Work Product Clause Example from Business Contracts

Work Product. Your employment duties may include the creation of Work Product 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 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 bene...fit 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 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 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), whether for filing an application or registration for protection of the Work Product (an "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, upon creation of any subject matter that may constitute Work Product, and upon request by the Company. View More