Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention. b) Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice. c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason. d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit. e) If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement, Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection c. Consultant may perform services for Proprietary Informationother persons, Consultant agrees provided that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will such services do not directly represent a conflict of interest or indirectly encourage a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonotherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Separation Agreement (Poshmark, Inc.), Consulting Agreement (Poshmark, Inc.)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, as attorneys?in?fact to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice.
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To and services and to allow others to do xx.Xx the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement, Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant Advisor during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant Advisor will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant Advisor hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant Advisor shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant Advisor hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on ConsultantAdvisor’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionAdvisor.
b) Consultant b. Advisor agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Advisor develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall Advisor will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant Advisor shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant Advisor can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the sameAdvisor. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant Advisor will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant Advisor may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant Advisor also recognizes and agrees that Consultant Advisor has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that ConsultantAdvisor’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) c. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant Advisor hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant Advisor will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant Advisor will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) d. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) by Advisor and not assigned hereunder, Consultant Advisor hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Senior Advisor Agreement, Senior Advisor Agreement (INPHI Corp)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, as attorneys to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice.
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may not and is hereby not authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To and services and to allow others to do xx.Xx the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides restricts any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefitpossible.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Marketing Contract Agreement, Marketing Contract Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-howknow‑how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assignedassigned to Company. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, as attorneys‑in‑fact to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) Consultant. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information of the Company and its affiliates (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services Services, or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) . Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-freeroyalty‑free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and ). Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company and will keep adequate and current written records of all Inventions, which records shall be available to and shall remain the sole property of Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant represents, warrants, and covenants that Consultant has obtained or will obtain, prior to having any particular Consultant Personnel perform Services, an assignment of such Consultant Personnel’s rights in Inventions as needed to give effect to Company’s ownership as contemplated above; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what would be allowed under applicable law, if Consultant was an employee of Company. Consultant shall assist Company (and, where applicable, shall cause Consultant Personnel to assist Company), at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of computer programs, technical drawings, algorithms, know-how, trade secrets, formulas, processes, ideas, inventions (whether patentable or not), improvements, schematics, customer lists and information relating to customers customer information, suppliers and supplier information, pricing information, product development, sales and marketing plans and strategies, personnel information, and other technical, business, financial, customer and product information), Consultant learns, develops or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph Section 2.b with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) ), and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) c. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
d. Consultant represents that his performance of all terms of this Agreement as a consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Consultant prior or subsequent to the commencement of Consultant's consultant relationship with the Company, and Consultant will not disclose to the Company, or use, any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client, employer or any other party. Consultant will not induce the Company to use any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client, employer or any other party.
e. Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and in the future will receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Consultant agrees to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Consultant's work for the Company consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Sysorex Global Holdings Corp.)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services obtains that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in provides any way involved in any ServicesServices (subject to Section 6 herein), Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. The Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, trademark rights, mask work rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “"Inventions”") and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on in Consultant’s 's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant Consultant. This provision applies only to the above that is developed specifically for CacheFlow Inc. and all does not apply to consulting work done for other creators companies or owners of the applicable Inventioncompetitors.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services obtains that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. " Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its his or her personal copies of its his or her compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s 's telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s 's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) c. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 9.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “"moral rights,” “" "artist’s 's rights,” “" "droit moral,” " or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s 's name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in provides any way involved in any Services, Services Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s 's exclusive benefit.
e) d. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s 's exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Cacheflow Inc)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which that it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons only if such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons only if that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder 2.a includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) c. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) d. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (INPHI Corp)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. (a) The Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, trademark rights, mask work rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement Executive that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with of, the Consulting Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, the “Inventions”) ), and Consultant will the Executive shall promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to the Company. Consultant The Executive hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant The Executive shall further assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, assignments and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant The Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company as its agents an agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on Consultantin the Executive’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionExecutive.
(b) Consultant The Executive agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant that the Executive develops during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services term of this Agreement, learns or obtains that relate to the Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for the Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant The Executive shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Consulting Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant the Executive shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant that the Executive can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the sameExecutive. Upon termination or of this Agreement and as otherwise requested by the Company, Consultant will the Executive shall promptly provide return to the Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant the Executive may keep its his personal copies of its his compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant The Executive also recognizes and agrees that Consultant the Executive has no expectation of privacy with respect to the Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultantthe Executive’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
(c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(aSubsection (a) above and any license granted to the Company hereunder includes include all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant the Executive agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, the Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultantthe Executive’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or and services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant the Executive hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will The Executive shall confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by the Company. If any other person is in provides any way involved in any Consulting Services, Consultant will the Executive shall obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for the Company’s exclusive benefit.
e(d) If any part of the Consulting Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, incorporates or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating violating, technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in by the Services) Executive and not assigned hereunder, Consultant the Executive hereby grants the Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of the Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Consulting Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, hereunder or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
(e) The parties agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, “Exempt Work,” as defined in the Waiver and Amendment, dated May 24, 2005, shall not be considered “Inventions” for purposes of this Agreement and shall otherwise be exempt from the provisions of this Section 13.
