Company Related Inventions and Developments Clause Samples

The "Company-Related Inventions and Developments" clause defines the ownership and handling of inventions, discoveries, or improvements created by an employee or contractor in connection with their work for the company. Typically, this clause stipulates that any intellectual property developed using company resources, during work hours, or as part of assigned duties automatically belongs to the company. For example, if an employee designs a new software tool while working for the company, the rights to that tool would be owned by the company under this clause. Its core function is to ensure that the company retains exclusive rights to innovations arising from its business activities, thereby protecting its investments and competitive advantage.
Company Related Inventions and Developments. For purposes of this ------------------------------------------- Agreement, "Company-Related Inventions and Developments" means all Inventions and Developments which either (a) relate at the time of conception or development to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business of the Company or to its actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development; (b) result from or relate to any work performed for the Company, whether or not during normal business hours; (c) are developed on Company time; or (d) are developed through the use of the Company's Proprietary Information, equipment and software, or other facilities or resources.
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Company Related Inventions and Developments. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company-Related Inventions and Developments” means all Inventions and Developments which either (A) relate at the time of conception or development to the actual or anticipated business of the Parent or any member of the Parent Group or to the actual anticipated research and development of the Parent or any member of the Parent Group; (B) relate to any work performed by the Executive for the Parent or any member of the Parent Group, whether or not during normal business hours; (C) are developed on Parent time; or (D) are developed primarily through or in substantial reliance on the use of the Confidential Information or the equipment and software or other facilities or resources of the Parent or any member of the Parent Group.
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Company Related Inventions and Developments. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company-Related Inventions and Developments” means all Inventions and Developments which either (A) relate at the time of conception or development to the actual or anticipated business of the Company or any member of the Company Group or to the actual anticipated research and development of the Company or any member of the Company Group; (B) relate to any work performed by the Executive for the Company or any member of the Company Group, whether or not during normal business hours; (C) are developed on Company time; or (D) are developed primarily through or in substantial reliance on the use of the Confidential Information or the equipment and software or other facilities or resources of the Company or any member of the Company Group.
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Company Related Inventions and Developments. For purposes of this Agreement, "Company-Related Inventions and Developments" means all Inventions and Developments which either (A) relate at the time of conception or development to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business of FCI or to its actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development; (B) result from or relate to any work performed for FCI , whether or not during normal business hours; (C) are developed on FCI time; or (D) are developed through the use of FCI's Proprietary Information, equipment and software, or other facilities or resources; and
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  • Proprietary Information and Developments 9.1 The Consultant will not at any time, whether during or after the termination of this Agreement for any reason, reveal to any person or entity any of the trade secrets or confidential information concerning the organization, business or finances of the Company or of any third party which the Company is under an obligation to keep confidential, except as may be required in the ordinary course of performing the Consultant Services to the Company, and the Consultant shall keep secret such trade secrets and confidential information and shall not use or attempt to use any such secrets or information in any manner which is designed to injure or cause loss to the Company. Trade secrets or confidential information shall include, but not be limited to, the Company's financial statements and projections, expansion proposals, property acquisition opportunities and business relationships with banks, lenders and other parties not otherwise publicly available.

  • Adverse Developments Since June 30, 2009, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; nor has there been since such date, any damage, destruction or loss, whether covered by insurance or not, materially or adversely affecting the business, properties or operations of the Company.

  • Research and Development (i) Advice and assistance in relation to research and development of Party B; (ii) Advice and assistance in strategic planning; and

  • Employee Development The Employer may provide employees the opportunity to participate in appropriate seminars, workshops or short courses. When possible and appropriate the Employer will provide to all staff information on seminars, workshops or short courses by posting a notice on the Employer’s internal web site.

  • Confidential Information; Inventions (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in Executive’s possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under Executive’s control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. Executive does not need the prior authorization to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify the Employer of such reports or disclosures. (b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company or its Affiliates in connection with their businesses, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published (other than a disclosure by the Executive in breach of this Agreement) in a form generally available to the public prior to the date the Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.