Common use of Ownership of Work Clause in Contracts

Ownership of Work. All work product created by Contractor as part of Contractor’s performance of this Contract, including background data, documentation, and staff work that is preliminary to final reports, shall be the exclusive property of the District. If any such work product contains intellectual property of Contractor that is or could be protected by federal copyright, patent, or trademark laws, Contractor hereby grants the District a perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid-up, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to copy, reproduce, deliver, publish, perform, dispose of, use, reuse (in whole or in part), all such work product, and to authorize others to do so. The District shall have no rights in any preexisting work product of Contractor provided to the District by Contractor in the performance of this Contract except to copy, use, and reuse any such work product for District use only. If this Contract is terminated by either party or by default, the District, in addition to any other rights provided by this Contract, may require Contractor to transfer and deliver such partially completed work product, reports, or other documentation that Contractor has specifically developed or specifically acquired for the performance of this Contract.

Ownership of Work. All work product products created by the Contractor as part of Contractor’s performance of this Contract, including background data, documentation, and staff work that is preliminary to final reports, shall be the exclusive property of the District. If any such work product contains products contain intellectual property of the Contractor that is or could be protected by federal copyright, patent, or trademark laws, Contractor hereby grants the District a perpetual, royalty-royalty- free, fully paid-up, nonexclusive non-exclusive and irrevocable license to copy, reproduce, deliver, publish, perform, dispose of, use, reuse (re-use, in whole or in part), all such work product, and to authorize others to do so, all such work products. The District shall have no rights in any preexisting pre-existing work product of Contractor provided to the District by Contractor in the performance of this Contract except to copy, use, and reuse re-use any such work product for District use only. If this Contract is terminated by either party or by default, the District, in addition to any other rights provided by this Contract, may require the Contractor to transfer and deliver such partially completed work productproducts, reports, or other documentation that the Contractor has specifically developed or specifically acquired for the performance of this Contract.