Inventions Improvements Clause Samples

The "Inventions & Improvements" clause defines the ownership and rights related to any inventions, discoveries, or enhancements developed during the course of a contractual relationship. Typically, this clause specifies whether such intellectual property created by an employee, contractor, or partner belongs to the employer, client, or remains with the creator, and may require prompt disclosure of new inventions. Its core function is to prevent disputes over intellectual property by clearly allocating rights and responsibilities, ensuring that all parties understand who benefits from innovations made during the engagement.
Inventions Improvements. Copyrights, Ideas and Similar Creative Property. Employee agrees that any inventions, improvements or ideas which Employee may make or conceive, and any copyrightable subject matter of which Employee may be the author, either solely or jointly with others, which Employee makes, conceives, or authors during the period of Employee's employment with the Company, shall be the property of PAI, the Company, the Company's or PAI's subsidiaries or affiliated companies, as the case may be, and that Employee will promptly disclose all such inventions, improvements, ideas and material to PAI, the Company, the Company's or PAI's subsidiary or affiliated companies, as the case may be, and that on request, Employee will execute all applications, assignments, and other papers necessary to enable PAI, the Company, the Company's or PAI's subsidiary or affiliates to obtain full protection and title in all countries to such inventions, improvements, ideas and matter.
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Inventions Improvements. Copyrights, Ideas and Similar Creative ---------------------------------------------------------------- Property. Employee agrees that any inventions, improvements or ideas which -------- Employee may make or conceive, and any copyrightable subject matter of which Employee may be the author, either solely or jointly with others, which Employee makes, conceives, or authors during the period of Employee's employment with the Company, shall be the property of the Company, Company's subsidiaries or affiliated companies, as the case may be, and that Employee will promptly disclose all such inventions, improvements, ideas and material to the Company, Company's subsidiary or affiliate, as the case may be, and that on request, Employee will execute all applications, assignments, and other papers necessary to enable the Company, Company's subsidiary or affiliate to obtain full protection and title in all countries to such inventions, improvements, ideas and matter.
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Inventions Improvements and Copyrightable Materials --------------------------------------------------- The Employee shall disclose promptly in writing and assign immediately, and hereby assigns to the Company, all of the Employee's right, title and interest in and to, any original works of authorship, formulas, processes, programs, benchmarking or other databases, techniques, know-how, data, developments or discoveries, whether or not copyrightable (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Work Product"), which the Employee may make or conceive, or first reduce to practice or learn either solely or jointly with others, during the employment period with the Company through the Employee's work with the Company or its affiliates or with any other person or entity pursuant to an assignment by the Company or its affiliates. The Employee acknowledges the special interest the Company holds in its processes, techniques and technologies in producing its editorial works and agrees that such processes, techniques and technologies shall not be directly or indirectly used or distributed by the Employee for the interests of any person or entity besides the Company. (a) All disclosures and assignments made pursuant to this Agreement are made without royalty or any additional consideration to the Employee other than the regular compensation paid to the Employee by the Company or its affiliates. (b) The Employee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company or its affiliates all necessary documents, and shall take such other action as may be necessary to assist the Company in obtaining by statute, letters patent, copyrights, trademarks or other statutory or common law protections for the Work Product covered by this Agreement, vesting title and right in such patents, copyrights, trademarks and other protections in the Company and its designees. The Employee hereby agrees that the Work Product constitutes a "work made for hire" in accordance with the definition of that term under the U.S. copyright laws. The Employee shall further assist the Company or its affiliates in every proper and reasonable way to enforce such patents, copyrights, trademarks and other protections as the Company may desire. The Employee's obligation to deliver documents and assist the Company or its affiliates under this Agreement applies both during and subsequent to the term of his employment. (c) Any Work Product which the Employee may disclose to anyone within six (6) months after the termination of his employme...
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  • Inventions and Improvements Executive shall promptly communicate to the Company all ideas, discoveries and inventions which are or may be useful to the Company or its business. Executive acknowledges that all such ideas, discoveries, inventions, and improvements which heretofore have been or are hereafter made, conceived, or reduced to practice by him at any time during his employment with the Company heretofore or hereafter gained by him at any time during his employment with the Company are the property of the Company, and Executive hereby irrevocably assigns all such ideas, discoveries, inventions, and improvements to the Company for its sole use and benefit, without additional compensation. The provisions of this Section 19(b) shall apply whether such ideas, discoveries, inventions, or improvements were or are conceived, made or gained by him alone or with others, whether during or after usual working hours, whether on or off the job, whether applicable to matters directly or indirectly related to the Company’s business interests (including potential business interests), and whether or not within the specific realm of his duties. Executive shall, upon request of the Company, but at no expense to Executive, at any time during or after his employment with the Company, sign all instruments and documents reasonably requested by the Company and otherwise cooperate with the Company to protect its right to such ideas, discoveries, inventions, or improvements including applying for, obtaining, and enforcing patents and copyrights thereon in such countries as Company shall determine.

  • Improvements and Inventions Any and all improvements or inventions that Employee may make or participate in during the Employment Term, unless wholly unrelated to the business of Company and its affiliates and not produced within the scope of Employee’s employment hereunder, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Company. Employee shall, whenever requested by Company, execute and deliver any and all documents that Company deems appropriate in order to apply for and obtain patents or copyrights in improvements or inventions or in order to assign and/or convey to Company the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to such improvements, inventions, patents, copyrights or applications.

  • ALTERATIONS & IMPROVEMENTS Tenant shall not make any alterations, additions or improvements or do any type of construction to the Property without first obtaining Landlord's written consent. Unless prior written agreement is reached between Tenant and Landlord, any such alterations, additions, improvements or construction shall become part of the Property and shall remain at the expiration of Tenant's Lease term. If Landlord approves of alterations, additions, improvements or construction in writing and Tenant intends to use contractors to undertake such work, the contractors must first be approved in writing by Landlord. Tenant must also place any funds to cover the amount of any alterations, additions, improvements or construction in an escrow account approved by Landlord before the commencement of the work. Landlord shall designate the times and manner of the work being done, exclusively.

