Ownership of Intellectual Property Clause Example with 29 Variations from Business Contracts

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Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive shall (and hereby does) assign, 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas and information authored, created, contr...ibuted to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in which Executive is employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to the Company Group's businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow

Variations of a "Ownership of Intellectual Property" Clause from Business Contracts

Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive shall (and Employee agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, id...eas and information authored, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive Employee during the period in Employment Period which Executive is employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to the Company Group's businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's 13 equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive Employee will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's Employee's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's Employee's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive Employee agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive shall (and Employee agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, id...eas and information authored, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive Employee during the period in Employment Period which Executive is employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to the Company Group's businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive Employee will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's Employee's works of authorship and 13 associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's Employee's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive Employee agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive shall (and Employee agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, id...eas and information authored, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive Employee during the period in Employment Period which Executive is employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to the Company Group's businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive Employee will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's Employee's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's Employee's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive Employee agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive Employee shall (and hereby does) assign, 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas and information author...ed, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive Employee during the period in which Executive Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, relates to the Company Group's businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Business ("Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will Employee shall promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's Employee's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group and in related to the scope of Executive's employment Business shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to Employee shall perform, during and after the period in which Executive Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist each member of the Company, Company Group, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, include execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive shall (and agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, all right, title and interest (including but not limited to 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, i...deas and information authored, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in Employment Period which Executive is employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to the Company Group's businesses Company's or actual any of its Affiliates' business or anticipated research or development, or and (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's Company's or its Affiliates' equipment, supplies, facilities or facilities, trade secret information or other Confidential Information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Act of 1976, as amended. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and reasonable assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company or its applicable Affiliate shall own, and Executive shall (and agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, all right, title 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, desi...gns, know-how, ideas ideas, and information authored, created, contributed to, made made, or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in which that Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group its Affiliates that either (a) relate, 13 at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation derivation, or development, to the Company Group's businesses Company's or any of its Affiliates' business or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's Company's or its Affiliates' equipment, supplies, facilities facilities, or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, Company or its applicable Affiliate, at the Company's or such Affiliate's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company or its applicable Affiliate shall own, and Executive shall (and agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, all right, title title, and interest (including but not limited to 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorshi...p, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas ideas, and information authored, created, contributed to, made made, or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in which that Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group its Affiliates that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation derivation, or development, to the Company Group's businesses Company's or any of its Affiliates' business or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's Company's or its Affiliates' equipment, supplies, facilities facilities, or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, Company or its applicable Affiliate, at the Company's or such Affiliate's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company or its applicable Affiliate shall own, and Executive shall (and agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, all right, title 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, desi...gns, know-how, ideas ideas, and information authored, created, contributed to, made made, or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in which that Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group its Affiliates that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation derivation, or development, to the Company Group's businesses Company's or any of its Affiliates' business or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's Company's or its Affiliates' equipment, supplies, facilities facilities, or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, Company or its applicable Affiliate, at the Company's or such Affiliate's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company or its applicable Affiliate shall own, and Executive shall (and agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, all right, title 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, desi...gns, know-how, ideas ideas, and information authored, created, contributed to, made made, or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in which that Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group its Affiliates that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation derivation, or development, to the Company Group's businesses Company's or any of its Affiliates' business or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's Company's or its Affiliates' equipment, supplies, facilities facilities, or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, Company or its applicable Affiliate, at the Company's or such Affiliate's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow
Ownership of Intellectual Property. Executive agrees that the Company shall own, and Executive shall (and agrees to assign and does hereby does) assign, all right, title title, and interest (including but not limited to 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 discoveries, improvements and inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know...-how, ideas ideas, and information authored, created, contributed to, made made, or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Executive during the period in which that -11- Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group its Affiliates that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation derivation, or development, to the Company Group's businesses Company's or any of its Affiliates' business or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of any member of the Company Group's Company's time or with the use of any of the Company Group's Company's or its Affiliates' equipment, supplies, facilities facilities, or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as "Company Intellectual Property"), and Executive will promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Executive's works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group Employment Period and in the scope of Executive's employment shall be deemed to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Executive agrees to perform, during and after the period in which Executive is or has been employed or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, Employment Period, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company Group to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include, but are not limited to, execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property. View More Arrow