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own solely and exclusively and in perpetuity all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby xxxxxx makes and agrees to make all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights purported to be assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant. Consultant and all other creators or owners of hereby confirms that the applicable Inventionrights that vest with Company in relation to the Inventions shall not be deemed to lapse if Company does not exercise the rights for any period.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to Company’s customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business anyone acting on Consultant’s behalf develops, learns or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant. Furthermore, provided Consultant understands that Consultant must promptly notify Company this Agreement does not affect Consultant’s immunity under 18 USC Sections 1833(b) (1) or (2), which read as follows:
(1) An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of any knowledge a trade secret that
(A) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or
(B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
(2) An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the sameindividual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual (A) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (B) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes As additional protection for Inventions and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy Proprietary Information, and solely to confirm Consultant’s performance in accordance with respect to this Agreement, upon Company’s request, Company may audit Consultant’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice).
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it Consultant is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee employee, consultant or consultant personnel of Company to leave Company’s employment or terminate such party’s engagement with Company for any reasonreason without the prior consent of Company; provided, however, that the foregoing provision will not prevent Consultant from (i) conducting broad recruitment efforts not specifically directed at Company or its employees, consultants or personnel, or (ii) employing any person who contacts Consultant on his or her own initiative without any direct or indirect solicitation by or encouragement from Consultant (or who contacts Consultant in response solely to the recruitment efforts specified in clause (i)). Consultant may be engaged or employed in any other business, trade, profession, or other activity which does not place Consultant in a conflict of interest with Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, in exchange for the sufficient compensation set forth herein, (i) Company may and without is hereby authorized to use Consultant’s name in connection with promotion of Company’s business, products and services and to allow others to do so and (ii) if the Services include (or Consultant otherwise provides) any further compensationrecordings or images of Consultant or others, Company also may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name use, reproduce, disseminate, alter and group photographsotherwise exploit the foregoing and the subject matter thereof, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant including derivatives or extensions or imitations thereof in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesany manner Company sees fit. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by the Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information or other intellectual property provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and distributed, modified, commercialized or otherwise exploited (collectively, “Exploited” or “Exploitation”) without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant or a Contributor (or any person involved in the Servicesas defined below) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit fully Exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation Exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other intellectual property or other work or information performed or provided hereunder, hereunder or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of themthe foregoing).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”") and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and as attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on in Consultant’s 's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. " Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s 's telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s 's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice. Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company's premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at anytime with or without notice.
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “"moral rights,” “" "artist’s 's rights,” “" "droit moral,” " or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s 's name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s 's exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what would be allowed under California Labor Code Section 2870 (attached as Exhibit B) if Consultant was an employee of Company. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) . Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) . As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, (i) Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
dreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) law and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. services To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) . If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-sub licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Peregrine Semiconductor Corp)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and ). Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company and will keep adequate and current written records of all Inventions, which records shall be available to and shall remain the sole property of Company. Consultant hereby makes makes, and agrees to make in the future, all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of computer programs, technical drawings, algorithms, know-how, trade secrets, formulas, processes, ideas, inventions (whether patentable or copyrightable not), improvements, schematics, customer lists and information relating to customers customer information, suppliers and supplier information, pricing information, product development, sales and marketing plans and strategies, personnel information, and other technical, business, financial, customer and product information), Consultant learns, develops or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company Consultant in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph Section 2.b with respect to information Consultant can document rightfully is or rightfully becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) ), and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Informationc. Consultant represents that his performance of all terms of this Agreement as a consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Consultant agrees that during prior or subsequent to the period over which it is to be providing commencement of Consultant's consultant relationship with the Services Company, and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly disclose to the Company, or indirectly encourage use, any inventions, confidential or solicit non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any employee previous client, employer or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretoparty. Consultant will confirm not induce the Company to use any such ratifications and consents from time inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to time as requested by Company. If any previous client, employer or any other person is party.
d. Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and, in any way involved in any Servicesthe future, Consultant will obtain receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) If any part to maintain the confidentiality of the Services such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Consultant agrees to hold all such confidential or Inventions or proprietary information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) strictest confidence and not assigned hereunderto disclose it to any person, Consultant hereby grants firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Consultant's work for the Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of consistent with the Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them)agreement with such third party.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Sysorex, Inc.)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason. Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-howknow?how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, as attorneys?in?fact to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice.
