Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx March 29, 2010 hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.. Maxx Xxxx August 8, 2011
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee Xxxxxx Xxxxxx September 1, 2013 as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with Xx. Xxxxxxxx X. Cruz III October 15, 2008 the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-made- for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx June 20, 2006 Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Ownership of Works. The results All artwork, articles, materials, memoranda, reports, research, improvements or any other works, created or developed by the Service Provider (or on behalf of the Service Provider) pursuant to the Service Provider’s engagement by the Company, including, but not limited those listed in Schedule A (whether alone or in conjunction with any other person, and proceeds regardless of your services under this Agreementform) (collectively, the “Works”) shall be the sole, exclusive and absolute property of the Company for any and all purposes whatsoever, and the Service Provider hereby irrevocably assigns to the Company all of the Service Provider’s right, title and interest in and to the Works (including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right therein). The Service Provider further agrees that the Service Provider does not have, will not claim to the Company have and will not attempt to register in his own name any right, title or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe interest of any and kind or nature whatsoever in or to such Works. Any assignment of copyrights in the Works under this Agreement includes all rights of every nature in such workspaternity, whether such integrity, disclosure, and withdrawal and any other rights are now that may be known or hereafter defined or discoveredas “moral rights” (collectively, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19“Moral Rights”). The Service Provider hereby irrevocably waives, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitationextent permitted by applicable law, any and all claims he may now or hereafter have in any jurisdiction to any Moral Rights with respect to the Works. To the extent applicable, each such Work shall be deemed a “work made for hire” under the United States Copyright Act and other applicable copyright laws, and the Service Provider further agrees to execute any and all documents reasonably required by the Company in order to evidence or perfect the Company’s ownership of such Works, and the copyrights, patentstrademarks, trade secretspatents or other intellectual property rights therein, trademarks and/or in each case without additional compensation. In addition to its other rights of every nature in the workrights, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the exclusive right to use register with the work United States Copyright Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office and similar agencies worldwide the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or similar right in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines all such Works in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights name in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact accordance with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds requirements of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employerapplicable law.
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Samples: Professional Services Agreement (WisdomTree Investments, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx March 1, 2013 including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results All rights and proceeds of your services under this Agreementany and all ideas, preliminary work, drafts, revisions, versions, polishing, and refinements, and all copyrights, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property, and all other tangible expressions thereof of whatever kind or nature including, without limitation, any works software, computer programs and the like (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Works”) developed by or on behalf of authorship resulting from your services to the Company Atrinsic or any of its affiliates during your employment with sublicensees in performance of the Company Marketing Services including, but not limited to, advertisements, creative, copy and other promotional materials and the Ancillary Websites, as well as those depicting, incorporating or based on the BDE Marks, Website, Brand and/or any Content Services ((in all cases other than the BDE Marks, Website, Brand and/or Content Services themselves and the Customer Data (the ownership of its affiliated companies and any works which is provided for in progress resulting from such servicesSection 5.1)), shall be works-made-for-hire deemed to be exclusively owned and the Company controlled by Atrinsic unless otherwise agreed in writing or any other agreement between Atrinsic and BDE. Atrinsic shall be deemed the sole owner author of the Works and shall own all right, title, and interest throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment and to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, said Works including, without limitation, any all copyright, patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights therein and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known renewals or hereafter defined or discoveredextensions thereof, and the Company shall have the right to use use, adapt and change said Works and to prepare derivative works thereof. Should BDE acquire any rights in any of the work Works or any part thereof BDE hereby agrees to assign, and hereby irrevocably assigns to Atrinsic in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shalluniverse, as may be requested by the Company from time to timeall right, do any title, and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, interest including without limitation, all copyrights, patents and trademarks and all renewals and extensions thereof, all rights under worldwide copyright or trademark laws or treaties, in and to the execution of appropriate copyrightWorks and all portions thereof whether heretofore or hereafter created (other than the Brand, trademark BDE Marks, Website and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with Content Services and the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employerCustomer Data.
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Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign to the Company any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to timetime and at the Company’s sole expense, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior the Company’s Chief Legal Officer or his or her designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d10(e) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any works to the extent owned by the Company or any of its affiliates that were developed by you (and not jointly developed by anyone else within the Company or any of its affiliates) during the Term, and (i) that the Company, within ninety days following a written request provided by you to the Board (delivered to the General Counsel of the Company) which describes such works in reasonable detail, declines to further develop or exploit or (ii) if the Company does not so decline, for which good faith steps to further develop and/or exploit are not taken by or for the Company or any of its affiliates within twelve months after the General Counsel’s receipt of such written request (which may be extended for up to twelve additional months if the Company determines reasonably necessary for business purposes), then such works will be assigned to you by the Company and you shall be free to further develop and/or exploit such works in any manner without restriction. The Company’s failure to respond to your request within such ninety days shall be deemed such a declination.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, Xx. Xxxx X. Hale July 29, 2008 trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results 9.1 All works, written, in whole or in part, by CLIENT NAME and proceeds all inventions and designs, whether patentable or not, created by CLIENT NAME during the term of your services under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be the property of CLIENT NAME or deemed to be works for hire. Supplier agrees not to reverse engineer or assist in any manner whatsoever others to reverse engineer any work or creation of CLIENT NAME. To the extent that any such writing, creation or design may not, by operation of law, be the property of CLIENT NAME or be works for hire, Supplier hereby agrees to assign and hereby assigns to CLIENT NAME the ownership of such works and all intellectual property rights therein whether published or unpublished. Supplier agrees to give CLIENT NAME all assistance reasonably required to perfect such rights, including but not limited to the identification of the works and supporting documentation and the execution of any instruments required to register copyrights or to seek and obtain patent protection. Supplier further agrees to waive any moral rights in and to any work created hereunder during the term of this Agreement.
