Inventions and Proprietary Rights. As used in this Agreement, the term “Invention” means any ideas, concepts, information, materials, processes, data, programs, know-how, improvements, discoveries, developments, designs, artwork, formulae, other copyrightable works, and techniques and all Proprietary Rights therein. The term “Proprietary Rights” means all trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, mask work rights, patents and other intellectual property rights recognized by the laws of any jurisdiction or country.
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. (a) the Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he does not have any right, title or interest in or to any Innovation (as defined below) applicable to the business of the Company or relating in any way to the Company’s business or demonstrably anticipated research and development or business that were conceived, reduced to practice, created, derived, developed or made by the Executive prior to the date hereof.
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. The Executive agrees that the results and proceeds of the Executive’s services for the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, but not limited to, any trade secrets, products, services, processes, know-how, designs, developments, innovations, analyses, drawings, reports, techniques, formulas, methods, developmental or experimental work, improvements, discoveries, inventions, ideas, source and object codes, programs, matters of a literary, musical, dramatic or otherwise creative nature, writings and other works of authorship) resulting from services performed while an employee of the Company and any works in progress, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, that were made, developed, conceived or reduced to practice or learned by the Executive, either alone or jointly with others (collectively, “Inventions”), shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company (or, if applicable or as directed by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates) shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all trade secret, patent, copyright and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “Proprietary Rights”) of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized or developed, with the right to use the same in perpetuity in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion, without any further payment to the Executive whatsoever. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds shall not legally be a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any Proprietary Rights which do not accrue to the Company (or, as the case may be, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates) under the immediately preceding sentence, then the Executive hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign any and all of the Executive’s right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all Proprietary Rights of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized or developed, to the Company (or, if applicable or as directed by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates), and the Company or such subsidiaries or Affiliates shall have the right to use the same in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner determined by the Company or such subsidiaries or Affiliates without any further payment to the Executive whatsoever. As to any Invention that the Executive is required to assign, the Executive shall p...
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. (a) All right, title and interest in all discoveries, inventions, improvements, innovations and other material that the Executive shall conceive or originate individually or jointly or commonly with others during the term of the Executive’s employment and/or service with the Company (i) that are directly related to the business of the Company or to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or that results from any work performed by the Executive for the Company, (ii) for which any equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and/or (iii) which was not developed entirely on the Executive’s own time, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, or registrable as a trademark (“Protectable Material”), shall be the property of the Company and are hereby assigned by the Executive to the Company (and the Executive agrees to assign all Protectable Material to the Company in the future), along with ownership of any and all patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the Protectable Material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense to the Executive, the Executive shall execute any and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights on the Protectable Materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by the Executive for the Company in performing the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder shall be considered “works made for hire,” as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act.
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. The term “Proprietary Rights” shall mean all trade secret, patent, copyright, mask work and other intellectual property rights throughout the world. The term “Inventions” is defined in Section 1.2 above. The term “Company Inventions” shall mean all Inventions, and all Proprietary Rights with respect to Inventions, that I have, directly or indirectly, alone or jointly with others, made, authored, conceived, developed or reduced to practice during my employment with the Company and for one (1) year thereafter, as well as any and all patent applications filed by me or by a third party based on such Inventions.
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. (a) All right, title and interest in all discoveries, inventions, improvements, innovations and other material that the Employee shall conceive or originate individually or jointly or commonly with others during the term of the Employee’s employment and/or service with the Company (i) that are directly related to the business of the Company or to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or that results from any work performed by the Employee for the Company, (ii) for which any equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and/or (iii) which was not developed entirely on the Employee’s own time, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, or registrable as a trademark (“Protectable Material”), shall be the property of the Company and are hereby assigned by the Employee to the Company (and the Employee agrees to assign all Protectable Material to the Company in the future), along with ownership of any and all patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the Protectable Material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense to the Employee, the Employee shall execute any and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights on the Protectable Materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by the Employee for the Company in performing the Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder shall be considered “works made for hire,” as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act.
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. (a) Executive hereby agrees promptly to disclose and describe to the Company, and Executive hereby assigns to the Company all right, title and interest in and to, each of the Innovations and all associated intellectual property rights that Executive may solely or jointly conceive, reduce to practice, create, derive, develop or make during the period of his employment with the Company that (i) relate to the Company’s or any Affiliate’s business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, (ii) were developed on any amount of the Company’s or any Affiliate’ s time or with the use of any of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s materials, equipment, supplies, facilities or information or (iii) resulted from any work that Executive performed for the Company or any Affiliate (collectively, the “Company Innovations”). Executive further acknowledges and agrees that all Company Innovations, including, without limitation, any computer programs, programming documentation, and other works of authorship, are “works made for hire” for purposes of the Company’s rights under copyright laws and Executive hereby assigns to the Company any and all right, title and interest that Executive may have acquired or may hereafter acquire in such Company Innovations. Any assignment of copyright hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights” (collectively “Moral Rights”). To the extent that such Moral Rights cannot be assigned under applicable law and to the extent the following is allowed by the laws in the various countries where Moral Rights exist, Executive hereby waives such Moral Rights and consents to any action of the Company and the Affiliates that would violate such Moral Rights in the absence of such consent. Executive shall confirm any such waivers and consents from time to time as requested by the Company. To the extent that any right, title or interest in or to any Company Innovation cannot be assigned by Executive to the Company, Executive hereby grants to the Company an exclusive, royalty free, transferable, irrevocable, worldwide license (with rights to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees) to practice such non-assignable right, title or interest. To the extent that any right, title or interest in or to any Company Innovation can be neither assigned nor licensed by Executive to the Company, Executive hereby irrevocably waives and agr...
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. Xxxxxx agrees to promptly disclose to Buyer all ideas, inventions, discoveries and improvements that are made, conceived, compiled or reduced to practice by Seller, solely or jointly with others, that are related to the performance of, or arising out of, or are paid for by Buyer in connection with this Agreement ("New Developments"). Xxxxxx further agrees to assign to Buyer all right, title and interest to all such New Developments. Seller understands and agrees that all New Developments which are subject to copyright protection under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, shall be considered "works made for hire" within the meaning of Section 101 of the Copyright Act and that such works constitute and contain valuable proprietary assets and trade secrets of Buyer. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, title to and ownership of any New Development initially vests in Seller, Xxxxxx agrees to execute, at Buyer’s request, all documents as may be necessary to grant, transfer and assign all such title and ownership thereof to Buyer. Seller agrees to obtain written assurances from its employees and contract personnel of their agreement to the terms thereof.
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. The term "Proprietary Rights" shall mean all trade secret, patent, copyright, mask work and other intellectual property rights throughout the world. The term "Inventions" is defined in Section 1.2 above. The term "Company Inventions" shall mean all Inventions, and all Proprietary Rights with respect to Inventions, that I have, directly or indirectly, alone or jointly with others, made, authored, conceived, developed or reduced to practice during my employment with the Company and for one (1) year thereafter, as well as any and all patent applications
Inventions and Proprietary Rights. Employee agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of MachOne's standard Employee Inventions and Proprietary Rights Assignment Agreement as executed by Employee and attached hereto as Exhibit A.