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To and services and to allow others to do xx.Xx the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, SUI GENERIS database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “"Inventions”") and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s 's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant learns, develops or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. " Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s 's telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s 's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which that it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one three (13) year years thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant's obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “"moral rights,” “" "artist’s 's rights,” “" "droit moral,” " or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s 's exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s 's exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (In Media Corp)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and ). Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company and will keep adequate and current written records of all Inventions, which records shall be available to and shall remain the sole property of Company. Consultant hereby makes makes, and agrees to make in the future, all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant represents, warrants, and covenants that Consultant has obtained or will obtain, prior to having any particular Consultant Personnel perform Services, an assignment of such Consultant Personnel’s rights in Inventions as needed to give effect to Company’s ownership as contemplated above; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what is allowed under applicable law. Consultant shall assist Company (and, where applicable, shall cause Consultant Personnel to assist Company), at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of computer programs, technical drawings, algorithms, know-how, trade secrets, formulas, processes, ideas, inventions (whether patentable or copyrightable not), improvements, schematics, customer lists and information relating to customers customer information, suppliers and supplier information, pricing information, product development, sales and marketing plans and strategies, personnel information, and other technical, business, financial, customer and product information), Consultant learns, develops or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company Consultant in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph Section 2.b with respect to information Consultant can document rightfully is or rightfully becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) ), and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) c. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
d. Consultant represents that his performance of all terms of this Agreement as a consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Consultant prior or subsequent to the commencement of Consultant's consultant relationship with the Company, and Consultant will not disclose to the Company, or use, any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client, employer or any other party. Consultant will not induce the Company to use any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client, employer or any other party.
e. Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and, in the future, will receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Consultant agrees to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Consultant's work for the Company consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (CXApp Inc.)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”") and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and as attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on in Consultant’s 's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. " Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s 's telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s 's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice. Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company's premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice.
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “"moral rights,” “" "artist’s 's rights,” “" "droit moral,” " or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s 's name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s 's exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Proprietaty Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the ServicesSelvices, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for (i) until one (1) year thereafterafter expiration or termination of this Agreement, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) during the period that he is providing Services to the Company, (A) Consultant shall not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company and (B) Consultant will not accept employment with or directly or indirectly provide any type of services for Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Corindus Inc., or Catheter Robotics, Inc. to the extent such employment or services would compete with Xxxxxx’x present or anticipated business. Consultant will notify Company within five (5) business days of if and when Consultant accepts full time employment, and shall provide the identity of the full-time employer and the time employment with that company commenced.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant learns, develops or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which that it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one three (13) year years thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (In Media Corp)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during (i) until one year after the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafterEffective Date of this Agreement, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) during the period that he is providing Services to the Company, (A) Consultant shall not engage in any activity with any organization in the field of robotically controlled flexible catheters for Electrophysiology or Vascular medical procedures and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete in the field of robotically controlled flexible catheters for Electrophysiology or Vascular medical procedures and (B) Consultant will not accept employment with or directly or indirectly provide any type of services for Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Corindus Inc., or Catheter Robotics, Inc. to the extent such employment or services would compete with Xxxxxx’x present or anticipated business. Consultant will notify Company within five (5) business days if and when Consultant accepts full time employment, and shall provide the identity of the full-time employer and the time employment with that company commenced.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. (a) Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) world relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “"Inventions”") and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on in Consultant’s 's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
(b) Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant obtains during the period that Consultant over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. " Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s 's telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s 's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
(c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant further agrees that that:
(i) during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and
(ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
(d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a [and any license granted to Company hereunder hereunder] includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “"moral rights,” “" "artist’s 's rights,” “" "droit moral,” " or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, . Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s 's name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is provides any Services in any way involved this paragraph in any connection with the Services], Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s 's exclusive benefit.