9.2 The Supplier understands and agrees that all materials and information provided by CLIENT NAME, or any customer of CLIENT NAME are valuable assets of CLIENT NAME and/or its clients and are to be considered proprietary information and property. The Supplier will not use, disclose, make or have made any copies of any materials or information provided by CLIENT NAME and/or its clients without CLIENT NAME’s prior written approval.
9.3 In addition, Supplier expressly acknowledges and confirms that neither it or any of its employees, agents or representatives shall have any right, title, interest or claim in, to and/or the work and/or any reports, documentation, and computer files relating thereto including, without limitation, any works of authorship such data, resulting from your services to the Company or any developed as a product of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Supplier Agreement
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx June 16, 2006 accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Ownership of Works. The results Service Provider acknowledges that AXP, at no additional charge, shall have exclusive, unlimited, worldwide ownership rights to all works performed or created under each Schedule and proceeds all materials, information and/or deliverables prepared thereunder or developed as a result of your services under this AgreementServices performed thereunder, both as individual items and/or a combination of components and whether or not the Schedule is completed, including, without limitation, any works Disclosed Subject. All of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company foregoing shall be deemed to be work made for hire and made in the course of Services rendered and shall belong exclusively to AXP, with AXP having the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19obtain, 2015 Company determines hold and renew, in its sole discretion without any further payment to youown name and/or for its own benefit, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, registrations and/or other appropriate protection. IfTo the extent that exclusive title and/or ownership rights may not originally vest in AXP as contemplated hereunder (e.g., may not be deemed works made for any reasonhire), any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentenceService Provider, then you at no additional charge, hereby irrevocably assign assigns, transfers and agree conveys to assign any and AXP all of your right, title and interest theretotherein. Service Provider and its personnel shall give AXP, includingand/or any AXP designee, without limitationall reasonable assistance and execute all documents necessary to assist and/or enable AXP to perfect, any and all copyrightspreserve, patents, trade secrets, trademarks register and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in record its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceedswork, includingmaterials, without limitation, the execution of information and/or deliverable. Service Provider agrees to take all reasonable measures necessary or appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact comply with the power patent marking requirements, or as otherwise reasonably requested to execute such documents on your behalfdo so by AXP. To Upon request of AXP, Service Provider agrees to promptly provide AXP with proof of marking. Service Provider acknowledges and agrees that all marking must be provided in a substantially consistent and continuous manner, and that once marking has been commenced it must be maintained. Service Provider shall, immediately upon request of AXP, or upon the extent you have any rights in the results termination, cancellation or expiration of each Schedule or this Agreement, turn over to AXP all materials, information and proceeds deliverables prepared or developed as a result of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject toand/or any Schedule, and does not limitany AXP documents or other materials held by or on behalf of Service Provider, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employertogether with all copies thereof.
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Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or Xx. Xxxxxx X. NeCastro June 16, 2006 AMENDED & RESTATED 7/30/07 Page 6 discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19III July 31, 2015 2007 Page 6 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, Xx. Xxxxxx X. NeCastro October 15, 2008 for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with Xxxx Xxxx August 26, 2014 the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee as your attorney-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)
Ownership of Works. The results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any works of authorship resulting from your services to the Company or any of its affiliates during your employment with the Company and/or any of its affiliated companies and any works in progress resulting from such services, shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all rights of every nature in such works, whether such rights are now known or hereafter defined or discovered, with the right to use the works in perpetuity in any manner the Xxxx Xxxxxx February 19, 2015 Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds are not legally deemed a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any rights in such results and proceeds which do not accrue to the Company under the preceding sentence, then you hereby irrevocably assign and agree to assign any and all of your right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and/or other rights of every nature in the work, whether now known or hereafter defined or discovered, and the Company shall have the right to use the work in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion without any further payment to you. You shall, as may be requested by the Company from time to time, do any and all things which the Company may deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s rights in any such results and proceeds, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright, trademark and/or patent applications, assignments or similar documents and, if you are unavailable or unwilling to execute such documents, you hereby irrevocably designate your Reporting Senior or his designee the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of the Company as your attorneyattorneys-in-fact with the power to execute such documents on your behalf. To the extent you have any rights in the results and proceeds of your services under this Agreement that cannot be assigned as described above, you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights. This paragraph 7(d9(d) is subject to, and does not limit, restrict, or constitute a waiver by the Company or any of its affiliated companies of any ownership rights to which the Company or any of its affiliated companies may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of being your employer.
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