Ownership of Project Intellectual Property. (a) Foreground Patent IP shall be owned by the Party or Parties whose Representatives are inventors of the underlying Project Invention as a matter of US Patent Law. The owning Party or Parties shall retain the entire right, title, and interest throughout the world to such Foreground Patent IP including, without limitation, the right to file (or not to file) for patents for such Project Invention(s). Any Foreground Patent IP on Project Inventions invented jointly by the Parties’ Representatives as a matter of U.S. Patent Law shall be jointly owned by the Parties and shall be licensable by each Party without accounting to or permission from the other Party.
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Samples: Statement of Work, Triex Module Technology (Solarcity Corp), Agreement
Ownership of Project Intellectual Property. (a) Foreground Patent IP shall be owned by the Party or Parties whose Representatives are inventors of the underlying Project Invention as a matter of US Patent Law. The owning Party or Parties shall retain the entire right, title, and interest throughout the world to such Foreground Patent IP including, without limitation, the right to file (or not FSMC-KINEX CONFIDENTIAL to file) for patents for such Project Invention(s). Any Foreground Patent IP on Project Inventions invented jointly by the Parties’ Representatives as a matter of U.S. Patent Law shall be jointly owned by the Parties and shall be licensable by each Party without accounting to or permission from the other Party.
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