Common use of Hired to Invent Clause in Contracts

Hired to Invent. Employee agrees that every improvement, invention, process apparatus, method, design, and any other creation that Employee may invent, discover, conceive, or originate by himself or in conjunction with any other Person during the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement that relates to the business carried on by the Company during the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement or contemplated by the Company during the term hereof even if not implemented during the term of this Agreement (“Work For Hire”) shall be the exclusive property of the Company. Employee agrees to disclose to the Company every patent application, notice of copyright, or other action taken by Employee or any affiliate or assignee to protect intellectual property during the 12 months following Employee’s termination of employment at the Company, for whatever reason, so that the Company may determine whether to assert a claim under this Section or any other provision of this Agreement. The Employee does hereby assign to the Company all of the Work For Hire and hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact coupled with an interest to execute such documents as may be required to evidence such assignment.

Hired to Invent. Employee agrees that every improvement, invention, process process, apparatus, method, design, and any other creation that Employee may invent, discover, conceive, or originate by himself or in conjunction with any other Person during the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement that relates to the business carried on by the Company during the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement or contemplated by the Company during the term hereof even if not implemented during the term of this Agreement (“Work For for Hire”) shall be the exclusive property of the Company. Employee agrees to disclose to the Company every patent application, notice of copyright, or other action taken by Employee or any affiliate or assignee to protect intellectual property during the 12 months following Employee’s termination of employment at the Company, for whatever reason, so that the Company may determine whether to assert a claim under this Section 2.08 or any other provision of this Agreement. The Employee does hereby assign to the Company all of the Work For Hire and hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-in- fact coupled with an interest to execute such documents as may be required to evidence such assignment.