Ownership, Assignment, Assistance, and Power of Attorney. All Inventions related to the Company’s business activities, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and the Company shall have the right to use and to apply for patents, copyrights, or other statutory or common law protection for such Inventions in any country. Executive hereby assigns to the Company any rights which he may acquire in such Inventions. Furthermore, Executive agrees to assist the Company in every proper way at the Company’s expense to obtain patents, copyrights, and other statutory common law protections for such Inventions in any country and to enforce such rights from time to time. Specifically, Executive agrees to execute all documents as the Company may desire for use in applying for and in obtaining or enforcing such patents, copyrights, and other statutory or common law protections together with any assignments thereof to the Company or to any person designated by the Company. In the event the Company is unable for any reason whatsoever to secure Executive’s signature to any lawful document required to apply for or to enforce any patent, copyright, or other statutory or common law protections for such Inventions, Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as his agents and attorneys-in-fact to act in his stead to execute such documents and to do such other lawful and necessary acts to further the issuance and protection of such patents, copyrights, or other statutory or common law protection, such documents or such acts to have the same legal force and effect as if such documents were executed by or such acts were done by Executive.
Ownership, Assignment, Assistance, and Power of Attorney. All Employment Inventions shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and the Company shall have the right to use and to apply for patents, copyrights or other statutory or common law protection for such Employment Inventions in any country. Executive hereby assigns to the Company any rights which he may acquire in such Employment Inventions. Furthermore, Executive agrees to assist the Company in every proper way at the Company’s expense to obtain patents, copyrights and other statutory or common law protections for such Employment Inventions in any country and to enforce such rights from time to time. Specifically, Executive agrees to execute all documents as the Company may desire for use in applying for and in obtaining or enforcing such patents, copyrights and other statutory or common law protections together with any assignments thereof to the Company or to any person designated by the Company. Executive’s obligations under this Section 10 shall continue beyond the termination of his employment under this Agreement, but the Company shall compensate Executive at a reasonable rate after any such termination for the time which Executive actually spends at the Company’s request in rendering such assistance. In the event the Company is unable for any reason whatsoever to secure Executive’s signature (after reasonable attempts to do so) to any lawful document required to apply for or to enforce any patent, copyright or other statutory or common law protections for such Employment Inventions, Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as his agents and attorneys-in-fact to act in his stead to execute such documents and to do such other lawful and necessary acts to further the issuance and prosecution of such patents, copyrights or other statutory or common law protection, such documents or such acts to have the same legal force and effect as if such documents were executed by or such acts were done by Executive.
Ownership, Assignment, Assistance, and Power of Attorney. All Employment Inventions (as defined in Section 10.3 below) shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Consolidated Company, and the Consolidated Company shall have the right to use and to apply for patents, copyrights, or other statutory or common law protection for such Employment Inventions in any country. Employee hereby assigns to the Consolidated Company any rights which he may acquire in such Employment Inventions. Furthermore, Employee agrees to assist the Consolidated Company in every proper way at the Consolidated Company's expense to obtain patents, copyrights, and other statutory common law protections for such Employment Inventions in any country and to enforce such rights from time to time. Specifically, Employee agrees to execute all documents as the Consolidated Company may desire for use in applying for and in obtaining or enforcing such patents, copyrights, and other statutory or common law protections together with any assignments thereof to the Consolidated Company or to any person designated by the Company. Employee's obligations under this Section 10 shall continue beyond the termination of his employment under this Agreement, but the Consolidated Company shall compensate Employee at a rate agreed upon by Employee and the Consolidated Company pursuant to negotiations in good faith after such termination for the time which Employee actually spends at the Consolidated Company's request in rendering such assistance.
Ownership, Assignment, Assistance, and Power of Attorney. All Inventions related to ophthalmic instrumentation shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and the Company shall have the right to use and to apply for patents, copyrights, or other statutory or common law protection for such Inventions in any country. Employee hereby assigns to the Company any rights which he may acquire in such
