Background Technology List here prior contracts to assign Inventions that are now in existence between any other person or entity and you. [ ] List here previous Inventions which you desire to have specifically excluded from the operation of this Agreement. Continue on reverse side if necessary.
Joint Technology The Parties agree that, in order to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.4.2, subject to any exclusive licenses granted hereunder, (a) the non-use provisions of this Article 9 shall not apply to each Party’s use of Joint Technology, and (b) each Party may disclose the Joint Technology to Third Parties who are under terms of confidentiality no less strict than those contained in this Agreement.
New Technology If New Technology becomes available from any source, including Supplier, then KP may evaluate and contract with any supplier so that KP will have access to New Technology at all times. If Supplier cannot offer New Technology at comparable or lower prices, KP may either (a) amend contract pricelist to add Supplier's New Technology at a mutually agreed-upon price; or (b) contract with other suppliers for New Technology. Regardless of whether New Technology is added to this Agreement, Supplier and KP will negotiate in good faith to equitably adjust the pricing for any current Product under this Agreement affected by the New Technology.
RIGHTS GRANTED Owner hereby sells, grants, conveys and assigns to Purchaser, its successors, licensees and assigns exclusively and forever, all rights including all motion picture rights (including all silent, sound dialogue and musical motion picture rights), all television motion picture and other television rights, together with limited radio broadcasting rights and 7,500 word publication rights for advertisement, publicity and exploitation purposes, and certain incidental and allied rights, throughout the world, in and to the Property. Included among the rights granted to Purchaser hereunder (without in any way limiting the grant of rights hereinabove made) are the following sole and exclusive rights throughout the world:
Licensed Technology The term "Licensed Technology" shall mean the ------------------- Licensed Patents, plus all improvements thereto developed by Licensor, and all related data, know-how and technology.
Prior Inventions Inventions, if any, patented or unpatented, which I made prior to the commencement of my employment with the Company are excluded from the scope of this Agreement. To preclude any possible uncertainty, I have set forth on Exhibit A (Previous Inventions) attached hereto a complete list of all Inventions that I have, alone or jointly with others, conceived, developed or reduced to practice or caused to be conceived, developed or reduced to practice prior to the commencement of my employment with the Company, that I consider to be my property or the property of third parties and that I wish to have excluded from the scope of this Agreement (collectively referred to as “Prior Inventions”). If disclosure of any such Prior Invention would cause me to violate any prior confidentiality agreement, I understand that I am not to list such Prior Inventions in Exhibit A but am only to disclose a cursory name for each such invention, a listing of the party(ies) to whom it belongs and the fact that full disclosure as to such inventions has not been made for that reason. A space is provided on Exhibit A for such purpose. If no such disclosure is attached, I represent that there are no Prior Inventions. If, in the course of my employment with the Company, I incorporate a Prior Invention into a Company product, process or machine, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license (with rights to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees) to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention. Notwithstanding the foregoing, I agree that I will not incorporate, or permit to be incorporated, Prior Inventions in any Company Inventions without the Company’s prior written consent.
Background IP Each Party will own all right, title and interest in its Background IP.
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Third Party Technology The assignment of any applicable license agreements with respect to Third Party Technology are set forth in the General Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
Rights to Work Product The Employee agrees that all work performed by the Employee pursuant hereto shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, in whatever stage of development or completion. With respect to any copyrightable works prepared in whole or in part by the Employee pursuant to this Agreement, including compilations of lists or data, the Employee agrees that all such works will be prepared as “work-for-hire” within the meaning of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended (the “Act”), of which the Company shall be considered the “author” within the meaning of the Act. In the event (and to the extent) that such works or any part or element thereof is found as a matter of law not to be a “work-for-hire” within the meaning of the Act, the Employee hereby assigns to the Company the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to all such works, and all copies of any of them, without further consideration, and agrees, to the extent reasonable under the circumstances, to cooperate with the Company to register, and from time to time to enforce, all patents, copyrights and other rights and protections relating to such works in any and all countries. To that end, the Employee agrees to execute and deliver all documents requested by the Company in connection therewith, and the Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company as the Employee’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and on behalf of the Employee and in the Employee’s stead to execute, register and file any such applications, and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the registration, protection and issuance of patents, copyrights or similar protections with the same legal force and effect as if executed by the Employee. The Company shall reimburse the Employee for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Employee pursuant to this Section 11.