Intellectual Property Ownership and Patents. 8.1 All rights, title and interest in and to any inventions or technologies of AMC or of Pfizer, respectively, existing on or before the Effective Date, and all rights, title and interest in and to any inventions or technologies developed by AMC or Pfizer outside the Program hereunder (altogether, the “Existing Technologies”) shall be the exclusive property of the respective party. 8.2 Ownership of Technical Developments (and the Patents, if any, which claim such Technical Developments) shall be determined according to the origin of the Technical Developments, and, in case of inventions, by inventorship (as defined under U.S. patent law at the time the invention is made), i.e.: 8.2.1 Shall belong to AMC, if the inventors are one or more employees of AMC and none of the inventors are employees of Pfizer (“AMC Invention”), 8.2.2 Shall belong jointly to AMC and Pfizer, if the inventors are one or more employees of AMC and one or more employees of Pfizer ("Joint Invention"), 8.2.3 Shall belong to Pfizer, if the inventors are one or more employees of Pfizer and none of the inventors are employees of AMC (“Pfizer Invention”). 8.3 AMC and Pfizer will each disclose to the other Party all inventions discovered under this Agreement and owned by the disclosing Party promptly after becoming aware of such inventions.
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Samples: Collaborative Research Agreement, Collaborative Research Agreement, Collaborative Research Agreement
Intellectual Property Ownership and Patents. 8.1 All rights, title and interest in and to any inventions or technologies of AMC or of PfizerCompany, respectively, existing on or before the Effective Date, and all rights, title and interest in and to any inventions or technologies developed by AMC or Pfizer Company outside the Program hereunder (altogether, the “Existing Technologies”) shall be the exclusive property of the respective party.
8.2 Ownership of Technical Developments (and the Patents, if any, which claim such Technical Developments) shall be determined according to the origin of the Technical Developments, and, in case of inventions, by inventorship (as defined under U.S. patent law at the time the invention is made), i.e.:
8.2.1 Shall belong to AMC, if the inventors are one or more employees of AMC and none of the inventors are employees of Pfizer Company (“AMC Invention”),
8.2.2 Shall belong jointly to AMC and PfizerCompany, if the inventors are one or more employees of AMC and one or more employees of Pfizer Company ("Joint Invention"),
8.2.3 Shall belong to PfizerCompany, if the inventors are one or more employees of Pfizer Company and none of the inventors are employees of AMC (“Pfizer Company Invention”).
8.3 AMC and Pfizer Company will each disclose to the other Party all inventions discovered under this Agreement and owned by the disclosing Party promptly after becoming aware of such inventions.
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Samples: Collaborative Research Agreement