Discoveries, Inventions, & Copyrights. Executive shall disclose promptly to the Company any and all conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable discoveries, whether patentable or not, which are conceived or made by the Executive, solely or jointly, during Executive’s term of employment and which pertain to the business activities of the Company. Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign all his interest therein to the Company or to its nominee. Whenever requested to do so by the Company, Executive shall execute any and all applications, assignments, or other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain Letters of Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise protect the Company’s interest therein. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing in this Paragraph 16 is intended to divest, transfer, abrogate or otherwise relinquish any right, title, or interest of Executive in any patent related to image processing for video conferencing that shall be filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Executive during the six month period following the Effective Date of this Agreement and which is unrelated to business of the Company and does not result from any work performed by Executive for the Company.
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Samples: Employment, Confidentiality, and Non Competition Agreement (Interphase Corp), Employment, Confidentiality, and Non Competition Agreement (Interphase Corp), Employment Agreement (Interphase Corp)
Discoveries, Inventions, & Copyrights. Executive shall disclose promptly to the Company any and all conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable discoveries, whether patentable or not, which are conceived or made by the Executive, solely or jointly, during Executive’s term of employment and which pertain to the business activities of the Company. Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign all his interest therein to the Company or to its nominee. Whenever requested to do so by the Company, Executive shall execute any and all applications, assignments, or other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain Letters of Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise protect the Company’s interest therein. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing in this Paragraph 16 is intended to divest, transfer, abrogate or otherwise relinquish any right, title, or interest of Executive in any patent related to image processing for video conferencing that shall be filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any foreign country by Executive during the six month period following the Effective Date of this Agreement and which is unrelated to business of the Company and does not result from any work performed by Executive for the Company.
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