Invention Ownership Clause Samples
The invention-ownership clause establishes who holds the rights to inventions or intellectual property created during the course of a project or employment. Typically, it specifies whether inventions made by an employee, contractor, or collaborator belong to the individual creator or are automatically assigned to the employer or commissioning party. For example, in many employment agreements, any inventions developed using company resources or within the scope of employment are owned by the company. This clause is essential for preventing disputes over intellectual property ownership and ensuring that the party funding or directing the work retains the rights to resulting innovations.
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Invention Ownership. With respect to information, inventions and discoveries developed, made or conceived by Employee, either alone or with others, at any time during Employee's employment by the Company whether prior to or hereafter and whether or not within normal working hours, arising out of such employment or pertinent to any field of business or research in which, during such employment, the Company is engaged or (if such is known to or ascertainable by Employee) is considering engaging, Employee agrees:
(a) that all such information, inventions and discoveries, whether or not patented or patentable, shall be and remain the sole property of the Company;
(b) to disclose promptly to an authorized representative of the Company all such information, inventions and discoveries and all information in Employee's possession as to possible applications and uses thereof;
(c) not to file any patent applications relating to any such invention or discovery except with the prior consent of an authorized representative of the Company; and
(d) at the request of the Company, and without expense to Employee, to execute such documents and perform such other acts as the Company deems necessary, to obtain patents on such inventions in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions designated by the Company, and to assign to the Company or its designee such inventions and all patent applications and patents relating thereto.
Invention Ownership. Each Party will own all right, title, and interest in and to all Inventions that are made by or on behalf of such Party, solely or independent of the other Party, and all intellectual property rights related thereto, and any Invention that is jointly made will be owned jointly by the Parties. Inventorship will be determined according to United States Patent Law (without reference to any conflict of law principles).
Invention Ownership. With respect to information, inventions and discoveries developed, made or conceived by you, either alone or with others, at any time during your employment by the Company and whether or not within normal working hours, arising out of such employment or pertinent to any field of business or research in which, during such employment, the Company is engaged or (if such is known to or ascertainable by you) is considering engaging, you agree:
(a) that all such information, inventions and discoveries, whether or not patented or patentable, shall be and remain the sole property of the Company;
(b) to disclose promptly to an authorized representative of the Company all such information, inventions and discoveries and all information in your possession as to possible applications and uses thereof;
(c) not to file any patent applications relating to any such invention or discovery except with the prior consent of an authorized representative of the Company; and
(d) at the request of the Company, and without expense or additional compensation to you, to execute such documents and perform such other acts as the Company deems necessary, to obtain patents on such inventions in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions designated by the Company, and to assign to the Company or its designee such inventions and all patent applications and patents relating thereto. Both the Company and you intend that all original works of authorship within the purview of the copyright laws of the United States authored or created by you in the course of your employment with the Company will be works for hire within the meaning of such copyright laws.
Invention Ownership. IRORI shall own all inventions, processes, improvements, works of authorship, technology, ideas, data and know-how, whether or not entitled to patent or copyright protection, that arise from IRORI's performance of its obligation to manufacture the System (collectively, "inventions"). The Parties agree that any Inventions shall not constitute "works made for hire" under U.S. copyright law.
Invention Ownership. Supernus shall have the sole and exclusive ownership of any Supernus Invention. Subject to the exclusive option and exclusive license rights granted under this Agreement to Supernus, Afecta shall have the sole and exclusive ownership of any Afecta Invention or Afecta Products.
Invention Ownership. All Consortium Sponsors jointly own each Consortium Invention. C. Duty of Disclosure. Within 3 months of discovering any Consortium Invention, NMSU shall publish literature disclosing the Consortium Invention to the public in accordance with Article VI. Such publication shall not include information that the Consortium Members have identified for confidentiality pursuant to VI.B.1.b.
Invention Ownership. All Consortium Sponsors jointly own each Consortium Invention.
Invention Ownership. University holds title to any NMSUInvention. But University must grant to each Member whose membership dues are not then overdue on the date of the NMSUInvention’s first occurrence a MemberLicense in that NMSUInvention.
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Invention Ownership. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Project Intellectual Property shall be owned by the party whose employees make or generate the Project Intellectual Property.
(a) Any Invention or other intellectual property made or developed jointly during the performance of this Agreement will be jointly owned by the employers of the inventors, for which purpose only, students of University will be treated as if they were employees of University.
(b) Jointly made or generated Project Intellectual Property shall be jointly owned. University shall have the first option to perfect the rights in jointly made or generated Project Intellectual Property, provided that any patent filing or copyright registration shall be made in the name of both COMPANY and TXSTATE. In the event COMPANY elects not to perfect the rights in joint Project Intellectual Property, TXSTATE shall thereafter have the right to do so.
(c) The Parties agree to execute a Joint Intellectual Property Management Agreement at the time of disclosure. The agreement shall, at a minimum, contain communications strategies, designate one Party as lead in commercialization efforts of the Joint Intellectual Property, and contain a revenue and cost-sharing plan.
(d) The PARTIES agree to disclose to each other, in writing, each and every Project Intellectual Property, which may be patentable or otherwise protectable under the United States patent laws in ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code. The PARTIES acknowledge that they will disclose PIP to each other within two months after their respective inventor(s) first disclose the invention in writing to the person(s) responsible for patent matters of the disclosing Party. All written disclosures of such inventions shall contain sufficient detail of the invention, identification of any statutory bars, and shall be marked confidential.
(e) Each party hereto may use Project Intellectual Property of the other nonexclusively and without compensation in connection with research or development activities for this SBIR/STTR project, including inclusion in SBIR/STTR project reports to the AGENCY and proposals to the AGENCY for continued funding of this SBIR/STTR project through additional phases.
(f) In addition to the Government's rights under the Patent Rights clause of 37 CFR sec 401.14, the PARTIES agree that the Government shall have an irrevocable, royalty free, nonexclusive license for any governmental purpose in any Project Intellectual Property.