Common Contracts
1 similar Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement contracts
Confidentiality and invention assignment agreementConfidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement • July 3rd, 2023
This agreement requires the employee to disclose inventions to the employer and “assign” ownership rights to the invention. The document will also state that the employee must assist the employer in obtaining a patent on the invention, when applicable. You will want to use a Confidential Information & Inventions Assignment Agreement if: You own or manage a business and want to protect intellectual property You work in human resources and need to update documents covering intellectual property You want to protect against the disclosure of confidential information related to an invention You want to ensure exclusive ownership of an invention. Limits on Invention Assignment Agreements There are limitations to what a confidential information and inventions assignment can do. Some of these restrictions are placed by state law. For example, California and Washington will not enforce an agreement when the invention was created entirely on the employee’s time and if they did not use any employ