  • Inventions (i) Executive acknowledges and agrees that all trade secrets, mask works, concepts, drawings, materials, documentation, procedures, diagrams, specifications, models, processes, formulae, source and object codes, data, programs, know-how, designs, techniques, ideas, methods, inventions, discoveries, improvements, work products, developments or other works of authorship (“Inventions”), whether patentable or unpatentable, (x) that relate to Executive’s work with the Employer, made, developed or conceived by Executive, solely or jointly with others or with the use of any of the Employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets or (y) suggested by any work that Executive performs in connection with the Employer, either while performing Executive’s duties with the Employer or on Executive’s own time, but only insofar as the Inventions are related to Executive’s work as an employee of the Employer (collectively, “Company Inventions”), will belong exclusively to the Company (or its designee), whether or not patent applications are filed thereon. Executive will keep full and complete written records (the “Records”), in the manner prescribed by the Employer, of all Company Inventions, and will promptly disclose all Company Inventions completely and in writing to the Company. The Records will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and Executive will surrender them upon the termination of Executive’s employment, or upon the Company’s request. Executive hereby assigns to the Company (or its designee) the Company Inventions including all rights in and to any related patents and other intellectual property that may issue thereon in any and all countries, whether during or subsequent to Executive’s employment with the Employer, together with the right to file, in Executive’s name or in the name of the Company (or its designee), applications for patents and equivalent rights (the “Applications”). Executive will, at any time during and subsequent to Executive’s employment with the Employer, make such applications, sign such papers, take all rightful oaths, and perform all acts as may be requested from time to time by the Company with respect to the Company Inventions and the underlying intellectual property. Executive will also execute assignments to the Company (or its designee) of the Applications, and give the Company and its attorneys all reasonable assistance (including the giving of testimony) to obtain the Company Inventions and the underlying intellectual property for its benefit, all without additional compensation to Executive from the Company, but entirely at the Company’s expense. (ii) In addition, the Company Inventions will be deemed “work made for hire”, as such term is defined under the copyright law of the United States, on behalf of the Employer and Executive agrees that the Company (or its designee) will be the sole owner of the Company Inventions, and all underlying rights therein, in all media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity without any further obligations or compensation to Executive. If the Company Inventions, or any portion thereof, are deemed not to be work made for hire, Executive hereby irrevocably conveys, transfers, assigns and delivers to the Company (or its designee), all rights, titles and interests, in all media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity, in and to the Company Inventions, including without limitation: (a) all of Executive’s rights, titles and interests in and to any underlying intellectual property (and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof) related to the Company Inventions; (b) all rights of any kind or any nature now or hereafter recognized, including without limitation, the unrestricted right to make modifications, adaptations and revisions to the Company Inventions, to exploit and allow others to exploit the Company Inventions; and (c) all rights to ▇▇▇ at law or in equity for any infringement, or other unauthorized use or conduct in derogation of the Company Inventions, known or unknown, prior to the date hereof, including without limitation the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. In addition, Executive hereby waives any so-called “moral rights” with respect to the Company Inventions. Executive hereby waives any and all currently existing and future monetary rights in and to the Inventions and all patents and other intellectual property rights that may issue thereon, including, without limitation, any rights that would otherwise accrue to Executive’s benefit by virtue of Executive being an employee of or other service provider to the Employer. (iii) To the extent that Executive is unable to assign any of Executive’s right, title or interest in any Company Invention under applicable law, for any such Company Invention and the underlying intellectual property rights, Executive hereby grants to the Company (or its designee) an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, fully paid license to such Company Invention and the underlying intellectual property, with the right to sublicense, use, modify, create derivative works and otherwise fully exploit such Company Invention and the underlying intellectual property, to assign this license and to exercise all rights and incidents of ownership of the Company Invention. (iv) To the extent that any of the Company Inventions are derived by, or require use by the Employer of, any works, Inventions, or other intellectual property rights that Executive owns, which are not assigned hereby, Executive hereby grants to the Company (or its designee) an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free license, with the right to sublicense, use, modify and create derivative works using such works, Inventions or other intellectual property rights, but only to the extent necessary to permit the Company to fully realize their ownership rights in the Company Inventions.

  • Inventions, etc The Executive hereby sells, transfers and assigns to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or to any person or entity designated by the Company all of the entire right, title and interest of the Executive in and to all inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements, whether patented or unpatented, and copyrightable material, made or conceived by the Executive, solely or jointly, during his employment by the Company which relate to methods, apparatus, designs, products, processes or devices, sold, leased, used or under consideration or development by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or which otherwise relate to or pertain to the business, functions or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or which arise from the efforts of the Executive during the course of his employment for the Company. The Executive shall communicate promptly and disclose to the Company, in such form as the Company requests, all information, details and data pertaining to the aforementioned inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements; and the Executive shall execute and deliver to the Company such formal transfers and assignments and such other papers and documents as may be necessary or required of the Executive to permit the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any person or entity designated by the Company to file and prosecute the patent applications and, as to copyrightable material, to obtain copyright thereof. Any invention relating to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and disclosed by the Executive within one year following the termination of his employment with the Company shall be deemed to fall within the provisions of this paragraph unless proved to have been first conceived and made following such termination. The foregoing requirements of this Section 7(d) shall not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on the Executive’s own time, and (i) which does not relate directly to the Company’s, or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’, business or to the Company’s, or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’, actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) which does not result from any work the Executive performed for the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.