Common use of Inventions and Assignment Clause in Contracts

Inventions and Assignment. In connection with your employment with the Company, you understand and agree that all Inventions, defined as and including discoveries, developments, designs, improvements, inventions, formulas, programs, computer software or code, processes, techniques, know-how, research, technical data and ideas (whether or not patentable or registrable under patent, copyright or similar statutes) that (i) that relate to the Company's business or potential business, (ii) that result from tasks assigned to me by the Company, or (iii) that are conceived or made with the use of the Company's time, facilities, materials or, resources, shall be the sole property of Company and its assigns, and Company shall be the sole owner of all Rights to said Inventions, said Rights being defined as and including patents, trademarks, service marks and copyrights, and other intellectual property rights pertaining to said Inventions or Confidential Information.1 You further acknowledge and 1 For employees in Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Utah, Washington, and any other state where the Company employs you where this notice is specifically required by law state law: You are notified that nothing in this Agreement requires any Employee (regardless of state) to assign any of your rights to an invention you developed entirely on your own time using no equipment, supplies, facility, or trade secret information of the Company, unless the invention results from any work you performed for the Company or relates, at the time of conception or reduction to practice, to the business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Company. For employees in California, in accordance with Section 2872 of the California Labor Code, you are hereby notified this assignment does not apply to an invention subject to California law that you developed entirely on your own time without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that: (1) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the Company’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development the Company; or (2) result from any work performed by you for the Company; or (3) relate to any work performed by you relating to a contract under which the Company has an obligation to assign title to the United States with respect to inventions resulting from work performed thereunder. agree that all original works of authorship are "works made for hire," as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act and belong to the Company as an Invention under this policy. In the event that any original works or Inventions (i) that relate to the Company's business or potential business, (ii) that result from tasks assigned to me by the Company, or (iii) that are conceived or made with the use of the Company's time, facilities, materials or, resources shall be deemed to not constitute works made for hire, or in the event that you should otherwise, by operation of law, be deemed to retain any rights to any Inventions, you agree to assign to the Company, without further consideration, your entire right, title and interest in and to each and every such Invention and all Rights to said Inventions developed, created or discovered by you, whether working alone or jointly with others.