Common use of Inventions and Work Product Clause in Contracts

Inventions and Work Product. Any idea, invention, work of authorship, drawing, design, formula, algorithm, utility, tool, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, improvement, enhancement, modification, development, or discovery, whether or not patentable, or copyrightable, or entitled to legal protection as a trade secret or otherwise, that Contractor or any Contractor Party may conceive, make, develop, create, reduce to practice, or work on, in whole or in part, in the course of performing the Work and that is required to be delivered to Company pursuant to the Work (collectively, “Invention”), and any deliverable, material, or tangibly-expressed information (including any document, drawing, design, calculation, map, plan, workplan, text filing, estimate, manifest, certificate, book, specification, sketch, notes, report, summary, analysis, data model, and sample, and any summary, extract, analysis, and preliminary or draft material developed in connection therewith) prepared, accumulated or developed by Contractor any Contractor Party and that is required to be delivered to Company pursuant to the Work (collectively, “Work Product”), shall be owned by Company and shall be delivered to Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or, if this Agreement is earlier terminated, the termination of this Agreement. Contractor agrees that any copyrightable Invention or Work Product shall constitute a “work made for hire.” Contractor hereby transfers and assigns to Company, and shall cause each Contractor Party to transfer and assign to Company, without royalty or any further consideration, its entire right, title, and interest in and to any such Inventions and Work Product, as well as any Intellectual Property Rights therein or thereto. At Company’s request, Contractor shall execute and cause each Contractor Party to execute any necessary documentation confirming such transfer or assignment.