Patents Copyrights and Related Matters Clause Example with 4 Variations from Business Contracts

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Patents Copyrights and Related Matters. (a) Disclosure and Assignment. Employee shall immediately disclose to the Company any and all improvements and inventions that Employee may conceive and/or reduce to practice individually or jointly or commonly with others while he is employed with the Company with respect to (i) any methods, processes or apparatus concerned with the development, use or production of any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company, and (ii) any type of products, goods or services sold or used... by the Company. Employee also shall immediately assign, transfer and set over to the Company his entire right, title and interest in and to any and all of such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a), and in and to any and all applications for letters patent that may be filed on such inventions, and in and to any and all letters patent that may issue, or be issued, upon such applications. In connection therewith and for no additional compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall sign any and all instruments deemed necessary by the Company for: (i) the filing and prosecution of any applications for letters patent of the United States or of any foreign country that the Company may desire to file upon such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a); (ii) the filing and prosecution of any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part or reissue applications that the Company may desire to file upon such applications for letters patent; and (iii) the reviving, re-examining or renewing of any of such applications for letters patent. This Section 7(a) shall not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential, proprietary or secret knowledge or information, or other trade secret information of the Company was used and that was developed entirely on Employee's own time, and (i) that does not relate (A) directly to the business of the Company, or (B) to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) that does not result from any work performed by Employee for the Company. - 6 - (b) Copyrightable Material. All right, title and interest in all copyrightable material that Employee shall conceive or originate individually or jointly or commonly with others, and that arise during his employment with the Company and out of the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, shall be the property of the Company and are hereby assigned by Employee to the Company, along with ownership of any and all copyrights in the copyrightable material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall execute any and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register copyrights on such materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by Employee for the Company in performing his duties and responsibilities hereunder shall be considered "works made for hire," as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act. (c) Know-How and Trade Secrets. All know-how and trade secret information conceived or originated by Employee that arises during the term of his employment with the Company and out of the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder or any related material or information shall be the property of the Company, and all rights therein are hereby assigned by Employee to the Company. View More Arrow
Found in Mister Car Wash, Inc. contract

Variations of a "Patents Copyrights and Related Matters" Clause from Business Contracts

Patents Copyrights and Related Matters. 4.1 Inventions. As used in this Agreement, the term "Invention" means discoveries, inventions, innovations, materials, suggestions, mask works, works of authorship, know-how, ideas (whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to practice), conceived, reduced to practice, authored, or developed by Employee or jointly with others, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or registerable. "Company Inventions" means any Inventions which (a) relate directly to the business of the Company;... (b) relate to the Company's actual or anticipated research or development; (c) result from any work performed by Employee for the Company, for which equipment, supplies, facility or Company Confidential Information is used; or (d) is developed on any Company time. 4.2 Disclosure of Prior Inventions. Employee has identified on Exhibit A to this Agreement all Inventions relating in any way to the Company's business or demonstrably anticipated research and Assignment. development that were made by Employee prior to employment with the Company, and Employee represents that such list is complete. Employee represents that Employee has no rights in any such Inventions other than those specified in Exhibit A. If there is no such list on Exhibit A, Employee represents that Employee has made no such Inventions at the time of signing this Agreement. 4.3 Obligations Regarding Company Inventions. Employee understands that the Company is continually developing new products, processes, systems and machines of which Employee may have knowledge. Employee agrees that during Employment, to the extent Employee is involved with Company Inventions, Employee will (a) keep accurate, complete and timely records of all Company Inventions, which records shall immediately be the Company's property and be retained on the Company's premises; (b) promptly and fully disclose and describe all Company Inventions in writing; (c) assign (and Employee does hereby assign) to the Company any all of Employee's rights to all Company Inventions, and to applications for letters patent, copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations in all improvements countries and inventions that Employee may conceive to letters patent, copyright registrations and/or reduce to practice individually or jointly or commonly with others while he is employed with the mask work registrations granted upon such Company with respect to (i) any methods, processes or apparatus concerned with the development, use or production of any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company, Inventions in all countries; and (ii) any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company. Employee also shall immediately assign, transfer (d) acknowledge and set over deliver promptly to the Company his entire right, title and interest in (without charge to the Company but at the Company's expense) such written instruments and to any do such other acts as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to preserve Company Inventions against forfeiture, abandonment, or loss, and all to obtain, defend or maintain such letters patent, copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations, and to vest the entire right and title thereto in the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, in some circumstances, the