(e) If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s 's exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).. Consultant warrants that:
(a) the Services will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner and that none of such Services or any part of this Agreement is or will be inconsistent with any obligation Consultant may have to others;
(b) all work under this Agreement shall be Consultant's original work and none of the Services or Inventions or any development, use, production, distribution or exploitation thereof will infringe, misappropriate or violate any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity (including, without limitation, Consultant); and,
(c) Consultant has the full right to allow it to provide the Company with the assignments and rights provided for herein. - Termination. If either party materially breaches a material provision of this Agreement, the other party may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days' notice unless the breach is cured within the notice period. Company also may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, upon 90 days notice, but, if it terminates Consultant without cause, Company shall upon termination pay Consultant all unpaid amounts due for Services completed prior to notice of termination. - Relationship of the Parties. Notwithstanding any provision hereof, for all purposes of this Agreement each party shall be and act as an independent contractor and not as partner, joint venturer, or agent of the other and shall not bind nor attempt to bind the other to any contract. Consultant is an independent contractor and is solely responsible for all taxes, withholdings, and other statutory or contractual obligations of any sort, including, but not limited to, Workers' Compensation Insurance; and Consultant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Company harmless from any and all claims, damages, liability, attorneys' fees and expenses on account of (i) an alleged failure by Consultant to satisfy any such obligations or any other obligation (under this Agreement or otherwise) or (ii) any other action or inaction
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company recognizes that as of the Effective Date, Consultant is a member of the faculty of UCSF and may become a member of other institutions or associations in the future (the “Institutions”), and that Consultant’s activities are and will be subject to the policies and regulations of the Institutions (the “Applicable Policies”). Consultant has provided Company with a copy of all Applicable Policies that Consultant is subject to, including Exhibit B attached hereto, and will promptly inform Company in writing of any changes or additions to the Applicable Policies and Consultant’s affiliated Institutions. If any of the Applicable Policies will in Company’s judgment and sole discretion interfere with Consultant’s performance of the Services or the rights granted Company hereunder, Company may terminate this Agreement immediately. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-know how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) ), except to the extent belonging to an Institution under the Applicable Policies (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant agrees not to perform activities for Company that are: within the course and scope of Consultant’s employment with Institution; utilizing any Institution research facilities; or utilizing any gift, grant, or contract research funds received through the Institution.
b. For purposes of the copyright laws of the United States, all Inventions will constitute works made for hire, except to the extent such Inventions cannot by law be works made for hire. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary assigns to accomplish the foregoing ownershipCompany Consultant’s right, title and interest in and to such Inventions. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignmentsassignment, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention. Consultant will neither make any use of any funds, space, personnel, facilities, equipment or other resources of any Institution or other third party in performing the Services hereunder nor take any other action that would result in any Institution or other third party owning or having a right in any Inventions.
b) c. Consultant will not disclose to Company nor induce the Company to use any confidential information or material belonging to any other party.
d. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by During the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. term of this Agreement and thereafter, Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Confidential Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Confidential Information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary InformationConfidential Information (including electronic files), except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant may disclose the Confidential Information of Company to the extent required by a law, regulation, or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that Consultant promptly provides Company with prior written notice in order to permit Company to prevent such disclosure and/or to seek confidential treatment of such information. Confidential Information that is disclosed pursuant to such legally required disclosure shall remain otherwise subject to the confidentiality and non-use provisions set forth herein. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) e. As additional protection for Proprietary Confidential Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services Term (as defined below) (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) f. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a3(0) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, collectively “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) g. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, sold, offered for sale, imported, copied, displayed, performed, reproduced, distributed distributed, used to create derivative works or and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
h. Consultant agrees not to file any patent, copyright, trademark or other application or registration based on Company’s Confidential Information, and not to seek to make or protect improvements thereon, without Company’s prior written approval.
