Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. Employee hereby agrees that any design, invention, copyright or trademark materials made or created as a result of or in connection with the duties of Employee hereunder shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer, and Employee hereby assigns and transfers to Employer the entire right, title and interest of Employee in and to the foregoing. Employee further agrees that, at Employer’s request and expense, Employee will execute any deeds, assignments or other documents necessary to transfer any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials to Employer and will cooperate with Employer or its nominee in perfecting Employer’s title (or the title of Employer’s nominee) in such materials. During the term of his employment, Employee shall keep Employer informed of the development of all designs, inventions or copyright materials made, conceived or reduced to practice by Employee, in whole or in part, alone or with others, that either result from any work Employee may do for or at the request of Employer or any affiliate of Employer or are related to the present or contemplated activities, investigations or obligations of Employer or any affiliate of Employer. If any such design, invention, or copyright material relating in any manner to the business of Employer or Parent or any research and development of Employer or any affiliate of Employer is disclosed by Employee within six (6) months after leaving the employ of Employer, it shall be presumed that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials resulted or were conceived from developments made during the period of the employment by Employer of Employee (unless Employee can conclusively prove that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials were conceived, made and discovered solely during the period following termination of employment hereunder) and Employee agrees that any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials shall belong to Employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc /La), Change in Control Agreement (Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc /La), Change in Control Agreement (Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc /La)
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. Employee hereby agrees that any design, invention, copyright or trademark materials made or created as a result of or in connection with the duties of Employee hereunder shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer, and Employee hereby assigns and transfers to Employer the entire right, title and interest of Employee in and to the foregoing. Employee further agrees that, at Employer’s 's request and expense, Employee will execute any deeds, assignments or other documents necessary to transfer any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials to Employer and will cooperate with Employer or its nominee in perfecting Employer’s 's title (or the title of Employer’s 's nominee) in such materials. During the term of his employment, Employee shall keep Employer informed of the development of all designs, inventions or copyright materials made, conceived or reduced to practice by Employee, in whole or in part, alone or with others, that either result from any work Employee may do for or at the request of Employer or any affiliate of Employer or are related to the present or contemplated activities, investigations or obligations of Employer or any affiliate of Employer. If any such design, invention, or copyright material relating in any manner to the business of Employer or Parent or any research and development of Employer or any affiliate of Employer is disclosed by Employee within six (6) months after leaving the employ of Employer, it shall be presumed that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials resulted or were conceived from developments made during the period of the employment by Employer of Employee (unless Employee can conclusively prove that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials were conceived, made and discovered solely during the period following termination of employment hereunder) and Employee agrees that any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials shall belong to Employer.
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Samples: Senior Employment Agreement (Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc /De/)
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property. The Employee hereby agrees that any design, invention, copyright or trademark materials made or created as a result of or in connection with the duties of Employee hereunder shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer, and Employee hereby assigns and transfers to Employer the entire all right, title and interest of Employee in and to all of the foregoing. Employee further agrees thatEmployee's "Discoveries" and work product made during the term of employment related to the business of the Employer or its affiliates, at Employer’s request whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall belong solely to the Employer and expenseits affiliates, Employee will execute any deedswhether or not they are protected or protectable under applicable patent, assignments or other documents necessary to transfer any such designtrademark, inventionservice xxxx, copyright or trademark materials trade secret laws. For purposes of this Section 8, "Discoveries" means all inventions, designs, discoveries, improvements and works of authorship, including, without limitation, any information relating to the Employer's, and its affiliates' know-how, processes, designs, computer programs and routines, formulae, techniques, developments or experimental work, or work-in-progress made or conceived or reduced to practice by the Employer. The Employee agrees that all work or other material containing or reflecting any Discoveries and work product shall be deemed to be work made for hire and shall be owned by the Employer and will cooperate with its affiliates without further consideration. If it is determined that any works not works made for hire, the Employee hereby assigns to the Employer and its affiliates all of the Employee's right, title and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or its nominee in perfecting Employer’s title (or the title of Employer’s nominee) in such materialsDiscoveries or work product. During the term of his employment, The Employee covenants that she shall keep the Employer and its affiliates informed of the development of all designs, inventions Discoveries or copyright materials work product made, conceived or reduced to practice by Employeethe Employer and its affiliates, in whole or in part, alone or with others, that which either result from any work the Employee may do for for, or at the request of of, the Employer or any affiliate of Employer and its affiliates, or are related to the Employer's and its affiliates present or contemplated activities, investigations or obligations of Employer or any affiliate of Employer. If any such designinvestigations, invention, or copyright material relating in any manner to the business of Employer or Parent or any research and development of Employer or any affiliate of Employer is disclosed by Employee within six (6) months after leaving the employ of Employer, it shall be presumed that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials resulted or were conceived from developments made during the period of the employment by Employer of Employee (unless Employee can conclusively prove that such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials were conceived, made and discovered solely during the period following termination of employment hereunder) and Employee agrees that any such design, invention, copyright or trademark materials shall belong to Employer.or
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