Intellectual Property and Developments. The Executive shall disclose promptly to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements, processes, designs, works of authorship, ideas and related documentation that are written, discovered, made, conceived or first reduced to practice by the Executive (either solely or jointly with another or others) while employed by the Company (collectively, “Development(s)”), whether or not they are patentable, copyrightable or subject to trade secret protection. The Executive shall not, at any time during or after the Executive’s employment, have or claim any right, title or interest in or to, or disclose to any third party, any Development(s) or any trade name, patent, trademark, copyright, intellectual property or other proprietary rights belonging to the Company. All Development(s) shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and shall be “work made for hire” as that term is defined in the copyright laws of the United States, not works of joint ownership. In any event, to the extent that any Development(s) may not be held to be work made for hire, or to the extent that the Executive has any right, title or interest in or to the Development(s) (including without limitation patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets or other proprietary rights), the Executive hereby assigns to the Company (without any further consideration) all such rights, title, and interest in and to the Development(s). The Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company during the Executive’s employment and thereafter in the securing of any trade name, patent, trademark, copyright or intellectual property protection or other similar rights in the United States and in foreign countries and shall give evidence and testimony and execute and deliver to the Company all papers reasonably requested by any of them in connection therewith.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Concord Efs Inc), Employment Agreement (Concord Efs Inc), Employment Agreement (Concord Efs Inc)
Intellectual Property and Developments. The Executive shall disclose promptly to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements, processes, designs, works of authorship, ideas and related documentation that are written, discovered, made, conceived or first reduced to practice by the Executive (either solely or jointly with another or others) while employed by the Company (collectively, “Development(s)”), whether or not they are patentable, copyrightable or subject to trade secret protectionprovision. The Executive shall not, at any time during or after the Executive’s employment, have or claim any right, title or interest in or to, or disclose to any third party, any Development(s) or any trade name, patent, trademark, copyright, intellectual property or other proprietary rights belonging to the Company. All Development(s) shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and shall be “work made for hire” as that term is defined in the copyright laws of the United States, not works of joint ownership. In any event, to the extent that any Development(s) may not be held to be work made for hire, or to the extent that the Executive has any right, title or interest in or to the Development(s) (including without limitation patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets or other proprietary rights), the Executive hereby assigns to the Company (without any further consideration) all such rights, titletitles, and interest in and to the Development(s). The Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company during the Executive’s employment and thereafter in the securing of any trade name, patent, trademark, copyright or intellectual property protection or other similar rights in the United States and in foreign countries and shall give evidence and testimony and execute and deliver to the Company all papers reasonably requested by any of them in connection therewith.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (First Data Corp), Employment Agreement (First Data Corp)