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. The Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant Interim CEO during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant Interim CEO will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to the Company. Consultant hereby Interim CEO xxxxxx makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant Interim CEO shall assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant Interim CEO hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company as its agents his agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on ConsultantInterim CEO’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant Interim CEO and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) Consultant b. Interim CEO agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant Interim CEO during the period that Consultant Interim CEO is to be providing the Services that relate to the Company or its affiliates or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for the Company or its affiliates in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant Interim CEO shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant Interim CEO shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant Interim CEO can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the sameInterim CEO. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by the Company, Consultant Interim CEO will promptly provide to the Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant Interim CEO may keep its his personal copies of its his compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant Interim CEO also recognizes and agrees that Consultant Interim CEO has no expectation of privacy with respect to the Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that ConsultantInterim CEO’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant to the extent permitted under applicable law, Interim CEO agrees that during the period over which it he is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant Interim CEO will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of the Company or Akari Therapeutics, Plc (“Akari”) to leave the Company or Akari, as applicable, for any reasonreason and (ii) Interim CEO will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company or Akari, and Interim CEO will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company or Akari.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted the Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, collectively “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant Interim CEO agrees that that, notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, the Company and Akari may and is are hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use ConsultantInterim CEO’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its their business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant Interim CEO hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant Interim CEO will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by the Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant Interim CEO will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for the Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant Interim CEO (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant Interim CEO hereby grants the Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of the Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Interim Chief Executive Officer Agreement (Akari Therapeutics PLC)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for (i) until one (1) year thereafterafter expiration or termination of this Agreement, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) during the period that he is providing Services to the Company, (A) Consultant shall not engage in any activity with any organization in the field of robotically controlled flexible catheters for Electrophysiology or Vascular medical procedures and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete in the field of robotically controlled flexible catheters for Electrophysiology or Vascular medical procedures and (B) Consultant will not accept employment with or directly or indirectly provide any type of services for Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Corindus Inc., or Catheter Robotics, Inc. to the extent such employment or services would compete with Xxxxxx’x present or anticipated business. Consultant will notify Company within five (5) business days if and when Consultant accepts full time employment, and shall provide the identity of the full-time employer and the time employment with that company commenced.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. [All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, [NOTE: THIS HIGHLIGHTED LANGUAGE PROVIDES CERTAIN IP PROTECTIONS TO THE COMPANY, BUT IF INCLUDED, IN CALIFORNIA, THE COMPANY MUST PROVIDE UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY INSURANCE AS WITH AN EMPLOYEE. ACCORDINGLY, MOST COMPANIES ELECT TO DELETE IT FOR CALIFONIA CONSULTANTS]] Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what would be allowed under California Labor Code Section 2870 (attached as Exhibit B) if Consultant was an employee of Company. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-in- fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services Services, or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, [(i)] Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesservices [and (ii) if the Services include (or Consultant otherwise provides) any acting, singing, dancing, voice, modeling, posing or similar activity, Company also may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use, reproduce, disseminate, alter and otherwise exploit any results of such activity (including, without limitation, any manner in which such activity may be recorded or remembered or modified) or derivatives or extensions or imitations thereof in any manner Company sees fit]. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. For purposes of the copyright laws of the United States, all Inventions will constitute works made for hire, except to the extent such Inventions cannot by law be works made for hire. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary assigns to accomplish the foregoing ownershipCompany Consultant’s right, title and interest in and to such Inventions. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignmentsassignment, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention. Consultant will neither make any use of any funds, space, personnel, facilities, equipment or other resources of any Institution or other third party in performing the Services hereunder nor take any other action that would result in any third party owning or having a right in any Inventions.
b) b. Consultant will not disclose to Company or induce the Company to use any confidential information or material belonging to any other party.
c. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by During the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. term of this Agreement and thereafter, Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary InformationInformation (including electronic files), except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant may disclose the Proprietary Information of Company to the extent required by a law, regulation, or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that Consultant promptly provides Company with prior written notice in order to permit Company to prevent such disclosure and/or to seek confidential treatment of such information. Proprietary Information that is disclosed pursuant to such legally required disclosure shall remain otherwise subject to the confidentiality and non-use provisions set forth herein. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) d. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) e. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, collectively “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) f. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, sold, offered for sale, imported, copied, displayed, performed, reproduced, distributed distributed, used to create derivative works or and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
g. Consultant agrees not to file any patent, copyright, trademark or other application or registration based on Company’s Proprietary Information, and not to seek to make or protect improvements thereon, without Company’s prior written approval.
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, as attorneys to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice.
c) 2.3. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may not and is hereby not authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides restricts any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefitpossible.
