Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. Any and all invention(s), discovery(ies) and improvement(s), whether protectible or unprotectible by patent, trademark, copyright or trade secret, made, devised, or discovered by Executive, whether by Executive alone or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company’s employ until the earlier of the Termination Date of this Agreement or the actual date of termination of employment, relating or pertaining in any way to Executive’s employment with the Company, shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the Board of Directors of the Company, and become and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Executive agrees to execute any assignments to the Company, or its nominee, of Executive’s entire right, title, and interest in and to any such inventions, discoveries and improvements and to execute any other instruments and documents requisite or desirable in applying for and obtaining patents, trademarks or copyrights at the cost of the Company, with respect thereto in the United States and in all foreign countries, that may be requested by the Company. Executive further agrees, whether or not then in the employment of the Company, to cooperate to the fullest extent and in the manner that may be reasonably requested by the Company in the prosecution and/or defense of any suit(s) involving claim(s) of infringement and/or misappropriation of proprietary rights relevant to patent(s), trademark(s), copyright(s), trade secret(s), processes, and/or discoveries involving the Company’s product(s); it being understood that all reasonable costs and expenses thereof shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall have the sole right to determine the treatment of disclosures received from Executive, including the right to keep the same as a trade secret, to use and disclose the same without a prior patent application, to file and prosecute United States and foreign patent application(s) thereon, or to follow any other procedure which the Company may deem appropriate. In accordance with this provision, Executive understands and is hereby further notified that this Agreement does not apply to an invention which the employee developed entirely on his own time without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. Executive hereby agrees to assign and transfer to the Corporation, its successors and assigns, Executive’s entire right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions, discoveries, trade secrets and improvements thereto which he may discover to develop, either solely or jointly with others, during Executive’s employment hereunder and for a period of one year after termination of such employment, which would relate in any way to the business of the Corporation or any Affiliate of the Corporation, together with all rights to letters patent, copyrights or trademarks which may be granted with respect thereto. Immediately upon making or developing any invention, discovery, trade secret or improvement thereto, Executive shall notify the Corporation thereof and shall execute and deliver to the Corporation, without further compensation, such documents as may be necessary to assign and transfer to the Corporation Executive’s entire right, title and interest in and to such invention, discovery, trade secret or improvement thereto, and to prepare or prosecute applications for letters patent with respect to the same in the name of the Corporation. Executive’s obligations under this Section 12 shall continue in effect, as to inventions, discoveries and improvements covered by this Section 12, notwithstanding any termination of the employment or this Agreement.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. SECTION 1. All inventions, discoveries, improvements or copyrightable materials ("Discoveries" ) which EMPLOYEE conceives or makes, solely or in conjunction with others, during his period of employment with SEEC, in any field in which, during the term of this Agreement, SEEC is or plans to be engaged, and in all related fields, are the sole and exclusive property of SEEC. All such Discoveries made with two (2) years following termination of his employment shall be deemed to fall within this provision, unless EMPLOYEE bears the burden of proving, by evidence that is clear and convincing, that they were conceived and made after the termination of his employment with SEEC.
SECTION 2. EMPLOYEE agrees that he will promptly disclose all Discoveries to SEEC, and hereby assigns and conveys to SEEC all his right, title and interest in and to all such Discoveries. EMPLOYEE will assist SEEC, at its request, in preparing copyright applications, both United States and foreign, covering all such Discoveries, and will sign and deliver all documents, and do all things reasonable or necessary to secure and protect SEEC's ownership interests in all Discoveries. All costs incidental to EMPLOYEE's performance under this Article, as requested by SEEC, shall be born by SEEC.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. All inventions, discoveries and improvements, whether patentable or unpatentable, made, devised or discovered by Officer, whether by himself or jointly with others, during the Employment Period and the Restricted Period (as defined in Section 6 below), relating or pertaining in any way to the business of his employment, shall promptly be disclosed in writing to the Board of Directors and are to rebound to the benefit of the Corporation and become and remain its sole and exclusive property. Officer agrees to execute any assignments to the Corporation or its nominee of his entire right, title and interest in and to any such inventions, discoveries and improvements and to execute any other instruments and documents requisite to or desirable in applying for and obtaining patents with respect thereto in the United States and in all foreign countries, at the request and expense of the Corporation. Officer further agrees to cooperate to the extent and in the manner requested by the Corporation in the prosecution or defense of any patent claims or any litigation or other proceeding involving any inventions, trade secrets, processes, discoveries or improvements covered by this Agreement, but all expenses thereof shall be paid by the Corporation. The terms of this Section 5 shall continue for one year after the termination of the Employment Period.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. (a) Employee shall disclose promptly to Employer or its nominee any and all inventions, software technology, discoveries and improvements to any existing multi-level marketing software technology of Employer conceived or made by Employee during the period of his employment and related to the business or activities of Employer and agrees to assign all of his interest therein to Employer or its nominee, whenever requested to do so by Employer and shall execute any and all applications, assignments or other instruments which Employer shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain Letters Patent of the United States or any foreign country or to protect otherwise Employer's interest therein. These obligations shall continue beyond the termination of employment with respect to said inventions, discoveries and improvements conceived or made by Employee during the period of employment and shall be binding upon Employee's assigns, executors, administrators and other legal representatives. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT-Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
