Common use of Works Made for Hire Clause in Contracts

Works Made for Hire. Employer and Executive acknowledge that in the course of Executive’s employment with Employer, Executive may from time to time create for Employer copyrightable works. Such works may consist of manuals, pamphlets, instructional materials, computer programs, software, software integration techniques, software codes, and data, technical data, photographs, drawings, logos, designs, artwork, or other copyrightable material, or portions thereof, and may be created within or without Employer’s facilities and before, during or after normal business hours. All such works related to or useful in the business of Employer are specifically intended to be works made for hire by Executive, and Executive shall cooperate with Employer in the protection of Employer’s copyrights in such works and, to the extent deemed desirable by Employer, the registration of such copyrights.