Common use of Ownership and Copyright Clause in Contracts

Ownership and Copyright. All work product, information data, or documents produced hereunder by the Consultant and his subconsultants shall be delivered to Regents, and title thereto shall vest in Regents regardless of the stage to which the development of the study may have progressed. In addition, the Consultant hereby expressly assigns, transfers and otherwise quitclaims to the Regents, its heirs and assigns forever, all right, title and interest, including all copyrights and all termination/renewal rights is such copyrights and all causes of action accruing under such copyrights, in all studies, study calculations, drawings, specifications, other data, embodiments of such studies, documents or other works of authorship produced hereunder by the Consultant, his employees, and his subconsultants. The Consultant further warrants that this transfer of copyrights and other rights is valid against the world. Finally, reproducible copies of all work products and other technical data shall be furnished to the Regents without cost whether the work for which they are made be executed or not. The Consultant may make and retain for its use such additional copies as it may desire. Notwithstanding the rights, ownership, grants, assignments, transfers, and quitclaims set forth herein, the Regents expressly grants, assigns, and transfers a permanent and exclusive license to the Design Professional, its successors, and assigns, for the Design Professional’s Instruments of Service, and to each consultant (including the consultant’s successors and assigns) of the Design Professional for such consultant’s Instruments of Service, to use, reproduce, sell, transfer, and accomplish derivative works therefrom, for any and all purposes.