provisions of such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a), and in and to any and all applications for letters patent that 4 may be filed on such inventions, and in and to any and all letters patent that may issue, or be issued, upon such applications. In connection therewith and for no additional compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall sign any and all instruments deemed necessary by the Company for: (i) the filing and prosecution of any applications for letters patent of the United States or of any foreign country that the Company may desire to file upon such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a); (ii) the filing and prosecution of any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part or reissue applications that the Company may desire to file upon such applications for letters patent; and (iii) the reviving, re-examining or renewing of any of such applications for letters patent. This Section 7(a) shall not apply to any invention inventions for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential, proprietary facility or secret knowledge or information, or other trade secret information of the Company was used and that was which were developed entirely on Employee's own time, and (i) that does (a) which do not relate (A) directly to the business of the Company, Company or (B) to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) that does and (b) which do not result from any work performed by Employee for the Company. - 6 - (b) Copyrightable Material. All right, title 4.4 Future Inventions. Employee recognizes that Company Inventions or Confidential Information relating to Employee's activities while working for the Company and interest in all copyrightable material that Employee shall conceive conceived or originate individually made by Employee, alone or jointly or commonly with others, within one (1) year after termination of employment may have been conceived in significant part while employed by the Company. Accordingly, Employee agrees that such post-employment Inventions and that arise proprietary information will be presumed to have been conceived during his employment with the Company and out of the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, shall are to be the property of the Company assigned and are hereby assigned by Employee to the Company, along with ownership Company unless and until Employee has established the contrary. 4.5 Appointment of Company as Agent/Attorney-in-Fact. In the event that the Company is unable for any and all copyrights in the copyrightable material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense reason to Employee, Employee shall secure Employee's signature to any document required to apply for or execute any patent, copyright, maskwork or other applications with respect to any Inventions (including improvements, renewals, extensions, continuations, divisions or continuations in part thereof), Employee hereby irrevocably designates and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register copyrights on such materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by Employee for the Company in performing his duties and responsibilities hereunder shall be considered "works made for hire," as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act. (c) Know-How and Trade Secrets. All know-how and trade secret information conceived or originated by Employee that arises during the term of his employment with appoints the Company and out its duly authorized officers and agents as Employee's agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and on my behalf and instead of Employee, to execute and file any such application and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the performance prosecution and issuance of his duties patents, copyrights, maskworks or other rights thereon with the same legal force and responsibilities hereunder or any related material or information shall be the property of the Company, and all rights therein are hereby assigned effect as if executed by Employee to the Company. Employee. View More Arrow
Found in Wright Medical Group N.V. contract
Patents Copyrights and Related Matters. 4.1 Inventions. As used in this Agreement, the term "Invention" means discoveries, inventions, innovations, materials, suggestions, mask works, works of authorship, know-how, ideas (whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to practice), conceived, reduced to practice, authored, or developed by Employee or jointly with others, whether or not patentable, copyrightable or registerable. "Company Inventions" means any Inventions which (a) relate directly to the business of the Company;... (b) relate to the Company's actual or anticipated research or development; (c) result from any work performed by Employee for the Company, for which equipment, supplies, facility or Company Confidential Information is used; or (d) is developed on any Company time. 4.2 Disclosure of Prior Inventions. Employee has identified on Exhibit A to this Agreement all Inventions relating in any way to the Company's business or demonstrably anticipated research and Assignment. development that were made by Employee prior to employment with the Company, and Employee represents that such list is complete. Employee represents that Employee has no rights in any such Inventions other than those specified in Exhibit A. If there is no such list on Exhibit A, Employee represents that Employee has made no such Inventions at the time of signing this Agreement. 4.3 Obligations Regarding Company Inventions. Employee understands that the Company is continually developing new products, processes, systems and machines of which Employee may have knowledge. Employee agrees that during Employment, to the extent Employee is involved with Company Inventions, Employee will (a) keep accurate, complete and timely records of all Company Inventions, which records shall immediately be the Company's property and be retained on the Company's premises; (b) promptly and fully disclose and describe all Company Inventions in writing; (c) assign (and Employee does hereby assign) to the Company any all of Employee's rights to all Company Inventions, and to applications for letters patent, 4 copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations in all improvements countries and inventions that Employee may conceive to letters patent, copyright registrations and/or reduce to practice individually or jointly or commonly with others while he is employed with the mask work registrations granted upon such Company with respect to (i) any methods, processes or apparatus concerned with the development, use or production of any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company, Inventions in all countries; and (ii) any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company. Employee also shall immediately assign, transfer (d) acknowledge and set over deliver promptly to the Company his entire