Ownership of Inventions, Discoveries, Improvements, Etc Sample Clauses

Ownership of Inventions, Discoveries, Improvements, Etc. (1) Executive shall promptly disclose and describe to the Company all inventions, improvements, discoveries and technical developments, whether or not patentable, made or conceived by Executive, either alone or with others, during such time as Executive is employed with the Company, and within one year after the date upon such employment terminates, and that (i) are based in whole or in part upon Confidential Information, or (ii) during such time as Executive is employed with the Company are along the lines of, useful in or related to the business of the Company, or (iii) result from, or are suggested by, any work that may be done by Executive for or on behalf of the Company (“Inventions”). Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company Executive’s entire right, title and interest in and to such Inventions (the “Assigned Inventions”), and agrees to cooperate with the Company both during and after such time as Executive is employed with the Company in the procurement and maintenance, at the Company’s expense and at its direction, of patents, copyright registrations and/or protection of the Company’s rights in such Inventions. Executive shall keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all such Inventions, which shall be and remain the property of the Company. (2) If a patent application, trademark registration or copyright registration is filed by Executive or on Executive’s behalf, or a copyright notice indicating Executive’s authorship is used by Executive or on Executive’s behalf, within one year after the date on which Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, that describes or identifies any Invention within the scope of Executive’s work for the Company or that otherwise related to a portion of the Company’s business (or any division thereof) of which Executive had knowledge such time as Executive was employed with the Company, it is to be conclusively presumed that the Invention was conceived by Executive during the such time as Executive was employed with the Company. Executive agrees to notify the Company promptly of any such application or registration and to assign to the Company Executive’s entire right, title and interest in such Invention arid in such application or registration. (3) If (i) Executive uses or discloses any of Executive’s own or any third party’s confidential information or intellectual property (collectively, “Restricted Materials”) when acting within the scope of Executive’s employment (or ...
Sample 1Sample 2Sample 3See All (32)
AutoNDA by SimpleDocs
Ownership of Inventions, Discoveries, Improvements, Etc. (1) Green shall promptly disclose and describe to the Company all inventions, improvements, discoveries and technical developments, whether or not patentable, made or conceived by Green, either alone or with others, during such time as Green is providing services to the Company, and within one year after the date upon such service terminates, and that (i) are based in whole or in material part upon Confidential Information, or (ii) result from, or are suggested by, any work that may be done by Green for or on behalf of the Company (“Inventions”). Green hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company Green’s entire right, title, and interest in and to such Inventions (the “Assigned Inventions”), and agrees to cooperate with the Company both during and after such time as Green is providing services to the Company in the procurement and maintenance, at the Company’s expense and at its direction, of patents, copyright registrations, and/or protection of the Company’s rights in such Inventions. Green shall keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all such Inventions, which shall be and remain the property of the Company. (2) If a patent application, trademark registration, or copyright registration is filed by Green or on Green’s behalf, or a copyright notice indicating Green’s authorship is used by Green or on Green’s behalf, within one year after the date on which Green’s service with the Company terminates, that describes or identifies any Invention within the scope of Green’s work for the Company or that otherwise related to a portion of the Company’s business (or any division thereof) of which Green had knowledge during such time as Green was employed with or otherwise provided service to the Company, it is to be conclusively presumed that the Invention was conceived by Green during the such time as Green was employed with or otherwise provided services to the Company. Green agrees to notify the Company promptly of any such application or registration and to assign to the Company Green’s entire right, title, and interest in such Invention and in such application or registration. (3) If (i) Green uses or discloses any of Green’s own or any third party’s confidential information or intellectual property (collectively, “Restricted Materials”) when acting within the scope of Green’s service (or otherwise on behalf of the Company), or (ii) any Assigned Invention cannot be fully made, used, reproduced or otherwise exploited without using or v...
Sample 1Sample 2

Related to Ownership of Inventions, Discoveries, Improvements, Etc

  • Ownership of Inventions Inventorship of inventions conceived or reduced to practice in the course of activities performed under or contemplated by this Agreement shall be determined by application of U.S. patent Laws pertaining to inventorship. If such inventions are jointly invented by one or more employees, consultants or contractors of each Party, such inventions shall be jointly owned by the Parties (each such invention, a “Joint Invention”), and if one or more claims included in an issued Patent or pending Patent application which is filed in a patent office in the Territory claim such Joint Invention, such issued Patent or such pending Patent application shall be jointly owned by the Parties (each such patent application or patent, a “Joint Patent”). If such an invention is solely invented by an employee, consultant or contractor of a Party, such invention shall be solely owned by such Party, and any Patent application filed claiming such solely owned invention shall also be solely owned by such Party. Each Party shall enter into binding agreements obligating all employees, agents, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors (as provided in Section 3.2.7) performing activities under or contemplated by this Agreement, including activities related to the Programs, to assign his or her interest in any invention conceived or reduced to practice in the course of such activities to the Party for which such employee, consultant or contractor is providing its services. Subject to the rights granted under this Agreement, each Party shall have the right to practice and exploit Joint Inventions and Joint Patents, without any obligation to account to the other for profits, or to obtain any approval of the other Party to license, assign, or otherwise exploit Joint Inventions and Joint Patents, by reason of joint ownership thereof, and each Party hereby waives any right it may have under the Laws of any jurisdiction to require any such approval or accounting; and to the extent there are any applicable Laws that prohibit such a waiver, each Party will be deemed to so consent. Each Party agrees to be named as a party, if necessary, to bring or maintain a lawsuit involving a Joint Invention or Joint Patent.

