Inventions and Improvements. The Executive acknowledges that all ideas, discoveries, inventions and improvements which are made, conceived or reduced to practice by the Executive and every item of knowledge relating to the Company’s business interests (including potential business interests) gained by the Executive during the Employment Term are the sole and absolute property of the Company, and the Executive shall promptly disclose and hereby irrevocably assigns all his right, title and interest in and to all such ideas, discoveries, inventions, improvements and knowledge to the Company for its sole use and benefit, without additional compensation, and shall communicate to the Company, without cost or delay, and without publishing the same, all available information relating thereto. The Executive also hereby waives all claims to moral rights in any such ideas, discoveries, inventions, improvements and knowledge. The provisions of this Section 7 shall apply whether such ideas, discoveries, inventions or knowledge are conceived, made, gained or reduced to practice by the Executive alone or with others, whether during or after usual working hours, whether on or off the job, whether applicable to matters directly or indirectly related to the Company’s business interests (including potential business interests), and whether or not within the specific realm of the Executive’s duties. Any of the Executive’s ideas, discoveries, inventions and improvements relating to the Company’s business interests or potential business interests and conceived, made or reduced to practice during the Severance Period shall for the purpose of this Agreement, be deemed to have been conceived, made or reduced to practice before the end of the Employment Term. The Executive shall, upon request of the Company, and without further compensation by the Company but at the expense of the Company, at any time during or after his employment with the Company, sign all instruments and documents requested by the Company and otherwise cooperate with the Company and take any actions which are or may be necessary to protect the Company’s right to such ideas, discoveries, inventions, improvements and knowledge, including applying for, obtaining and enforcing patents, copyrights and trademark registrations thereon in any and all countries. To the extent this section shall be construed in accordance with the laws of any state which precludes a requirement to assign certain classes of inventions made by an employee, this Section...
Inventions and Improvements. Executive shall promptly communicate to Company all ideas, discoveries and inventions which are or may be useful to Company or its business. Executive acknowledges that all such ideas, discoveries, inventions, and improvements which heretofore have been or are hereafter made, conceived, or reduced to practice by him at any time during his employment with Company heretofore or hereafter gained by him at any time during his employment with Company are the property of Company, and Executive hereby irrevocably assigns all such ideas, discoveries, inventions, and improvements to Company for its sole use and benefit, without additional compensation. The provisions of this Section 14(c) shall apply whether such ideas, discoveries, inventions, or improvements were or are conceived, made or gained by him alone or with others, whether during or after usual working hours, whether on or off the job, whether applicable to matters directly or indirectly related to Company's business interests (including potential business interests), and whether or not within the specific realm of his duties. Executive shall, upon request of Company, but at no expense to Executive, at any time during or after his employment with Company, sign all instruments and documents reasonably requested by Company and otherwise cooperate with Company to protect its right to such ideas, discoveries, inventions, or improvements including applying for, obtaining, and enforcing patents and copyrights thereon in such countries as Company shall determine.
Inventions and Improvements. With respect to any and all inventions (as defined in Section 7(e) below) made or conceived by the Executive, whether or not during his hours of employment, either solely or jointly with others, during the Period of Employment, without additional consideration:
(a) The Executive shall promptly inform the Company of any such invention.
(b) Any such invention, whether patentable or not, shall be the property of the Company, and the Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company all his rights to any such invention, and to any United States and/or foreign letters patent granted upon any such invention or any application therefor.
(c) The Executive shall apply, at the Company’s request and expense, for United States and/or foreign letters patent either in the Executive’s name or otherwise as the Company may desire.
(d) The Executive shall acknowledge and deliver promptly to the Company, without charge to the Company but at its expense, all sketches, drawings, models and figures and other information and shall perform such other acts, such as giving testimony in support of his inventorship, as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to obtain and maintain United States and/or foreign letters patent and to vest the entire right and title thereto in the Company.
(e) For purposes of this Section, the term “invention” shall be deemed to mean any discovery, concept or idea (whether patentable or not), including but not limited to processes, methods, formulas, techniques, hardware developments and software developments, as well as improvements thereof or know-how related thereto, (i) concerning any present or prospective activities of the Company and its affiliates and (ii) (A) which the Executive becomes acquainted with as a result of his employment by the Company, (B) which results from any work he may do for, or at the request of, the Company or any of its affiliates, (C) which relate to the Company’s or any affiliates’ business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or (D) which are developed in any part by use of the Company’s or any such affiliates’ equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets. The parties hereto agree that the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 7 are, taken as a whole, reasonable in their scope and duration, and no party shall raise any issue of the reasonableness of the scope or duration of any such covenants in any proceeding to enforce any such covenants.
Inventions and Improvements. 18.1 For the purposes of this clause 18 the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
Inventions and Improvements. Any invention or development of any kind related to Titan’s business made or conceived by Executive (solely, jointly or in conjunction with anyone else) while he is employed by Titan pursuant to this Agreement shall be promptly disclosed by Executive to Titan and shall be the sole property of Titan. Executive shall execute an assignment to Titan, or to another designated by it, of his entire claim to and interest in each such invention or development. Executive undertakes to sign all lawful papers and, at Titan’s expense, to assist it in every lawful way to obtain and sustain patents or copyrights for its benefit in any such inventions or developments when requested by Titan. Executive shall not be entitled to compensation beyond his Base Salary or Adjusted Base Salary for the performance of any such acts.
