Ownership of Trade Secrets Sample Clauses

Ownership of Trade Secrets. All results of services performed by Employee hereunder including without limitation all ideas, copyrights, trade secrets or otherwise, shall be owned by and be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Employee hereby transfers and assigns all right, title and interest of every nature and kind whatsoever therein to the Company and agrees to execute and deliver such further documents and instruments as may be necessary to fully and effectually give effect thereto.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. 15.1 All files, drawings, records, documents, equipment, Trade Secrets, and other tangible or intangible rights that are conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or with others, during the term of Employee's employment, whether or not conceived during Employee's working hours, and that relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the file, drawing, record, document, equipment, Trade Secret, or other tangible or intangible to the business of the Employer or to Employer's actual or reasonably anticipated research and development, shall constitute "works made for hire" and shall be the sole property of Employer. Employee shall execute all documents, including patent applications and assignments, required by Employer to establish Employer's rights under this Paragraph.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. RETURN OF MATERIALS. Trade Secrets, including those which are produced by the Employer and/or FMG, all materials embodying Trade Secrets, and all copies thereof, will remain the property of the Employer and/or FMG, as the case may be. At the termination of the Executive's employment with the Employer and/or FMG, or at the written request of the Employer and/or FMG, at any time, the Executive will immediately deliver to the Employer and/or FMG, as the case may be, all materials, and copies thereof, which are in the Executive's possession or control and which contain or are related in any way to any Trade Secrets.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. 7.1 All written materials, records and documents made by the Employee or coming into his possession during the Term concerning the business or affairs of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall remain the property of the Company and its Affiliates, as the case may be. Upon the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or upon the earlier request of the Company, the Employee shall promptly deliver such materials, records and documents to the Company. The Employee agrees to render to the Company or to any of its Affiliates such reports of the activities undertaken by the Employee or conducted under the Employee’s direction during the Term as the Company or any such Affiliates may request.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. Assignment of Rights. Hope hereby agrees that all know-how, documents, reports, plans, proposals, marketing and sales plans, client lists, client files and materials made by him or by the Company during the term of his employment are the property of the Company and shall not be used by him in any way adverse to the Company's interests. Hope shall not deliver, reproduce or in any way allow such documents or things to be delivered or used by any third party without specific direction or consent of the Board of Directors of the Company. Hope hereby assigns to the Company any rights which he or she may have in any such trade secret or proprietary information. Hope agrees that for a period of one (1) year immediately following his termination (voluntary or with cause) with the Company, he shall not interfere with the business of the Company in any manner, including, without limitation, by inducing an employee or associate to leave the Company, or by inducing a consultant or other independent contractor to sever that person's relationship with the Company, or disrupting the Company's relationships with customers, agents, representatives or vendors or otherwise.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. 9.1 All written materials, records and documents made by the CEO or coming into his possession during the Term concerning the business or affairs of the Company or any of its affiliates shall remain the property of the Company and its affiliates, as the case may be. Upon the termination of CEO’s service relationship with the Company or upon the earlier request of the Company, the CEO shall promptly deliver such materials, records and documents to the Company. The CEO agrees to render to the Company or to any of its affiliates such reports of the activities undertaken by the CEO or conducted under the CEO’s direction during the Term as the Company or any such affiliates may request.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. If, during the term of this Agreement, the Consulting Firm or any of its employees conceives, devises or develops any trade secret, invention, improvement, formula, design, process, patent, patent application or writing, or any program, system, or novel technique based upon technology or information derived from the Company (whether or not capable of being trademarked, copyrights or patented) ("Proprietary Information"), such Proprietary Information shall be and remain the property of the Company. Provided, however, Proprietary Information shall not include U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/703648 and any other proprietary information developed by Consulting Firm or Designated Consultant with Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and/or Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, so long as on or before December 31, 1997, the parties achieve a satisfactory resolution of the Company's $40,000 investment in the patent and related technology. 11.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. The Executive agrees that any trade -------------------------- secret, invention, improvement, patent, patent application or writing, and any program, method, process, systems or novel technique or idea (whether or not capable of being trademarked, copyrighted or patented), conceived, devised, developed, or otherwise obtained by the Executive during the Period of Employment, shall be and become the property of the Company and the Executive agrees to give the Company prompt written notice of his conception, invention, authorship, development or acquisition of any such trade secret, invention, improvement, patent application, writing, program, method, process, system or novel technique or idea and to execute such instruments or transfer, assignment, conveyance or confirmation and such other documents and to do all appropriate lawful acts as may be requested by the Company to transfer, assign, confirm, and perfect in the Company all legally protectable rights in any such trade secret, invention, improvement, patent, patent application, writing, program, method, process, system or novel technique or idea.
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Ownership of Trade Secrets. Assignment of Rights Excluding those brought to ArcSoft and its subsidiaries or affiliates by Executive and disclosed by Executive in ArcSoft standard Employee Confidentiality Agreement executed as of the Effective Date, Executive agrees that all know-how, documents, reports, plans, proposals, marketing and sales plans, client lists, client files and materials made by him or by ArcSoft and its subsidiaries (the “Work Product”) are the property of ArcSoft and its subsidiaries and shall not be used by him in any way adverse to the interests of ArcSoft and its subsidiaries or affiliates. Executive assigns to ArcSoft and its subsidiaries any rights which Executive may have in any such Work Product; provided, however, that such assignment does not apply to any right which qualifies fully under California Labor Code Section 2870. This paragraph shall survive any termination of the employment relationship. Executive shall not deliver, reproduce or in any way allow such documents or things to be delivered or used by any third party without specific direction or consent of the Board. Executive assigns to ArcSoft and its subsidiaries or affiliates any rights, which he may have in any such trade secret or proprietary information. Likewise, Executive shall not disclose to ArcSoft and its subsidiaries or affiliates, use in ArcSoft and its subsidiaries or affiliates business, or cause ArcSoft and its subsidiaries or affiliates to use, any information or material that is a trade secret of others.
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Related to Ownership of Trade Secrets

  • Ownership of Trademarks Each Party acknowledges the ownership right of the other Party in the Marks of the other Party and agrees that all use of the other Party's Marks will inure to the benefit, and be on behalf, of the other Party. Each Party acknowledges that its utilization of the other Party's Marks will not create in it, nor will it represent it has, any right, title, or interest in or to such Marks other than the licenses expressly granted herein. Each Party agrees not to do anything contesting or impairing the trademark rights of the other Party.

