Ownership and Assignment of Inventions a. The Executive acknowledges that, in connection with his duties and responsibilities relating to his employment with the Company, the Executive and/or other employees of the Company working with the Executive, without the Executive or under the Executive’s supervision, may have created, conceived of, made, prepared, worked on or contributed to, and/or may create, conceive of, make, prepare, work on or contribute to, the creation of, or may have been or may be asked by the Company and/or its affiliates or customers to create, conceive of, make, prepare, work on or contribute to the creation of, without limitation, lists, business diaries, business address books, documentation, ideas, concepts, inventions, designs, works of authorship, computer programs, audio/visual works, developments, proposals, works for hire or other materials (“Inventions”). To the extent that any such Inventions related or relate to any actual or reasonably anticipated business of the Company or any of its affiliates or customers, or falls within, is suggested by or results from any tasks assigned to the Executive for or on behalf of the Company or any of its affiliates or customers, the Executive expressly acknowledges that all of his activities and efforts relating to any Inventions, whether or not performed during the Executive’s or the Company’s regular business hours, are within the scope of the Executive’s employment with the Company and that the Company owns all right, title and interest in and to all Inventions, including, to the extent that they exist, all intellectual property rights thereto, including, without limitation, copyrights, patents and trademarks in and to all Inventions. The Executive also acknowledges and agrees that the Company owns and is entitled to sole ownership of all rights and proceeds to all Inventions.
b. The Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees to assign to the Company, and hereby assigns to the Company, all of the Executive’s right, title and interest in and to all Inventions, including, to the extent they exist, all intellectual property rights thereto, including, without limitation, copyrights, patents and trademarks in and to all Inventions.
c. In connection with all Inventions, the Executive agrees to disclose any Invention promptly to the Company and to no other person or entity. The Executive further agrees to execute promptly, at the Company’s request, specific written assignments of the Executive’s right, title and interest in any In...
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. (a) Executive agrees promptly to disclose to the Company any and all ideas, concepts, discoveries, inventions, developments, trade secrets, methods, data, information, improvements, chemical or biological materials and know-how that are conceived, devised, invented, developed or reduced to practice or tangible medium by Executive, under his direction or jointly with others during any period that Executive is employed by the Company, whether or not during normal working hours or on the premises of the Company (hereinafter “Inventions”).
(b) Executive hereby assigns to the Company all of his right, title and interest to the Inventions and any and all related patent rights, copyrights and applications and registrations therefor During and after his employment by the Company, Executive shall cooperate with the Company, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining proprietary protection for the Inventions and Executive shall execute all documents which the Company shall reasonably request in order to perfect the Company’s rights in the Inventions. Executive hereby appoints the Company his attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver any such documents on his behalf in the event Executive should fail or refuse to do so within a reasonable period following the Company’s request. It is understood that reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of Executive’s assistance incurred at the request of the Company under this Section will be reimbursed by the Company.
(c) Executive further represents that the attached Schedule A contains a complete list (as of date that Executive first became an employee of the Company) of all inventions related to the business or proposed business of the Company, made, conceived or first reduced to practice by Executive, under his direction or jointly with others prior to his engagement with the Company (“Prior Inventions”) and which are not assigned to the Company hereunder. If there is no such Schedule A attached hereto, Executive represents that there are no such Prior Inventions.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. (a) Except as provided in Section 9 (d) hereof, (i) as between the Employee and the Company, all Inventions in whole or in part authored, conceived, reduced to practice, discovered, developed or created by Employee (alone or with others) during the term of engagement of Employee by the Company shall be owned by the Company and (ii) the Employee hereby irrevocably assigns to the Company all of the Employee’s right, title and interest in any and all Inventions in whole or in part authored, conceived, reduced to practice, discovered, developed or created by Employee during the engagement of Employee by the Company.
(b) The Employee agrees that the Company is the sole owner of the copyright in any work which the Employee produces during the Employee’s engagement with the Company, which was produced as one of the duties of such engagement or otherwise for or on behalf of the Company during the provision of services to the Company by Employee. All Inventions authored, conceived, reduced to practice, discovered, developed or created by Employee (alone or with others) during the term of engagement of Employee by the Company are "works made for hire" (to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law), the copyright of which shall be owned solely by, or assigned or transferred completely and exclusively to the Company.
(c) The Employee agrees to execute any instruments and to do all other things reasonably requested by the Company (both during and after the Employee’s engagement with the Company) in order to more fully vest in the Company all ownership rights in Inventions transferred by the Employee to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, assignments of patents, copyrights and trademarks. If for any reason Employee shall refuse or delay executing and delivering to the Company any document required to fulfill this obligation, the Employee hereby authorizes the Company to execute and deliver such document in the name of and on behalf of Employee. This provision shall survive the death of Employee. The Employee further agrees to disclose immediately to the Company all Inventions conceived of or developed in whole or in part by the Employee during the term of the Employee’s engagement with the Company.
(d) If the use or practice of any work product or Invention that is produced in whole or in part by Employee and owned by Company pursuant to this Agreement would infringe intellectual property rights associated with any Invention made...