Inventions and Improvements. (A) It shall be part of the normal duties of the Director at all times:
(i) to consider in what manner and by what new methods or devices the products, services, processes, equipment or systems of the Company, or any Associated Company or any Chesapeake Company, with which he is concerned or for which he is responsible might be improved; and
(ii) promptly to give to the Secretary of the Company full details of any invention or improvement which he may from time to time make or discover in the course of his duties; and
(iii) to further the interests of the Company's undertaking with regard thereto. Subject to the Patents Act 1977, the Company shall be entitled free ox xxxxxx to the sole ownership of any such invention or improvement and to the exclusive use thereof.
(B) The Director shall forthwith and from time to time both during his employment and for such reasonable time thereafter at the request and cost of the Company apply for and execute and do all such documents acts and things as may in the opinion of the Board be necessary or conducive to obtain letters patent or other protection for any such invention or improvement in any part of the world and to vest such letters patent or other protection in the Company or its nominees.
(C) The Director hereby irrevocably authorises the company for the purposes of this Clause to make use of the name of the Director and to sign and to execute any documents or do any thing on his behalf (or where permissible to obtain the patent or other protection in its own name or in that of its nominees).
(D) The Director shall not knowingly do anything to imperil the validity of any patent or protection or any application therefor but shall at the cost of the Company render all possible assistance to the Company, or any Associated Company or any Chesapeake Company, both in obtaining and in maintaining such patents or other protection.
(E) The Director shall not either during his employment or thereafter exploit or assist others to exploit any invention or improvement which he may from time to time make or discover in the course of his duties or (unless the same shall have become public knowledge) make public or disclose any such invention or improvement or give any information in respect of it except to the Company or as it may direct.
(F) The Director hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives in favour of the Company, it licensees and successors-in-title any and all moral rights arising pursuant to the provisions of C...
Inventions and Improvements. During the term of your employment, you shall promptly communicate to TNL all ideas, discoveries and inventions which are or may be useful to TNL or its business. You acknowledge that all ideas, discoveries, inventions, and improvements which are made, conceived, or reduced to practice by you and every item of knowledge relating to TNL's business interests (including potential business interests) gained by you during your employment are the property of TNL, and you irrevocably assign all such ideas, discoveries, inventions, improvements, and knowledge to TNL for its sole use and benefit, without additional compensation. The provisions of this Section shall apply whether such ideas, discoveries, inventions, improvements or knowledge are conceived, made or gained by you alone or with others, whether during or after usual working hours, whether on or off the job, whether applicable to matters directly or indirectly related to TNL's business interests (including potential business interests), and whether or not within the specific realm of your duties. It shall be conclusively presumed that ideas, inventions, and improvements relating to TNL's business interests or potential business interests conceived during the six month period following termination of employment are, for the purposes of this Agreement, conceived prior to termination of employment. You shall, upon request of TNL, at any time during or after your employment with TNL, sign all instruments and documents requested by TNL and otherwise cooperate with TNL to protect its right to such ideas, discoveries, inventions, improvements, and knowledge, including applying for, obtaining, and enforcing patents and copyrights thereon in any and all countries.
Inventions and Improvements. The Executive agrees that he/she will assign to the Company, without further consideration, the exclusive rights and title to all inventions, discoveries, ideas, improvement, and other intellectual property made or acquired by the Executive during the Employment Term, whether alone or jointly with others. The Executive further agrees to execute any and all documents that are required in order to transfer or assign such property rights to the Company.
Inventions and Improvements. Any and all inventions and improvements --------------------------- which the Employee may conceive or make, during the period of his employment, relating to or in any way appertaining to or connected with any of the matters which have been, are or may become the subject of the Employer's investigations, or which the Employer has been, is or may become interested, including, but not limited to, product design, computer software or technology, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Employer, and the Employee will, whenever requested by the Employer, execute any and all applications, assignments and other instruments which the Employer shall deem necessary in order to apply for and obtain Letters of Patent or Copyrights of Canada or foreign countries for the inventions or improvements, and in order to assign and convey to the Employer all sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to the inventions or improvements, all expenses in connection with them to be borne by the Employer.
Inventions and Improvements. (A) It shall be part of the normal duties of the Chief Executive Officer at all times:
(i) to consider in what manner and by what new methods or devices the products, services, processes, equipment or systems of the Company, or any Associated Company, with which he is concerned or for which he is responsible might be improved; and
(ii) ensure that the Board is given details of any invention or improvement which he may from time to time make or discover in the course of his duties; and
(iii) to further the interests of the Company's undertaking with regard thereto. The Company shall be entitled free of charge to the sole ownership of any such invention or improvement and to the exclusive use thereof.
(B) The Chief Executive Officer shall not either during his employment or thereafter exploit or assist others to exploit any invention or improvement which he may from time to time make or discover in the course of his duties or (unless the same shall become public knowledge) make public or disclose any such invention or improvement or give any information in respect of it except to the Company or as it may direct.