  • 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.

  • Non-Disclosure of Trade Secrets failure to hold in confidence all Trade Secrets of the Company that came into Recipient’s knowledge during Recipient’s employment by the Company or any Related Company, or disclosing, publishing, or making use of at any time such Trade Secrets, where the term “Trade Secret” means any technical or non-technical data, formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, drawing, process, financial data, financial plan, product plan, list of actual or potential customers or suppliers or other information similar to any of the foregoing, which (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can derive economic value from its disclosure or use, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy;

  • Nondisclosure of Trade Secrets During the term of this Agreement, Executive will have access to and become familiar with various trade secrets and proprietary and confidential information of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, but not limited to, processes, designs, computer programs, compilations of information, records, sales procedures, customer requirements, pricing techniques, product plans, marketing plans, strategic plans, customer lists, methods of doing business and other confidential information (collectively, referred to as “Trade Secrets”) which are owned by the Company, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates and regularly used in the operation of its business, and as to which the Company, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates take precautions to prevent dissemination to persons other than certain directors, officers and employees. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Trade Secrets (1) are secret and not known in the industry; (2) give the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates an advantage over competitors who do not know or use the Trade Secrets; (3) are of such value and nature as to make it reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve the confidentiality and secrecy of the Trade Secrets; and (4) are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, the disclosure of which could cause substantial injury and loss of profits and goodwill to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Executive may not use in any way or disclose any of the Trade Secrets, directly or indirectly, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of his employment under this Agreement, if required in connection with a judicial or administrative proceeding, or if the information becomes public knowledge other than as a result of an unauthorized disclosure by the Executive. All files, records, documents, information, data and similar items relating to the business of the Company, whether prepared by Executive or otherwise coming into his possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Company and may not be removed from the premises of the Company under any circumstances without the prior written consent of the Board (except in the ordinary course of business during Executive’s period of active employment under this Agreement), and in any event must be promptly delivered to the Company upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company. Executive agrees that upon his receipt of any subpoena, process or other request to produce or divulge, directly or indirectly, any Trade Secrets to any entity, agency, tribunal or person, Executive shall timely notify and promptly hand deliver a copy of the subpoena, process or other request to the Board. For this purpose, Executive irrevocably nominates and appoints the Company (including any attorney retained by the Company), as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to act in Executive’s name, place and stead to perform any act that Executive might perform to defend and protect against any disclosure of any Trade Secrets.

  • Ownership of Data All Data transmitted to the Operator pursuant to the Service Agreement is and will continue to be the property of and under the control of the LEA. The Operator further acknowledges and agrees that all copies of such Data transmitted to the Operator, including any modifications or additions or any portion thereof from any source, are subject to the provisions of this DPA in the same manner as the original Data. The Parties agree that as between them, all rights, including all intellectual property rights in and to Data contemplated per the Service Agreement shall remain the exclusive property of the LEA.

  • Ownership of Software The Parties acknowledge that any software provided by the Authority is and remains the property of the Authority.

  • Ownership of Confidential Information All Confidential Information shall be and shall remain the property of the party which supplied it to the other party.

  • Ownership of Developments All copyrights, patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights associated with any ideas, concepts, techniques, inventions, processes, or works of authorship developed or created by Executive during the course of performing work for the Company or its clients (collectively, the "Work Product") shall belong exclusively to the Company and shall, to the extent possible, be considered a work made by the Executive for hire for the Company within the meaning of Title 17 of the United States Code. To the extent the Work Product may not be considered work made by the Executive for hire for the Company, the Executive agrees to assign, and automatically assign at the time of creation of the Work Product, without any requirement of further consideration, any right, title, or interest the Executive may have in such Work Product. Upon the request of the Company, the Executive shall take such further actions, including execution and delivery of instruments of conveyance, as may be appropriate to give full and proper effect to such assignment.

  • Ownership of Proprietary Information Unless otherwise provided by law any reports, histories, studies, tests, manuals, instructions, photographs, negatives, blue prints, plans, maps, data, system designs, computer code (which is intended to be consideration under this Contract), or any other documents or drawings, prepared or in the course of preparation by either party in performance of its obligations under this Contract shall be the joint property of both parties.

  • Nondisclosure:  Ownership of Proprietary Property a. In recognition of the Company’s need to protect its legitimate business interests, Employee hereby covenants and agrees that, for the Term and thereafter (as described below), Employee shall regard and treat Trade Secrets and Confidential Information as strictly confidential and wholly-owned by the Company and shall not, for any reason, in any fashion, either directly or indirectly, use, sell, lend, lease, distribute, license, give, transfer, assign, show, disclose, disseminate, reproduce, copy, misappropriate or otherwise communicate any Trade Secrets or Confidential Information to any person or Entity for any purpose other than in accordance with Employee’s duties under this Agreement or as required by applicable law. This provision shall apply to each item constituting a Trade Secret at all times it remains a “trade secret” under applicable law and shall apply to any Confidential Information, during employment and for the Restricted Period thereafter.

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