right, title and interest in (without charge to the Company but at the Company's expense) such written instruments and to any do such other acts as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to preserve Company Inventions against forfeiture, abandonment, or loss, and all to obtain, defend or maintain such letters patent, copyright registrations and/or mask work registrations, and to vest the entire right and title thereto in the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, in some circumstances, the provisions of such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a), and in and to any and all applications for letters patent that 4 may be filed on such inventions, and in and to any and all letters patent that may issue, or be issued, upon such applications. In connection therewith and for no additional compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall sign any and all instruments deemed necessary by the Company for: (i) the filing and prosecution of any applications for letters patent of the United States or of any foreign country that the Company may desire to file upon such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a); (ii) the filing and prosecution of any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part or reissue applications that the Company may desire to file upon such applications for letters patent; and (iii) the reviving, re-examining or renewing of any of such applications for letters patent. This Section 7(a) shall not apply to any invention inventions for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential, proprietary facility or secret knowledge or information, or other trade secret information of the Company was used and that was which were developed entirely on Employee's own time, and (i) that does (a) which do not relate (A) directly to the business of the Company, Company or (B) to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) that does and (b) which do not result from any work performed by Employee for the Company. - 6 - (b) Copyrightable Material. All right, title 4.4 Future Inventions. Employee recognizes that Company Inventions or Confidential Information relating to Employee's activities while working for the Company and interest in all copyrightable material that Employee shall conceive conceived or originate individually made by Employee, alone or jointly or commonly with others, within one (1) year after termination of employment may have been conceived in significant part while employed by the Company. Accordingly, Employee agrees that such post-employment Inventions and that arise proprietary information will be presumed to have been conceived during his employment with the Company and out of the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, shall are to be the property of the Company assigned and are hereby assigned by Employee to the Company, along with ownership Company unless and until Employee has established the contrary. 4.5 Appointment of Company as Agent/Attorney-in-Fact. In the event that the Company is unable for any and all copyrights in the copyrightable material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense reason to Employee, Employee shall secure Employee's signature to any document required to apply for or execute any patent, copyright, maskwork or other applications with respect to any Inventions (including improvements, renewals, extensions, continuations, divisions or continuations in part thereof), Employee hereby irrevocably designates and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register copyrights on such materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by Employee for the Company in performing his duties and responsibilities hereunder shall be considered "works made for hire," as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act. (c) Know-How and Trade Secrets. All know-how and trade secret information conceived or originated by Employee that arises during the term of his employment with appoints the Company and out its duly authorized officers and agents as Employee's agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and on my behalf and instead of Employee, to execute and file any such application and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the performance prosecution and issuance of his duties patents, copyrights, maskworks or other rights thereon with the same legal force and responsibilities hereunder or any related material or information shall be the property of the Company, and all rights therein are hereby assigned effect as if executed by Employee to the Company. Employee. View More Arrow
Found in Wright Medical Group N.V. contract
Patents Copyrights and Related Matters. (a) Disclosure (a)Disclosure and Assignment. Employee shall Executive must immediately disclose to the Company any and all improvements and inventions that Employee Executive has conceived or reduced to practice, or may conceive and/or or reduce to practice practice, individually or jointly or commonly with others while he Executive has been or is employed with the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to (i) any methods, processes or apparatus concerned with the development, use or prod...uction of any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company, Company or its Affiliates, and (ii) any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company. Employee also shall Company or its Affiliates. Any such improvements and inventions will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and Executive hereby immediately assign, transfer assigns, transfers and set sets over to the Company his Executive's entire right, title and interest in and to any and all of such improvement and inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a), 5(a), and in and to any and all applications for letters patent that may be filed on such inventions, and in and to any and all letters patent that may issue, or be issued, upon such applications. In connection therewith and for no additional compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall Executive, Executive will sign any and all instruments deemed necessary by the Company for: (i) the 3 (i)the filing and prosecution of any applications for letters patent of the United States or of any foreign country that the Company may desire to file upon such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a); (ii) the 5(a); (ii)the filing and prosecution of any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part or reissue applications that the Company may desire to file upon such applications for letters patent; and (iii) the (iii)the reviving, re-examining or renewing of any of such applications for letters patent. This Section 7(a) shall 5(a) will not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential, proprietary or secret knowledge or information, or other trade secret information of the Company was used and that was developed entirely on Employee's Executive's own