Ownership of Works and Inventions Sample Clauses

Ownership of Works and Inventions. The Department shall have full ownership of any works of authorship, inventions, improvements, ideas, data, processes, computer software programs, and discoveries (hereafter called intellectual property) conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement, with no rights of ownership in Consultant or any subconsultants/subcontractors. Consultant and subconsultants/subcontractors shall fully and promptly disclose to the Department all intellectual property conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement. Consultant or subconsultant/subcontractor hereby assigns to the Department the sole and exclusive right, title, and interest in and to all intellectual property conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement, without further consideration. This Agreement shall operate as an irrevocable assignment by Consultant and subconsultants/subcontractors to the Department of the copyright in any intellectual property created, published, or furnished to the Department under this Agreement, including all rights thereunder in perpetuity. Consultant and subconsultants/subcontractors shall not patent any intellectual property conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement. Consultant and subconsultants/subcontractors agree to execute and deliver all necessary documents requested by the Department to effect the assignment of intellectual property to the Department or the registration or confirmation of the Department’s rights in or to intellectual property under the terms of this Agreement. Consultant agrees to include this provision in all its subcontracts under this Agreement.
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Ownership of Works and Inventions. Except for Inventions (defined below) which the Executive has conceived, acquired or made prior to his employment with the Company, the Executive hereby assigns to the Company all rights, title and interest he may now or in the future have in and to the Inventions and waives his moral rights to any and all copyrights subsisting in the Inventions. If required by the Company, the Executive will sign any applications or other documents the Company may reasonably request: (i) to obtain or maintain patent, copyright, industrial design, trade mxxx or other similar protection for the Inventions, (ii) to transfer ownership of the Inventions to the Company, and (iii) to assist the Company in any proceeding necessary to protect and preserve the Inventions. The Company will pay for all expenses associated with preparing and filing such documents. The Executive agrees that the Company will have exclusive ownership in all ideas, works, discoveries, inventions, formulae, algorithms, techniques, processes, know how, trade secrets and other intellectual property, including all expressions of such intellectual property in tangible form, which are used in or relate to the Company's business and which the Executive conceives of or makes for the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates during the Executive’s employment with the Company (together, “Inventions”) and that the Executive will promptly disclose the Inventions to the Company in writing. This will be the case, whether or not an Invention is: (i) capable of being protected by copyright, patent, industrial design, trade mxxx or other similar legal protection, (ii) conceived of or made by the Executive during or outside his regular working hours, or (iii) conceived of or made by the Executive alone or jointly with others. However, it is acknowledged and agreed that this Article will not apply to any Invention developed by the Employee outside his regular working hours if such Invention: (i) was not within the scope of the Executive’s employment duties, (ii) was developed without the use of Confidential Information, and (iii) was developed without the use of any of the Company’s resources.
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Ownership of Works and Inventions. DRAFT The Department shall have full ownership of any works of authorship, inventions, improvements, ideas, data, processes, computer software programs, and discoveries (hereafter called intellectual property) conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement, with no rights of ownership in Vendor or any subcontractors. Vendor and subcontractors shall fully and promptly disclose to the Department all intellectual property conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement. Vendor or subcontractor hereby assigns to the Department the sole and exclusive right, title, and interest in and to all intellectual property conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement, without further consideration. This Agreement shall operate as an irrevocable assignment by Vendor and subcontractors to the Department of the copyright in any intellectual property created, published, or furnished to the Department under this Agreement, including all rights thereunder in perpetuity. Vendor and subcontractors shall not patent any intellectual property conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement. Vendor and subcontractors agree to execute and deliver all necessary documents requested by the Department to affect the assignment of intellectual property to the Department or the registration or confirmation of the Department’s rights in or to intellectual property under the terms of this Agreement. Vendor agrees to include this provision in all its subcontracts under this Agreement. All work materials developed or provided by the Vendor under this Agreement and any prior agreement between the parties shall be deemed to be work made for hire and owned exclusively by the State of Florida. Any intellectual property contained in a Deliverable and developed as a result of this Agreement shall be the sole property of the State of Florida. This provision will survive the termination or expiration of the Agreement. The Vendor retains all ownership rights in any proprietary methodologies, methods, processes, ideas, concepts, algorithms, trade secrets, software documentation, other intellectual property, or procedures of the Vendor that pre-exist or were developed outside the scope of this Agreement. If any such property of Vendor is contained in any of the Deliverables hereunder, the Vendor grants to the Department a royalty-free, paid-up, non-exclusive, perpetual license to use such Vendor intellectual property in connection with the Department’s use of the Deliverables.
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Ownership of Works and Inventions. The Department shall have full ownership of any works of authorship, inventions, improvements, ideas, data, processes, computer software programs, and discoveries (hereafter called intellectual property) conceived, created, or furnished under this Agreement, with no rights of ownership in Consultant or any subconsultants/subcontractors. Consultant and subconsultants/subcontractors shall fully and promptly disclose to the Department all intellectual
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Related to Ownership of Works and Inventions

