Common use of Ownership of Inventions and Works of Authorship Clause in Contracts

Ownership of Inventions and Works of Authorship. EMPLOYEE agrees that all Inventions made, conceived, discovered, developed or reduced to practice by EMPLOYEE and all software and other works of authorship created by EMPLOYEE, either alone or with others, at any time, within or without normal working hours, during the term of this Agreement, arising out of such employment or based upon Confidential Information, or pertinent to any field of business or research in which, during such employment, XM is engaged or (if such is known or ascertainable by EMPLOYEE) is considering engaging, whether or not patented or patentable, shall be and remain the sole property of XM with respect to all rights of EMPLOYEE arising from any discovery, conception, development, reduction to practice, or creation by EMPLOYEE. XM shall have the full right to assign, license, or transfer all rights thereto.