(b) Upon termination of said employment, Employee shall disclose promptly to Employer or its nominee any and all inventions, software technology, discoveries and improvements to multi-level marketing software technology of Employer conceived or made by Employee during the period of his employment and shall promptly deliver to Employer all drawings, blueprints, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, and all other materials of a secret or confidential nature relating to Employer's business and which are in the possession or under the control of Employee.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. Employee acknowledges and agrees that all inventions, discoveries, and improvements, whether patentable or unpatentable, made, devised, or discovered by Employee, whether by himself, or jointly with others, from the date hereof until the expiration of the Employment Period, reasonably deemed to be directly related to or pertaining in any way to the Business, shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the Board of Directors and shall be in the sole and exclusive property of the Corporation. Employee agrees to execute any assignments to the Corporation or its nominee of his entire right, title, and interest in and to any such inventions, discoveries, and improvements and to execute any other instruments and documents requisite or desirable in applying for and obtaining patents, at the cost of the Corporation, with respect thereto in the United States and in all foreign countries, that may be requested by the Corporation. Employee further agrees, whether or not in the employ of the Corporation, to cooperate to the extent and in the manner requested by the Corporation in the prosecution or defense of any patent claims or any litigation or other proceeding involving any inventions, trade secrets, processes, discoveries, or improvements covered by this Agreement, but all expenses thereof shall be paid by the Corporation.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. SPECIALTY hereby grants and GEN-PROBE hereby accepts a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up license to make, have made, use, sell and offer to sell any product or process embodying an invention, discovery or improvement made by SPECIALTY, or an Affiliate of SPECIALTY, using or derived through the use of the Patent Rights and/or GEN-PROBE's confidential Information. GEN-PROBE shall have the right to grant sublicenses to third parties to make, have made, use, sell and offer to sell products and processes embodying such inventions, discoveries and improvements.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. Consultant agrees to promptly and fully disclose to the Company all inventions, discoveries and improvements, (including but not limited to, projects, processes, concepts, specifications, drawings, records, documentation, systems, techniques, computer software, programs, facilities, equipment and devices, whether patentable or not) which result from or arise out of any work which Consultant may do for or on behalf of the Company (collectively referred to as “EVOLVING SYSTEMS Materials”). All of such EVOLVING SYSTEMS Materials shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and Consultant hereby assigns to the Company all of her rights and interest therein.
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. Any and all inventions, discoveries and improvements, whether protectible or unprotectible by Patent, trademark, copyright or trade secret, made, devised, or discovered by Employee, whether by Employee alone or jointly with others, from the Effective Date until the date of termination of employment, relating or pertaining in any way to Employee's employment with the Company, shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the Board, and become and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Employee agrees to execute any assignments to the Company, or its nominee, of the Company's entire right, title, and interest in and to any such inventions, discoveries and improvements and to execute any other instruments and documents requisite or desirable in applying for and obtaining Patents, trademarks or copyrights at the cost of the Company, with respect thereto in the United States and in all foreign countries, that may be requested by the Company. Employee further agrees, whether or not then in the employment of the Company, to cooperate to the fullest extent and in the manner that may be reasonably requested by the Company in the prosecution and/or defense of any suits involving claims of infringement and/or misappropriation of proprietary rights relevant to Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, processes, and/or discoveries involving the Company's products; it being understood that all reasonable costs and expenses thereof shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall have the sole right to determine the treatment of disclosures received from Employee, including the right to keep the same as a trade secret, to use and disclose the same without a prior Patent Application, to file and prosecute United States and foreign Patent Applications thereon, or to follow any other procedure which the Company may deem appropriate. .
Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. The Employee hereby agrees to assign and transfer to the Bank, its successors and assigns, her entire right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions, discoveries, trade secrets and improvements thereto which she may discover or develop, either solely or jointly with others, during her employment hereunder and for a period of one year after termination of such employment, which would relate in any way to the business of the Bank or any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Bank, together with all rights to letters patent, copyrights or trademarks which may be granted with respect thereto. Immediately upon making or developing any invention, discovery, trade secret or improvement thereto, Employee shall notify the Bank thereof and shall execute and deliver to the Bank, without further compensation, such documents as may be necessary to assign and transfer to the Bank her entire right, title and interest in and to such invention, discovery, trade secret or improvement thereto, and to prepare or prosecute applications for letters patent with respect to the same in the name of the Bank.
