Common use of California Labor Code Section 2870 Clause in Contracts

California Labor Code Section 2870. Any provision in this Agreement that requires Employee to assign rights to an Invention shall not apply to any Invention that is exempted pursuant to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 2870, the text of which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. This section provides that the requirement to assign "shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either: (1) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or (2) result from any work performed by the employee for the employer."

California Labor Code Section 2870. Any provision in this Agreement that requires Employee to assign rights to an Invention shall not apply to any Invention invention that is exempted pursuant to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 2870, the text of which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. This section provides that the requirement to assign "shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either: (1) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or (2) result from any work performed by the employee for the employer."