  • Ownership of Work Products Contractor agrees that all work products created or developed for District by Contractor pursuant to this Contract are intended as “works made for hire” and shall be the exclusive property of the District. If any such work products contain Contractor’s intellectual property that is or could be protected by federal copyright, patent, or trademark laws, Contractor hereby grants District a perpetual, royalty-free, fully-paid, non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to copy, reproduce, deliver, publish, perform, dispose of, and use or re-use, in whole or in part, and to authorize others to do so, all such work products. District claims no right to any pre-existing work product of Contractor provided to District by Contractor in the performance of this Contract, except to copy, use, or re-use any such work product for District use only.

  • Ownership of Work Product All right, title, and interest in the Work Product, including all Intellectual Property Rights therein, is exclusively owned by System Agency. Grantee and Xxxxxxx’s employees will have no rights in or ownership of the Work Product or any other property of System Agency. Any and all Work Product that is copyrightable under United States copyright law is deemed to be “work made for hire” owned by System Agency, as provided by Title 17 of the United States Code. To the extent that Work Product does not qualify as a “work made for hire” under applicable federal law, Grantee hereby irrevocably assigns and transfers to System Agency, its successors and assigns, the entire right, title, and interest in and to the Work Product, including any and all Intellectual Property Rights embodied therein or associated therewith, and in and to all works based upon, derived from, or incorporating the Work Product, and in and to all income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, and in and to all causes of action, either in law or in equity for past, present or future infringement based on the copyrights, and in and to all rights corresponding to the foregoing. Xxxxxxx agrees to execute all papers and to perform such other property rights as System Agency may deem necessary to secure for System Agency or its designee the rights herein assigned. In the event that Grantee has any rights in and to the Work Product that cannot be assigned to System Agency, Grantee hereby grants to System Agency an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, irrevocable, and perpetual license, with the right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly perform and publicly display, make, have made, use, sell and offer for sale the Work Product and any products developed by practicing such rights.

  • Ownership of Works The Executive agrees to promptly disclose in writing to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements and innovations (collectively referred to as “Inventions”) that the Executive has conceived or made during his employment with the Company; provided, however, that in this context, “Inventions” are limited to those which (i) relate in any manner to the existing or contemplated business or research activities of the Company and its affiliates; (ii) are suggested by or result from the Executive’s work at the Company; or (iii) result from the use of the time, materials or facilities of the Company and its affiliates. All Inventions will be the Company’s property rather than the Executive’s. Should the Company request it, the Executive agrees to sign any document that the Company may reasonably require to establish ownership in any Invention.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ownership of Intellectual Property Any intellectual property which originates from or is developed by a Party shall remain the exclusive property of that Party. Except for a limited license to use patents or copyrights to the extent necessary for the Parties to use any facilities or equipment (including software) or to receive any service solely as provided under this Agreement, no license in patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret, or other proprietary or intellectual property right now or hereafter owned, controlled or licensable by a Party, is granted to the other Party or shall be implied or arise by estoppel. It is the responsibility of each Party to ensure at no additional cost to the other Party that it has obtained any necessary licenses in relation to intellectual property of third Parties used in its network that may be required to enable the other Party to use any facilities or equipment (including software), to receive any service, or to perform its respective obligations under this Agreement.

  • Ownership of Materials All reports, documents or other materials developed or received by Consultant or any other person engaged directly by Consultant to perform the services required hereunder shall be and remain the property of City without restriction or limitation upon their use.

  • Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights 1. 3. 1. Your only right to use the Software is by virtue of this License and you acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in or relating to the Software and all parts of the Software are and shall remain the exclusive property of Traction Software Limited or its licensors. 2. 3. 2. You further acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in or relating to any improvement, modification or adaptation of the Software arising directly or indirectly from you using the Software are and shall remain the exclusive property of Traction Software Limited. 3. 3. 3. You agree that you will not remove or alter any copyright notices or similar proprietary devices, including without limitation any electronic watermarks or other identifiers, that may be incorporated in the Software or any copy of the Software.

  • 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.

  • Ownership of Work All reports, work product, all other documents completed or partially completed by Contractor or its approved subcontractors, in performance of this Agreement, and if applicable, drawings, designs, and plan review comments shall become the property of the City. Any and all copyrightable subject matter in all materials is hereby assigned to the City and the Contractor and its approved subcontractors agree to execute any additional documents that may be necessary to evidence such assignment. All materials shall be delivered to the City upon completion or termination of the work under this Agreement. If any materials are lost, damaged or destroyed before final delivery to the City, the Contractor shall replace them at its own expense. Contractor and its approved subcontractors shall keep materials confidential. Materials shall not be used for purposes other than performance of services under this Agreement and shall not be disclosed to anyone not connected with these services, unless the City provides prior written consent.

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