INVENTION BELONGS TO THE COMPANY Sample Clauses

INVENTION BELONGS TO THE COMPANY. EMPLOYEE acknowledges and agrees that any inventions, discoveries or improvements which EMPLOYEE has conceived or made or may conceive or make during EMPLOYEE's employment with the COMPANY, whether made individually or jointly with others, which: (1) relate or pertain to, or are in any way connected with, the systems, products, apparatus or methods utilized, or are the subject of research or development (actual or anticipated) by the COMPANY: or (2) utilize equipment, supplies, facilities or Proprietary Information belonging to the COMPANY (collectively the "Inventions") shall be the sole exclusive property of the COMPANY and the Inventions shall be deemed to be works for hire. (A) EMPLOYEE agrees to make prompt and full disclosure to the COMPANY of all inventions, discoveries or improvements made by EMPLOYEE during the term of the Agreement, solely or jointly with others, whether or not such invention, discovery or improvement will actually become the property of the COMPANY pursuant to this Agreement. EMPLOYEE agrees to make such disclosures with the understanding and the agreement of the COMPANY that, as to any invention, discovery or improvement to which the COMPANY is not entitled, the COMPANY and that such disclosed will be received and held strictly in confidence by the COMPANY and that such disclosure is for the sole purpose of determining whether or not rights to such invention, discovery or improvement is the property of the COMPANY. (B) To the extent EMPLOYEE would be deemed to be an owner of any of the rights in the Invention, EMPLOYEE hereby assigns to the COMPANY all such rights in the Inventions. EMPLOYEE hereby agrees to execute and sign any and all applications, assignments or other instruments which the COMPANY may deem necessary in order to enable it, at its expense, to apply for, prosecute and obtain Letters of Patent, trademarks, copyright or other legal protections in the United States or foreign countries for the Intentions, or in order to assign or convey to or vest in the COMPANY the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to the Inventions. (C) The obligations contained in this Paragraph 4, except for the requirements as to disclosure, do not apply to any rights EMPLOYEE may have acquired in connection with an invention, discovery or improvement for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the COMPANY was used and which was developed entirely on the EMPLOYEE's own time, and provided that su...
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INVENTION BELONGS TO THE COMPANY. 4.1 Employee acknowledges and agrees that any inventions, discoveries or improvements which Employee has conceived or made or may conceive or make during Employee’s employment with the Company, whether made individually or jointly with others, which:

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  • Inventions Retained and Licensed I have attached hereto, as Exhibit A, a list describing all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, improvements, and trade secrets which were made by me prior to my employment with the Company (collectively referred to as “Prior Inventions”), which belong to me, which relate to the Company’s proposed business, products or research and development, and which are not assigned to the Company hereunder; or, if no such list is attached, I represent that there are no such Prior Inventions. If in the course of my employment with the Company, I incorporate into a Company product, process or machine a Prior Invention owned by me or in which I have an interest, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process or machine.

  • Employee Inventions Each Employee Invention will belong exclusively to the Employer. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Executive's writing, works of authorship, specially commissioned works, and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of the Employer, including any copyrights, patents, or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works made for hire, the Executive hereby assigns to the Employer all of the Executive's right, title, and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. The Executive covenants that he will promptly: (i) disclose to the Employer in writing any Employee Invention; (ii) assign to the Employer or to a party designated by the Employer, at the Employer's request and without additional compensation, all of the Executive's right to the Employee Invention for the United States and all foreign jurisdictions; (iii) execute and deliver to the Employer such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer may request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to any Employee Invention in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions; (iv) sign all other papers necessary to carry out the above obligations; and (v) give testimony and render any other assistance in support of the Employer's rights to any Employee Invention.

  • Assignment of Company Inventions Inventions assigned to the Company or to a third party as directed by the Company pursuant to the subsection titled Government or Third Party are referred to in this Agreement as “Company Inventions.” Subject to the subsection titled Government or Third Party and except for Inventions that I can prove qualify fully under the provisions of California Labor Code section 2870 and I have set forth in Exhibit A, I hereby assign and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Intellectual Property Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to Company all my right, title, and interest in and to any and all Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) made, conceived, reduced to practice, or learned by me, either alone or with others, during the period of my employment by Company. Any assignment of Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) hereunder includes an assignment of all Moral Rights. To the extent such Moral Rights cannot be assigned to Company and to the extent the following is allowed by the laws in any country where Moral Rights exist, I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such Moral Rights, and all claims and causes of action of any kind against Company or related to Company’s customers, with respect to such rights. I further acknowledge and agree that neither my successors-in-interest nor legal heirs retain any Moral Rights in any Inventions (and any Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto).

  • Employee Access Employees are entitled to read and review their personnel file and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall be entitled to inspect their performance evaluations, written censures, letters of reprimand, and other adverse reports. Upon request, employees shall be given copies of all such pertinent documents. The Employer further agrees that no personal files or documents on employees shall be kept outside of the personnel file, apart from payroll or health services files.

  • Non Disclosure Covenant Employee Inventions 7.1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BY THE EXECUTIVE Executive acknowledges that (2) during the Employment Period and as a part of his employment, Executive will be afforded access to Confidential Information; (b) public disclosure of such Confidential Information could have an adverse effect on Employer and its business; (c) the Employer has required that Executive make the covenants in this Section 7; and (d) the provisions of this Section 7 are reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper use or disclosure of Confidential Information.

  • Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement The Company shall require all employees and consultants to execute and deliver a Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement substantially in a form approved by the Company’s counsel or Board of Directors.

  • Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreements The Company shall require all employees and consultants with access to confidential information to execute and deliver a Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement in substantially the form approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.

  • Proprietary Information and Inventions You agree to execute, deliver and be bound by the provisions of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C.

  • Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement For any federally assisted contract, awarded to a small business firm or nonprofit organization as defined in 37 CFR

  • Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreements Executive’s receipt of any payments or benefits under Section 3 (other than the accrued benefits set forth in Section 3(a)(i) or Section 3(b)(i)) will be subject to Executive continuing to comply with the terms of the At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement between the Company and Executive, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

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