Work Product Clause Example with 6 Variations from Business Contracts
This page contains Work Product clauses in business contracts and legal agreements. An example clause is provided at the top of the page, followed by clauses with minor variations. You can view the text differences by selecting the "Show Differences" option.
Work Product. Your employment duties may include inventing in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product shall constitute work made for hire. If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, and interest in and to the Work Product will not vest exclusively in the Company, then, without further consideration, You hereby assi...gn all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, and agree to assign, and automatically assign, all future Work Product to the Company. The Company shall have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company's request, You agree to perform, during or after Your employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), (ii) explaining the nature of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) reviewing Applications and other related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. You agree to provide the Company with a written description of any Work Product in which You are involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding the creation of such Work Product.View More
Variations of a "Work Product" Clause from Business Contracts
Work Product. Your employment duties may include inventing in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All To the extent permitted by law, all Work Product shall constitute work made for hire. hire as defined in the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. ยง101). If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, and interest (including moral right...s) in and to the Work Product will not vest exclusively in the Company, then, without further consideration, You hereby assign all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, and agree to assign, convey, transfer and automatically grant, and hereby do assign, convey, transfer and grant to Vonage Holdings Corp. or its designee, Your entire right, title and interest in all future copyrights in and to all Work Product ("Assigned Copyrights"). You agree to assign, convey, transfer and grant to Vonage Network LLC, or any other designee of the Company. Company, Your entire right, title and interest in all patentable subject matter, patent applications, and patents in and to all Work Product, and any divisionals, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals or extensions of the same ("Assigned Patents"). You agree to assign, convey, transfer and grant, and hereby do assign, convey, transfer and grant to Vonage Holdings Corp or its designee, Your entire right, title and interest in Work Product, except for Your right, title and interest in Assigned Copyrights and Assigned Patents. The Company shall will have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company's request, You agree to perform, during or after Your employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), (ii) explaining the nature of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) reviewing Applications and other related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. Applications or the Company's defense of opposition proceedings, (v) providing any assistance reasonably required to protect, maintain or promote the Company's rights or interest in any Work Product, Application, or any right related thereto, or deriving or arising therefrom. In the event the Company is unable for any reason, after reasonable effort, to secure Your signature on any document needed in connection with the actions specified in the preceding paragraph, You hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Your agent and attorney in fact, which appointment is coupled with an interest, to act for and in Your behalf to execute, verify and file any such documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the purposes of the preceding paragraph with the same legal force and effect as if executed by You. You hereby waive and quitclaim to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, which You now or may hereafter have for infringement of any Work Product assigned hereunder to the Company. Upon the Company's request and in connection with the termination of Your employment with the Company, You agree to provide the Company with a written description of any Work Product in which You are involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding the creation of such Work Product. View More
Work Product. Your employment duties may include inventing in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business business of the Company Parties or to a line of business that the Company Parties may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product shall will constitute work made for hire. If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, and interest to the legal rights in and to the Work Product will not vest exclusively in the Company, ap...plicable Company Party, then, without further consideration, You hereby assign all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, such Company Party, and agree to assign, and automatically assign, all future Work Product to the Company. The such Company shall Party. Each Company Party will have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, registrations, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company's Companies' request, You agree to perform, during or after Your employment with the Company, Companies, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's applicable Company Party's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) such Company Party) necessary for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), (ii) explaining the nature of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, Companies, (iii) reviewing Applications and other related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. You agree to provide the Company Companies with a written description of any Work Product in which You are involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding attendant to the creation sufficient of such Work Product. 12 8. License. During Your employment and after Your employment with the Companies ends, You grant to the Companies an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to: (i) make, use, sell, copy, perform, display, distribute, or otherwise utilize copies of the Licensed Materials, (ii) prepare, use and distribute derivative works based upon the Licensed Materials, and (ii) authorize others to do the same. You will notify the Companies in writing of any Licensed Materials You deliver to the Companies. View More
Work Product. Your employment duties Employee's Duties may include inventing creation of inventions in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product (as defined below) shall constitute work made for hire. If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, and interest to the legal rights in and to the Work Product will ...not vest exclusively in the Company, then, without further consideration, You hereby assign Employee assigns all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, and agree agrees to assign, and automatically assign, assigns, all future Work Product to the Company. 3 The Company shall will have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, registrations, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company's request, You agree to Employee will perform, during or after Your his employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) necessary for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), (ii) explaining the nature of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) reviewing Applications and other related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. You agree to Employee will provide the Company with a written description of any Work Product in which You are he is involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding the creation of such Work Product. "Work Product" means (a) any data, databases, materials, documentation, computer programs, inventions (whether or not patentable), designs, and/or works of authorship, including but not limited to, discoveries, ideas, concepts, properties, formulas, compositions, methods, programs, procedures, systems, techniques, products, improvements, innovations, writings, pictures, and artistic works, and (b) any subject matter protected under patent, copyright, proprietary database, trademark, trade secret, rights of publicity, confidential information, or other property rights, including all worldwide rights therein, that is or was conceived, created or developed in whole or in part by Employee while employed by the Company and that either (i) is created within the scope of his employment, (ii) is based on, results from, or is suggested by any work performed within the scope of his employment, (iii) is directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing, (iv) has been or will be paid for by the Company, or (iv) was created or improved in whole or in part by using the Company's time, resources, data, facilities, or equipment. View More
