, use, and rights related to data, inventions, and intellectual property created or used during the course of an agreement. Typically, it specifies whether data generated or inventions developed by one or both parties belong to the creator, the employer, or are jointly owned, and may outline obligations to disclose new inventions or assign rights. This clause is essential for clarifying who controls and benefits from intellectual property, thereby preventing disputes and ensuring that both parties understand their rights and responsibilities regarding innovations and proprietary information.
Data and Inventions. 8.1 Subject to Section 9.0 (Publication), the Coordinating Institution and the Principal Investigator own all right, title, and interest in any and all Inventions, Data (including Site Data) and Data Collection Forms. However, medical records of Study participants at the Site shall remain at all times the property of Site.
8.2 The Coordinating Institution and the Principal Investigator hereby grant to the Site and the Site Investigator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual right to use any and all Site Data for the purpose of the Study and internal and academic research purposes.
8.3 The Site and the Site Investigator will promptly disclose to the Principal Investigator and the Coordinating Institution any Inventions made or conceived by the Site Investigator and/or the Site Researchers.
Data and Inventions. (a) All data, information, reports and any and all related documentation, which are developed, generated or derived, directly or indirectly, by CRL (or by any subcontractor of agent of CRL) for Client during the term of this Agreement (the “Data”), and all inventions, discoveries, formulae, procedures, any other intellectual property, and any improvements thereto, whether patentable or not, which result or evolve directly or as a result of the services provided hereunder by CRL (or by any subcontractor or agent of CRL) (the “Inventions”) shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Client. CRL hereby assigns to Client all of the right, title and interest of CRL in and to all Data and Inventions and all intellectual property rights therein, including, without limitation, patents, copyrights, trademarks, applications, service marks, trade names, applications for any of the foregoing, firmware, trade secrets, mask works, industrial design rights, rights of priority, know-how, concepts, processes, data rights, design flows, methodologies, and any and all other legal rights protecting proprietary intangible property (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) therein. CRL agrees to promptly notify Client upon its knowledge of the creation and/or existence of all such Inventions and Intellectual
Data and Inventions. All data, reports, and other work product made, reduced to practice, or developed by Consultant which result from any work performed by Consultant for Company (collectively, “Data”), shall belong to Company and be the exclusive property of Company. Consultant acknowledges that Company holds the copyright to all materials provided to Consultant for use in connection with performing the Services, except where such material is expressly attributed to third parties. Consultant acknowledges that Data and all copyrightable materials developed or produced by Consultant during the performance of the Services constitute works made for hire. Further, all rights to any method, discovery, invention, know-how, or improvement, made, developed, discovered, designed, conceived or reduced to practice by Consultant, in whole or in part, alone or with others, and whether during normal business hours or otherwise, which result from, relate to, or are otherwise derived from any Confidential Information (as defined in Section 4.1 below) or any work performed by Consultant for Company, (each, an “Invention”), shall be the exclusive property of Company. Consultant will promptly, fully, and accurate disclose all Data and Inventions to Company in writing.
Data and Inventions. 8.1 Subject to Section 9 (Publication), the Coordinating Institution and the Principal Investigator own all right, title, and interest in any and all Data, Site Data and Data Collection Forms/Case Report Forms.
8.2 The Coordinating Institution and the Principal Investigator hereby grant to the Site and the Site Investigator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual right to use any and all Site Data for the purpose of the Study and internal and academic research purposes.
8.3 The Site and the Site Investigator will promptly disclose to the Principal Investigator and the Coordinating Institution any Inventions made or conceived by the Site Investigator and/or the Researchers. Inventorship will be determined in accordance with United States patent law and ownership will follow inventorship. Where a joint Invention is made by naming at least one entity as inventor from each Party, the Site and the Site Investigator agree to enter into an agreement with the Coordinating Institution to administer such joint Inventions (the “Joint Inventions Agreement”). The Joint Inventions Agreement will specify, among other terms, the respective responsibilities of the Parties regarding patent costs and other reasonable costs, and a reasonable and equitable revenue sharing mechanism.
8.4 Each Party hereby grants to the other Parties a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use Inventions for internal and academic research purposes.
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