e) 2.5. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and or otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Master Marketing Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, trademark rights, and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “"Inventions”") and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are work made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents her agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s 's behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) Consultant agrees that all b. All Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company learns, develops or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties”. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information that Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will shall promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its her personal copies of its her compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s 's telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s 's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice; provided that Consultant has an expectation of privacy with respect to his networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, computer(s) which he owns, stored computer files and e-mail messages) and Consultant's activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may not be monitored or viewed by Company at any time.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing that Consultant provides the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly (i) encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, provided however, that Consultant may hire Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx upon termination of this Agreement, (ii) engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the proposed business of Company or (iii) assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with the proposed business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for any person, provided that (i) such person is not a restaurant or cafe within a two (2) block radius of a location of a business owned by Company as of the date of this Agreement or a business purchased under the Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Assets among FPO, Inc., a Washington corporation doing business as “Mel’s Market,” “Mel’s Delivery,” “Joelle’s,” “Soups du Jour” and “Simon’s,” Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Company and Organic to Go Food Corporation, a Delaware corporation, dated as of May 14, 2008, (ii) such person does not provide catering or food delivery in King County, Washington and (iii) such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “"moral rights,” “" "artist’s 's rights,” “" "droit moral,” " or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, compensation Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s 's name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or and services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating any other technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s 's exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) Company x. Xxxxxxx shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionswork product, deliverables, inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to CompanyXxxxxxx. Consultant agrees to assign, and hereby makes assigns, all assignments necessary Inventions to accomplish the foregoing ownershipXxxxxxx; further, Consultant shall ensure that any consultant, agent, subcontractor or other third party that performs Services hereunder that result in any Inventions shall assign all such Inventions to Xxxxxxx. Consultant shall assist CompanyXxxxxxx, at Company’s Xxxxxxx’x expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company Xxxxxxx as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company Xxxxxxx or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company Xxxxxxx or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company Xxxxxxx in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by CompanyXxxxxxx, Consultant will promptly provide to Company Xxxxxxx all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s Xxxxxxx’x telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company Xxxxxxx to leave Company Xxxxxxx for any reason. Consultant also agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services, Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Xxxxxxx, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Xxxxxxx. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company to Xxxxxxx hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company Xxxxxxx may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by CompanyXxxxxxx. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s Xxxxxxx’x exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions Services, Inventions, work product or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant shall grant to Xxxxxxx, and hereby grants Company to Xxxxxxx and its successors and agents, a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s Xxxxxxx’x exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work (including work product) or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. (a) The Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to the Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
(b) Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to the Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for the Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by the Company, Consultant will promptly provide to the Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to the Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
(c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, to the extent permitted under applicable law, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of the Company to leave the Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
(d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) this section and any license granted the Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, collectively “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, the Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by the Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for the Company’s exclusive benefit.
(e) If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants the Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of the Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Cero Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to included or incorporated into any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, and ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Consultant or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or Personnel in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and ). Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company and will keep adequate and current written records of all Inventions, which records shall be available to and shall remain the sole property of Company. Consultant hereby makes makes, and agrees to make in the future, all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant represents, warrants, and covenants that Consultant has obtained or will obtain, prior to having any particular Consultant Personnel perform Services, an assignment of such Consultant Personnel’s rights in Inventions as needed to give effect to Company’s ownership as contemplated above; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what is allowed under applicable law. Consultant shall assist Company (and, where applicable, shall cause Consultant Personnel to assist Company), at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.a with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) b. If any part of the Services or Inventions incorporates any technology or information provided hereunder is based onintellectual property rights owned or licensed by Consultant and not assigned hereunder, incorporates, and such Services or is an improvement or derivative of, or Invention cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating such technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunderrights, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
d. Consultant represents that its performance of all terms of this Agreement as a consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Consultant prior or subsequent to the commencement of Consultant's consultant relationship with the Company, and Consultant will not disclose to the Company, or use, any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client or any other party other than as may be permitted pursuant to any agreement with any such previous client or other party. Consultant will not induce the Company to use any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client or any other party other than as may be permitted pursuant to any agreement with any such previous client or other party.
e. Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and, in the future, will receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Upon the Company informing Consultant of what information constitutes such confidential or proprietary information, Consultant agrees to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Consultant's work for the Company consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party other than as may be required by applicable law. In the event Consultant believes applicable law requires disclosure of such confidential or proprietary information, prior to making such disclosure Consultant shall notify Company of such belief and afford Company a reasonable opportunity to take protective action.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Inpixon)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) Company x. Xxxxxxx shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with with, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As x. Xx additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) To x. Xx the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Independent Consulting Agreement
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas ideas, and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Consultant or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or Personnel in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and ). Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company and will keep adequate and current written records of all Inventions, which records shall be available to and shall remain the sole property of Company. Consultant hereby makes makes, and agrees to make in the future, all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant represents, warrants, and covenants that Consultant has obtained or will obtain, prior to having any particular Consultant Personnel perform Services, an assignment of such Consultant Personnel’s rights in Inventions as needed to give effect to Company’s ownership as contemplated above; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what is allowed under applicable law. Consultant shall assist Company (and, where applicable, shall cause Consultant Personnel to assist Company), at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.a with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) b. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative ofof any technology or intellectual property rights owned or licensed by Consultant and not assigned hereunder, and such Services or Invention cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating such technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunderrights, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them). * Schedules, exhibits and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K and will be provided on a supplemental basis to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
c. Consultant represents that its performance of all terms of this Agreement as a consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Consultant prior or subsequent to the commencement of Consultant’s consultant relationship with the Company, and Consultant will not disclose to the Company, or use, any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client or any other party other than as may be permitted pursuant to any agreement with any such previous client or other party. Consultant will not induce the Company to use any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client or any other party other than as may be permitted pursuant to any agreement with any such previous client or other party.
d. Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and, in the future, will receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Upon the Company informing Consultant of what information constitutes such confidential or proprietary information, Consultant agrees to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Consultant’s work for the Company consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party other than as may be required by applicable law. In the event Consultant believes applicable law requires disclosure of such confidential or proprietary information, prior to making such disclosure Consultant shall notify Company of such belief and afford Company a reasonable opportunity to take protective action.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Inpixon)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions, works of authorship, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable Invention.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees or other Company’s consultantemployees) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use use, or permit to be used used, any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it Consultant is to be providing the Services Services, Consultant shall not engage, invest, participate, or prepare to engage, invest or participate in any activity that is competitive or substantially similar to the business of the Company or that otherwise could create a conflict of interest with the Company. Consultant must obtain prior approval from the Company prior to engaging in or being employed in any other business, trade, profession or other activity while providing services to Company to ensure there is no conflict of interest. In addition, both during the consulting period and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, collectively “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall will own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its his agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its his personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it he is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services and for one year thereafter (1i) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
dreason and (ii) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm not engage in any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person activity that is in any way involved in any Servicescompetitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such not assist any other person for or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) d. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, incorporates or is an improvement or derivative derivate of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which that it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity related to anti-depression or anti-anxiety drug development, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons only if such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefitlike.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Protagenic Therapeutics, Inc.\new)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and ). Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company and will keep adequate and current written records of all Inventions, which records shall be available to and shall remain the sole property of Company. Consultant hereby makes makes, and agrees to make in the future, all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant represents, warrants, and covenants that Consultant has obtained or will obtain, prior to having any particular Consultant Personnel perform Services, an assignment of such Consultant Personnel’s rights in Inventions as needed to give effect to Company’s ownership as contemplated above; provided that no assignment is made that extends beyond what is allowed under applicable law. Consultant shall assist Company (and, where applicable, shall cause Consultant Personnel to assist Company), at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents agent and attorneysattorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of computer programs, technical drawings, algorithms, know-how, trade secrets, formulas, processes, ideas, inventions (whether patentable or copyrightable not), improvements, schematics, customer lists and information relating to customers customer information, suppliers and supplier information, pricing information, product development, sales and marketing plans and strategies, personnel information, and other technical, business, financial, customer and product information), Consultant learns, develops or employees or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company Consultant in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph Section 2.b with respect to information Consultant can document rightfully is or rightfully becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) ), and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
d) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) c. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited Inpixon Consulting Agreement (v03-1901) Page 1 of 6 without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
d. Consultant represents that his performance of all terms of this Agreement as a consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by Consultant prior or subsequent to the commencement of Consultant's consultant relationship with the Company, and Consultant will not disclose to the Company, or use, any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client, employer or any other party. Consultant will not induce the Company to use any inventions, confidential or non-public proprietary information or material belonging to any previous client, employer or any other party.
e. Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and, in the future, will receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Consultant agrees to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Consultant's work for the Company consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Inpixon)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) 2.1 Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all intellectual property other rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. All Inventions are works made for hire to the extent allowed by law. In addition, if any Invention does not qualify as a work made for hire, Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as and its agents and as attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, fact to act for and on in Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) 2.2 Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant. Furthermore, provided Consultant understands that Consultant must promptly notify Company this Agreement does not affect Consultant’s immunity under 18 USC Sections 1833(b) (1) or (2), which read as follows:
(1) An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of any knowledge a trade secret that (A) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
(2) An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the sameindividual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual (A) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (B) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email e-mail messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice. Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned, leased or otherwise possessed by the Company, including computers, computer files, email, voicemail, storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice.
c) 2.3 As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which it is to be providing the Services and for one (1) year thereafter[***], Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason, and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company.
