Inventions Assignment. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall promptly disclose, grant and assign to the Company for its and its Affiliates’ sole use and benefit any and all inventions, improvements, technical information and suggestions reasonably relating to the business of the Company and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Inventions”) that the Executive may develop or acquire during the Employment Period (whether or not during usual working hours), together with all patent applications, letters patent, copyrights and reissues thereof that may at any time be granted for or with respect to the Inventions. In connection with the previous sentence, the Executive shall, at the expense of the Company, including a reasonable payment based on the Executive’s last per diem earnings with the Company for the time involved if (a) the Executive is not then in the Company’s employ, or (b) if the Executive is not then receiving severance payments pursuant to Section 8(b) above, or (c) if the Executive has not otherwise received one or more severance payments with respect to such period (whether on a lump sum, pre-paid, or accelerated basis or otherwise), (i) promptly execute and deliver such applications, assignments, descriptions and other instruments as may be necessary or proper in the opinion of the Company to vest title to the Inventions and any patent applications, patents, copyrights, reissues or other proprietary rights related thereto in the Company and to enable it to obtain and maintain the entire right and title thereto throughout the world, and (ii) render such reasonable assistance to the Company as may be required in the prosecution of applications for said patents, copyrights, reissues or other proprietary rights, in the prosecution or defense of interferences or infringements that may be declared involving any said applications, patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and in any litigation in which the Company may be involved relating to the Inventions. The covenant contained in this Section 11 shall survive the termination or expiration of the Employment Period and any termination of this Agreement.
Inventions Assignment. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the Employer's business, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Employee may discover, invent or originate during the term of his employment hereunder, and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of the Employer ("Inventions"), shall be the exclusive property of the Employer. The Employee shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Employer, shall execute at the request of the Employer any assignments or other documents the Employer may deem necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Employer, at the Employer's expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Employer's rights therein. The Employee hereby appoints the Employer as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Employer to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.
Inventions Assignment. The Executive agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, reports, and all similar or related information which relates to the Company’s or its Affiliates’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive while employed by the Company (“Work Product”) belong to the Company. The Executive will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Term) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments). If requested by the Company, the Executive agrees to execute any inventions assignment and confidentiality agreement that is required to be signed by Company employees generally.
Inventions Assignment. The Employee understands that the Company engages in research and development and other activities in connection with its business and that, as an essential part of the Employment, The Employee is expected to make new contributions to and create inventions of value for the Company. From and after the Effective Date, the Employee shall disclose in confidence to the Company all inventions, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, processes, compositions of matter, computer software programs, databases, mask works and trade secrets (collectively, the “Inventions”), which the Employee may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of the Employee’s Employment at the Company. The Employee acknowledges that copyrightable works prepared by the Employee within the scope of and during the period of the Employee’s Employment with the Company are “works for hire” and that the Company will be considered the author thereof. The Employee agrees that all the Inventions shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and the Employee hereby assign all his or her right, title and interest in and to any and all of the Inventions to the Company or its successor in interest without further consideration. The Employee agrees to assist the Company in every proper way to obtain for the Company and enforce patents, copyrights, mask work rights, trade secret rights, and other legal protection for the Inventions. The Employee will execute any documents that the Company may reasonably request for use in obtaining or enforcing such patents, copyrights, mask work rights, trade secrets and other legal protections. The Employee’s obligations under this paragraph will continue beyond the termination of the Employment with the Company, provided that the Company will compensate the Employee at a reasonable rate after such termination for time or expenses actually spent by the Employee at the Company’s request on such assistance. The Employee appoints the Secretary of the Company as the Employee’s attorney-in-fact to execute documents on the Employee’s behalf for this purpose. This Section 9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason. In the event the Employee breaches this Section 9, the Company shall have right to seek remedies permissible under applicable law.
Inventions Assignment. Executive will make prompt and full disclosure to Company, will hold in trust for the sole benefit of Company, and does assign exclusively to Company all right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions, discoveries, designs, developments, improvements, copyrightable material and trade secrets (collectively herein “Inventions”) that Executive solely or jointly may conceive, develop, author, reduce to practice or otherwise produce during Executive’s employment with Company.
Inventions Assignment. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the business of the Employer or any of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Interface Companies”), whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Employee may discover, invent or originate during the term of his employment hereunder, and for a period of six (6) months thereafter, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of any of the Interface Companies (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of the Employer. The Employee shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Employer, shall execute at the request of the Employer any assignments or other documents the Employer may deem necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Employer, at the Employer’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Employer’s rights therein. The Employee hereby appoints the Employer as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Employer to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.
Inventions Assignment. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the Company's business, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Employee may discover, invent or originate during the Employment Period, and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of the Company ("Inventions"), shall be the exclusive property of the Company. The Employee shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company's rights therein. The Employee hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.
Inventions Assignment. I agree to and do hereby grant and assign to Employer or its nominee my entire right, title and interest in and to all Inventions that are made, conceived, or reduced to practice by me, alone or jointly with others, during my employment with Employer (whether during working hours or not) that either (i) relate to Employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Employer, or (ii) involve the use or assistance of any tools, time, material, personnel, information, or facility of the Employer, or (iii) result from or relate to any work, services, or duties undertaken by me for the Employer.
Inventions Assignment. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the Company’s business, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that Employee may discover, invent or originate during the Employment Period, either alone or with others and during work hours or by the use of the facilities of the Company (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of the Company. Employee shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company’s rights therein. Employee hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.
Inventions Assignment. All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the business of any of the Companies as conducted at the time of the discovery, invention, improvement or innovation, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or reduced to writing, that the Employee may discover, invent or originate during the term of his employment hereunder, and for a period of six (6) months thereafter, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of any of the Companies or any of their affiliates (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of the Employer and/or the other Companies. The Employee shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Employer, shall execute at the request of the Employer any assignments or other documents the Employer may reasonably deem necessary to protect or perfect the Companies’ rights therein, and shall assist the Employer, at the Employer’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Companies’ rights therein. The Employee hereby appoints the Employer as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents reasonably deemed necessary by the Employer to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions. The Employee hereby acknowledges and confirms that he understands that this assignment of Inventions is limited by California Labor Code Section 2870, which provides:
(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:
(1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or
(2) Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.
(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.” Nothing in this Agreement is intended to expand the scope of protection provided the Employee by Sections 2870 thr...