Work Product. Your employment duties Employee's Duties may include inventing creation of inventions in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product (as defined below) shall constitute work made for hire. If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, and interest to the legal rights in and to the Work Product will ...not vest exclusively in the Company, then, without further consideration, You hereby assign Employee assigns all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, and agree agrees to assign, and automatically assign, assigns, all future Work Product to the Company. The Company shall will have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, registrations, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company's request, You agree to Employee will perform, during or after Your his employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) necessary for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), (ii) explaining the nature of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) reviewing Applications and other related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. You agree to Employee will provide the Company with a written description of any Work Product in which You are he is involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding the creation of such Work Product. "Work Product" means (a) any data, databases, materials, documentation, computer programs, inventions (whether or not patentable), designs, and/or works of authorship, including but not limited to, discoveries, ideas, concepts, properties, formulas, compositions, methods, programs, procedures, systems, techniques, products, improvements, innovations, writings, pictures, and artistic works, and (b) any subject matter protected under patent, copyright, proprietary database, trademark, trade secret, rights of publicity, confidential information, or other property rights, including all worldwide rights therein, that is or was conceived, created or developed in whole or in part by Employee while employed by the Company and that either (i) is created within the scope of his employment, (ii) is based on, results from, or is suggested by any work performed within the scope of his employment, (iii) is directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing, (iv) has been or will be paid for by the Company, or (iv) was created or improved in whole or in part by using the Company's time, resources, data, facilities, or equipment. View More
Work Product. Your Executive's employment duties may include creating, developing and/or inventing in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product shall constitute work made for hire. If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, title and interest to the legal rights in and to the Work Product will not vest exclusively in... the Company, then, without further consideration, You hereby assign Executive assigns all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, Company and agree agrees to assign, and automatically assign, assigns, all future Work Product to the Company. The Company shall will have the right to obtain obtain, and hold in its own name name, copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, registrations, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, publicity and any other protection available in the Work Product. At the Company's request, You agree Executive agrees to perform, during or after Your Executive's employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) to (a) executing all documents (including a formal assignment to the Company) necessary for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), (ii) "Application"); (b) explaining the nature of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) Company; (c) reviewing Applications and other related papers, papers; or (iv) (d) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. You agree Executive agrees to provide the Company with a written description of any Work Product in which You are Executive is involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding attendant to the creation of such Work Product. View More
Work Product. Your employment duties may include inventing the creation of Work Product in areas directly or indirectly related to the Business business of the Company or to a line of business that the Company may reasonably be interested in pursuing. All Work Product shall constitute work made for hire. hire and shall be owned upon its creation exclusively by the Company. You hereby assign all Work Product arising from your employment duties to the Company (whether presently-existing or created in the future...), for the exclusive benefit of the Company. If (i) any of the Work Product may not be considered work made for hire, or (ii) ownership of all right, title, title and interest in and to the Work Product will not vest exclusively in the Company, then, without further consideration, You hereby assign all presently-existing Work Product to the Company, and agree to assign, and automatically assign, upon future creation, all future Work Product to the Company. The Company shall have the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, design registrations and continuations thereof, proprietary database rights, trademarks, rights of publicity, publicity and any other protection available in the Work Product and all of the assets, properties, contracts, rights and obligations relating thereto, including the right to recover for damages and profits and any and all other remedies for past, present and future infringement or misappropriation of the Work Product. You shall not take any actions inconsistent with this Agreement, including but not limited to the execution of any agreements with any third parties that may affect title in any Work Product by the Company. At the Company's request, You agree to perform, during or after Your employment with the Company, any acts to transfer, perfect and defend the Company's ownership of the Work Product, including, but not limited to: (i) executing all documents and instruments (including a formal assignment to the Company) Company), whether for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "Application"), "Application") or otherwise under any form of intellectual property laws whether in the United States or elsewhere in the world, (ii) explaining the nature and technical details of construction and operation of the Work Product to persons designated by the Company, (iii) reviewing and approving Applications and other related papers, or (iv) providing any other assistance reasonably required for the orderly prosecution of Applications. You agree to provide additional evidence to support the foregoing if such evidence is considered necessary by the Company, is in Your possession or control, and is reasonably available and retrievable. You agree to disclose to the Company and provide the Company with a complete written description of any Work Product in which You are involved (solely or jointly with others) and the circumstances surrounding the creation of such Work Product. Product, upon creation of any subject matter that may constitute Work Product, and upon request by the Company. View More