d) 2.4 To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.1 and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”)like. Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, world and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or servicesand services and to allow others to do so. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) 2.5 If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and distributed, modified, commercialized or otherwise exploited (collectively, “Exploited” or “Exploitation”) without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusivenonexclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit fully Exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation Exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, hereunder or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, trademark rights of any sort and other rights throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to in practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant the Licensor during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “"Inventions”") and Consultant Licensor will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant Licensor hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant Licensor shall further assist Company, at Company’s 's expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further assigned the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionLicensor.
b) Consultant b. Licensor agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to the Company's customers or employees employees) Licensor develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant obtains during the period that Consultant over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “"Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall " Licensor will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant Licensor shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant Licensor can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction and through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the sameLicensor. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant Licensor will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant Licensor may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without noticeagreement.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant Licensor agrees that during the period over which it is (or is supposed to be be) providing the Services Services, and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant (i) Licensor will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reason.
dreason and (ii) To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) and Licensor will not engage in any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights activity that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or services. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in any Services, Consultant will obtain competitive with the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) If any part of d. Licensor grants Company the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based onworldwide non-exclusive license to use, incorporatesreproduce, or is an improvement or derivative ofdisseminate, or cannot be reasonably and fully madedisplay, usedrecord, reproducedphotograph, distributed alter and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).Licensor's
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Samples: Licensing Agreement (Silicon Entertainment Inc /Ca/)
Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of of, or arise out of or in connection with of, the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall further assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce enforce, and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant develops, learns or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall will hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or and as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which that it is to be providing the Services (i) and for one (1) year thereafter, Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is competitive with the business, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business of the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons only if such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted to Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable sublicensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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Ownership; Rights; Proprietary Information; Publicity. a) a. Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventionsinventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Consultant during the term of this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and Consultant will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Company. Consultant hereby makes all assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Consultant shall assist Company, at Company’s expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce and defend any rights assigned. Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company as its agents and attorneys-in-fact, coupled with an interest, to act for and on Consultant’s behalf to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Consultant and all other creators or owners of the applicable InventionConsultant.
b) b. Consultant agrees that all Inventions and all other business, technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information relating to customers or employees employees) Consultant learns, develops or other Company’s consultant) developed, learned or obtained by or on behalf of Consultant during the period that Consultant is to be providing the Services that relate to Company or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company or obtains in connection with the Services or that are received by or for Company in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.” Proprietary information also includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Consultant shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information. However, Consultant shall not be obligated under this paragraph with respect to information Consultant can document is or becomes readily publicly available without restriction through no fault of Consultant, provided that Consultant must promptly notify Company of any knowledge of the same. Upon termination or as otherwise requested by Company, Consultant will promptly provide return to Company all items and copies containing or embodying Proprietary Information, except that Consultant may keep its personal copies of its compensation records and this Agreement. Consultant also recognizes and agrees that Consultant has no expectation of privacy with respect to Company’s telecommunications, networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer files, email messages and voice messages) and that Consultant’s activity, and any files or messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
c) c. As additional protection for Proprietary Information, Consultant agrees that during the period over which that it is to be providing the Services and for one three (13) year years thereafter, (i) Consultant will not directly or indirectly encourage or solicit any employee or consultant of Company to leave Company for any reasonreason and (ii) Consultant will not engage in any activity that is in any way competitive with the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company, and Consultant will not assist any other person or organization in competing or in preparing to compete with any business or demonstrably anticipated business of Company. Without limiting the foregoing, Consultant may perform services for other persons, provided that such services do not represent a conflict of interest or a breach of Consultant’s obligation under this Agreement or otherwise.
d) d. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2(a) 2.a and any license granted Company hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or the like (collectively, “Moral Rights”). Furthermore, Consultant agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further compensation, Company may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use Consultant’s name and group photographs, video and/or audio recordings documenting Consultant in activities relating to the provision of Service set out in this Agreement in connection with promotion of its business, products or serviceslike. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law, Consultant hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible and agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect theretopossible. Consultant will confirm any such ratifications and consents from time to time as requested by Company. If any other person is in any way involved in provides any Services, Consultant will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and authorizations from such person for Company’s exclusive benefit.
e) e. If any part of the Services or Inventions or information provided hereunder is based on, incorporates, or is an improvement or derivative of, or cannot be reasonably and fully made, used, reproduced, distributed and otherwise exploited without using or violating technology or intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to by Consultant (or any person involved in the Services) and not assigned hereunder, Consultant hereby grants Company and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to exploit and exercise all such technology and intellectual property rights in support of Company’s exercise or exploitation of the Services, Inventions, other work or information performed or provided hereunder, or any assigned rights (including any modifications, improvements and derivatives of any of them).
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