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. Employee agrees that, as to any techniques, processes, innovations, or inventions ("Inventions") made by Employee, solely or jointly with others, during the term hereof or prior to the Expiration Date which are made in whole or in part with Employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, trade secrets, or time, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice to the business of Employer or the Employer's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of Employer or which relate to any work performed by the Employee for Employer, such Inventions shall belong to Employer and Employee hereby assigns all right, title, and interest to such Inventions to Employer.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. Employee understands and agrees that Employee is performing work for hire for the Company and that any Inventions (as defined below) developed or conceived by Employee during Employee’s employment with the Company are the sole property of the Company. “Inventions” shall include any inventions, improvements, developments, discoveries, programs, designs, products, processes, information systems and software, as well as any other concepts, works and ideas, whether patentable or not, relating to any present or prospective activities or Business of the Company. Employee agrees to make the Company aware of all such Inventions. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Employee further agrees to assign and does hereby assign to the Company all rights, title and interest in and to all such Inventions hereafter made by Employee. This Section does not apply to any Invention for which Employee affirmatively proves that: (a) no equipment, supplies, facility, trade secrets, or Confidential Information of the Company was used; (b) the Invention was developed entirely on Employee’s own time; and (c) the Invention did not result, either directly or indirectly, from any work performed by Employee for the Company.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. Executive agrees that if, during his employment with Company, Executive shall (either alone or with others) make, conceive, discover or reduce to practice any invention, modification, discovery, design, development, improvement, process, formula, data, technique, know-how, secret or intellectual property right whatsoever or any interest therein (whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes or subject to analogous protection) (collectively, “Inventions”) that relates to any of the products or services being developed, manufactured or sold by Company or which may conveniently be used in relation therewith or which may be used in place of any such product or service, or results from tasks assigned to Executive by Company or results, in whole or in part, from the use of property or premises owned, leased or contracted for by Company, such Inventions and the benefits thereof shall immediately become the sole and absolute property of Company and its assigns. Executive agrees that all Inventions that consist of works of authorship capable of protection under copyright laws shall constitute works made for hire. Executive hereby agrees to assign, and to the extent he may lawfully do so, hereby assigns to Company, any rights Executive may have or acquire in the Inventions and benefits and/or rights resulting therefrom to Company and its assigns without compensation.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. Subject to the limitations of Minnesota Statute §181.78 set forth below, all Inventions are the exclusive property of the Company (whether any Invention was generated, conceived or reduced to practice prior to the execution of this Agreement). Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign in the future (when any such Inventions are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable, or are otherwise assignable) to the Company all of Employee’s right, title and interest in and to any and all Inventions, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by Employee, either alone or jointly with others, during Employee’s employment with the Company. Employee hereby waives and agrees not to assert any proprietary rights in or with respect to any Invention. Employee will sign and deliver any documents necessary to fully assign ownership of any Invention to the Company. Employee will, at the Company’s expense, provide all assistance reasonably required for the Company to perfect, protect and use rights to Inventions. Employee will maintain appropriate documentation relating to Inventions and sign all documents and do all things the Company deems necessary or desirable to document and record the transfer of Employee’s right, title and interest in Inventions to the Company or a third party designated by the Company, and enable the Company to obtain patent protection for Inventions anywhere in the world.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. 7.1 As part of his/her employment with the Company, the Employee is expected to make new contributions of value. Accordingly, during his/her employment with the Company, the Employee shall promptly disclose to the Company any and all inventions, ideas, discoveries, trade secrets, works of authorship, computer software programs, know-how, processes, or improvements (collectively as “Inventions,” which terms shall include the singular) whether or not patentable or copyrightable, that the Employee may make, devise, conceive, create, design, invent or develop, either solely or jointly, whether or not at the company’s suggestion, during or outside of normal working hours, that relate to, or are capable of use in connection with, the Company’s, or any member of the Virbac Group’s, business including any services or products offered by any member of the Virbac Group. All such Inventions shall immediately become the exclusive property of the Company and shall be deemed as “works for hire.” If any of the foregoing are determined not to be “works for hire”, then the Employee hereby agrees to assign any and all rights, including rights to obtain patents or copyright registrations, to such Inventions directly to the Company. At any time upon the Company’s request, the Employee shall, without additional compensation, assist the Company in any way necessary, including executing documents, to accomplish the following: (a) perfect the Company’s right, title and interest in the Invention, (b) file or obtain patent or copyright registration on the Invention, and (c) protect and enforce the Company’s rights in the Invention.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. 2.3.1 I acknowledge that pursuant to the Copyright Act, 1956, Gigamon shall own all rights, title and interest in any Inventions (and all Proprietary Rights with respect thereto) as provided by the law whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by me, either alone or jointly with others, during the term of this Agreement with Gigamon. and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Proprietary Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to Gigamon all and any worldwide right, title and interest in and to any and all such Inventions (and all Proprietary Rights with respect thereto), whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by me, either alone or jointly with others, during the term of this Agreement with Gigamon. I also agree to perform all acts and execute all documents, deeds, declarations, undertakings and make all filings or applications as reasonably requested by Gigamon, in order to transfer full title and ownership over the Inventions (and Proprietary Rights associated therewith), to Gigamon, during and after my Employment Term.
Ownership and Assignment of Inventions. Employee understands and agrees that Employee is performing work for hire for the Company and that any Inventions (as defined below) developed or conceived by Employee during Employee's employment with the Company are the sole property of the Company. "Inventions" shall include any inventions, improvements, developments, discoveries, Employee Initials: /s/ BEB