time, and (i) that does not relate (A) directly to the business of the Company, or (B) to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) that does not result from any work performed by Employee Executive for the Company. - 6 - (b) Copyrightable (b)Copyrightable Material. All right, title and interest in all copyrightable material that Employee Executive shall conceive or originate individually or jointly or commonly with others, and that arise during his employment in connection with the Company Executive's services hereunder or knowledge of confidential and out proprietary information of the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, shall Company, will be the property of the Company and are hereby assigned by Employee Executive to the Company, Company of its Affiliates, along with ownership of any and all copyrights in the copyrightable material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall execute any and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register copyrights on such materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by Employee for Executive relating to the Company in performing his duties or its Affiliates and responsibilities hereunder arising out of Executive's knowledge of confidential and proprietary information of the Company shall be considered "works made for hire," as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act. (c) Know-How and Trade Secrets. All know-how and trade secret information conceived or originated by Employee Act, as amended. (c)Remedies.Executive acknowledges that arises during the term of his employment with it would be difficult to fully compensate the Company for monetary damages resulting from any breach by Executive of this Section 5. Accordingly, in the event of any actual or threatened breach of any such provisions, the Company will, in addition to any other remedies it may have, be entitled to injunctive and out other equitable relief to enforce such provisions, and such relief may be granted without the necessity of the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder or any related material or information shall be the property of the Company, and all rights therein are hereby assigned by Employee to the Company. proving actual monetary damages. View More Arrow
Found in TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC contract
Patents Copyrights and Related Matters. (a) Disclosure and Assignment. Employee shall Executive must immediately disclose to the Company any and all improvements and inventions that Employee Executive may conceive and/or reduce to practice individually or jointly or commonly with others while he Executive is employed with the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to (i) any methods, processes or apparatus concerned with the development, use or production of any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company, C...ompany or its Affiliates, and (ii) any type of products, goods or services sold or used by the Company. Employee also shall Company or its Affiliates. Any such improvements and inventions will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and Executive hereby immediately assign, transfer assigns, transfers and set sets over to the Company his Executive's entire right, title and interest in and to any and all of such improvement and inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a), 8(a), and in and to any and all applications for letters patent that may be filed on such inventions, and in and to any and all letters patent that may issue, or be issued, upon such applications. In connection therewith and for no additional compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall Executive, Executive will sign any and all instruments deemed necessary by the Company for: (i) the filing and prosecution of any applications for letters patent of the United States or of any foreign country that the Company may desire to file upon such inventions as are specified in this Section 7(a); 8(a); (ii) the filing and prosecution of any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part or reissue applications that the Company may desire to file upon such applications for letters patent; and (iii) the reviving, re-examining or renewing of any of such applications for letters patent. This Section 7(a) shall 8(a) will not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential, proprietary or secret knowledge or information, or other trade secret information of the Company was used and that was developed entirely on Employee's Executive's own time, and (i) that does not relate (A) directly to the business of the Company, or (B) to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) that does not result from any work performed by Employee Executive for the Company. - 6 - (b) Copyrightable Material. All right, title and interest in all copyrightable material that Employee Executive shall conceive or originate individually or jointly or commonly with others, and that arise during his employment in connection with the Company Executive's services hereunder or knowledge of confidential and out proprietary information of the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, shall Company, will be the property of the Company and are hereby assigned by Employee Executive to the Company, Company of its Affiliates, along with ownership of any and all copyrights in the copyrightable material. Upon request and without further compensation therefor, but at no expense to Employee, Employee shall execute any and all papers and perform all other acts necessary to assist the Company to obtain and register copyrights on such materials in any and all countries. Where applicable, works of authorship created by Employee for Executive relating to the Company in performing his duties or its Affiliates and responsibilities hereunder arising out of Executive's knowledge of confidential and proprietary information of the Company shall be considered "works made for hire," as defined in the U.S. Copyright Act. Act, as amended. (c) Know-How and Trade Secrets. All know-how and trade secret information conceived or originated by Employee Remedies. Executive acknowledges that arises during the term of his employment with it would be difficult to fully compensate the Company for monetary damages resulting from any breach by Executive of this Section 8. Accordingly, in the event of any actual or threatened breach of any such provisions, the Company will, in addition to any other remedies it may have, be entitled to injunctive and out other equitable relief to enforce such provisions, and such relief may be granted without the necessity of the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder or any related material or information shall be the property of the Company, and all rights therein are hereby assigned by Employee to the Company. proving actual monetary damages. View More Arrow
Found in TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC contract