  • Patentable Inventions or Discoveries Any inventions or discoveries developed in the course, or as a result, of services in connection with the Contract that are patentable pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101 are the sole property of the State of Florida. Contractor must inform the Customer of any inventions or discoveries developed or made through performance of the Contract, and such inventions or discoveries will be referred to the Florida Department of State for a determination on whether patent protection will be sought. The State of Florida will be the sole owner of all patents resulting from any invention or discovery made through performance of the Contract.

  • Ownership of Improvements All modifications, alterations and improvements made or added to the Leased Premises by Tenant (other than Tenant’s inventory, equipment, movable furniture, wall decorations and trade fixtures) shall be deemed real property and a part of the Leased Premises, but shall remain the property of Tenant during the Lease, and Tenant hereby covenants and agrees not to grant a security interest in any such items to any party other than Landlord. Any such modifications, alterations or improvements, once completed, shall not be altered or removed from the Leased Premises during the Lease Term without Landlord’s written approval first obtained in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 6.1 above. At the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, all such modifications, alterations and improvements other than Tenant’s inventory, equipment, movable furniture, wall decorations and trade fixtures, shall automatically become the property of Landlord and shall be surrendered to Landlord as part of the Leased Premises as required pursuant to Article 2, unless Landlord shall require Tenant to remove any of such modifications, alterations or improvements in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, in which case Tenant shall so remove same. Landlord shall have no obligations to reimburse Tenant for all or any portion of the cost or value of any such modifications, alterations or improvements so surrendered to Landlord. All modifications, alterations or improvements which are installed or constructed on or attached to the Leased Premises by Landlord and/or at Landlord’s expense shall be deemed real property and a part of the Leased Premises and shall be property of Landlord. All lighting, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning fixtures, partitioning, window coverings, wall coverings and floor coverings installed by Tenant shall be deemed improvements to the Leased Premises and not trade fixtures of Tenant.

  • Improvements and Inventions Any and all improvements or inventions that the Employee may make or participate in during the Employment Term, unless wholly unrelated to the business of the Company and its affiliates and not produced within the scope of the Employee’s employment hereunder, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Employee shall, whenever requested by the Company, execute and deliver any and all documents that the Company deems appropriate in order to apply for and obtain patents or copyrights in improvements or inventions or in order to assign and/or convey to the Company the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to such improvements, inventions, patents, copyrights or applications.

  • Joint Inventions For Subject Inventions conceived or first actually reduced to practice under this Agreement that are joint Subject Inventions made by CONTRACTOR and USER, each Party shall have the option to elect and retain title to its undivided rights in such joint Subject Inventions.

  • Inventions, etc The Executive hereby sells, transfers and assigns to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or to any person or entity designated by the Company all of the entire right, title and interest of the Executive in and to all inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements, whether patented or unpatented, and copyrightable material, made or conceived by the Executive, solely or jointly, during his employment by the Company which relate to methods, apparatus, designs, products, processes or devices, sold, leased, used or under consideration or development by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or which otherwise relate to or pertain to the business, functions or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or which arise from the efforts of the Executive during the course of his employment for the Company. The Executive shall communicate promptly and disclose to the Company, in such form as the Company requests, all information, details and data pertaining to the aforementioned inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements; and the Executive shall execute and deliver to the Company such formal transfers and assignments and such other papers and documents as may be necessary or required of the Executive to permit the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any person or entity designated by the Company to file and prosecute the patent applications and, as to copyrightable material, to obtain copyright thereof. Any invention relating to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and disclosed by the Executive within one year following the termination of his employment with the Company shall be deemed to fall within the provisions of this paragraph unless proved to have been first conceived and made following such termination. The foregoing requirements of this Section 7(d) shall not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on the Executive’s own time, and (i) which does not relate directly to the Company’s, or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’, business or to the Company’s, or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’, actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) which does not result from any work the Executive performed for the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

  • Ownership of Technology As between the Parties, each Party shall own and retain all right, title, and interest in and to any and all Inventions and Information that are conceived, discovered, developed, or otherwise made solely by or on behalf of such Party (or its Affiliates or Sublicensees) under or in connection with this Agreement, whether or not patented or patentable, and any and all Patents and other intellectual property rights with respect thereto.

  • Patents and Inventions The Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the Department any discovery or invention arising out of or developed in the course of performance of this Agreement. If the services under this Agreement are supported by a federal grant of funds, the Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the federal government for the federal government to make a determination as to whether patent protection on such invention shall be sought and how the rights in the invention or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereon, shall be disposed of and administered in order to protect the public interest.

  • Proprietary Information and Inventions You agree to execute, deliver and be bound by the provisions of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C.

  • NASA Inventions NASA will use reasonable efforts to report inventions made under this Agreement by its employees. Upon request, NASA will use reasonable efforts to grant Partner, under 37 C.F.R. Part 404, a negotiated license to any NASA invention made under this Agreement. This license is subject to paragraph E.1. of this Article.

Draft better contracts in just 5 minutes Get the weekly Law Insider newsletter packed with expert videos, webinars, ebooks, and more!