Common use of Intellectual Property; Works Made for Hire Clause in Contracts

Intellectual Property; Works Made for Hire. Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Grantee and the Partnership, the Designated Service Recipient or other member of the KKR Group, as applicable, the Grantee agrees that all work and deliverables that the Grantee prepares, creates, develops, authors, contributes to or improves, either alone or with third parties, during the course of the Grantee’s employment, engagement, association or other similar affiliation with the KKR Group, within the scope of the services provided to or with the use of any of the resources of the KKR Group, including but not limited to notes, drafts, scripts, documents, designs, inventions, data, presentations, research results, developments, reports, processes, programs, spreadsheets and other materials and all rights and intellectual property rights thereunder including but not limited to rights of authorship (collectively, “Work Product”), are works-made-for-hire owned exclusively by the KKR Group. The Grantee hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all right, title and interest that the Grantee may have in such Work Product (and any written records thereof) to the KKR Group (or any of its designees), to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally with the KKR Group. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Units issued pursuant to the Agreement are sufficient compensation for such assignment, transference and conveyance. To the extent the foregoing assignment is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, Grantee grants the KKR Group, at no additional charge an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, assignable license under all intellectual property in and to the Work Product.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Award Agreement (KKR & Co. L.P.), Award Agreement (KKR & Co. L.P.), Public Company Holdings Unit Award (KKR & Co. L.P.)

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Intellectual Property; Works Made for Hire. Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Grantee and the PartnershipCorporation, the Designated Service Recipient or other member of the KKR Group, as applicable, the Grantee agrees that all work and deliverables that the Grantee prepares, creates, develops, authors, contributes to or improves, either alone or with third parties, during the course of the Grantee’s employment, engagement, association or other similar affiliation with the KKR Group, within the scope of the services provided to or with the use of any of the resources of the KKR Group, including but not limited to notes, drafts, scripts, documents, designs, inventions, data, presentations, research results, developments, reports, processes, programs, spreadsheets and other materials and all rights and intellectual property rights thereunder including but not limited to rights of authorship (collectively, “Work Product”), are works-made-for-hire owned exclusively by the KKR Group. The Grantee hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all right, title and interest that the Grantee may have in such Work Product (and any written records thereof) to the KKR Group (or any of its designees), to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally with the KKR Group. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Units issued pursuant to the Agreement are sufficient compensation for such assignment, transference and conveyance. To the extent the foregoing assignment is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, Grantee grants the KKR Group, at no additional charge an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, assignable license under all intellectual property in and to the Work Product.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Award Agreement (KKR & Co. Inc.)

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Intellectual Property; Works Made for Hire. Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Grantee and the Partnership, the Designated Service Recipient or other member of the KKR Group, as applicable, the Grantee agrees that all work and deliverables that the Grantee prepares, creates, develops, authors, contributes to or improves, either alone or with third parties, during the course of the Grantee’s employment, engagement, association or other similar affiliation with the KKR Group, within the scope of the services provided to or with the use of any of the resources of the KKR Group, including but not limited to notes, drafts, scripts, documents, designs, inventions, data, presentations, research results, developments, reports, processes, programs, spreadsheets and other materials and all rights and intellectual property rights thereunder including but not limited to rights of authorship (collectively, “Work Product”), are works-made-for-hire owned exclusively by the KKR Group. The Grantee hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all right, title and interest that the Grantee may have in such Work Product (and any written records thereof) to the KKR Group (or any of its designees), to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally with the KKR Group. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Units issued pursuant to the Agreement are sufficient compensation for such assignment, transference and conveyance. To the extent the foregoing assignment is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, Grantee grants the KKR Group, at no additional charge an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, assignable license under all intellectual property in and to the Work Product.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Public Company Holdings Unit Award (KKR & Co. L.P.)

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