INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS Clause Samples

The "Inventions, Patent Rights and Copyrights" clause defines the ownership and rights related to intellectual property created during the course of a contract or employment. It typically specifies whether inventions, discoveries, or works of authorship developed by an employee or contractor belong to the individual or are assigned to the employer or client, and may outline procedures for disclosing such creations. This clause ensures that all parties understand who holds the rights to new intellectual property, thereby preventing future disputes and clarifying the allocation of benefits and responsibilities regarding patents and copyrights.
INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS. (a) Employee agrees that Employee will communicate to CATC’s management all inventions made or conceived by Employee in connection with the performance of the work contemplated by this Agreement and that Employee will, without further consideration, assign all right, title and interest in such inventions to CATC and will assist CATC and its nominees in every proper way (entirely at CATC expense) to obtain for its own benefit patents for such inventions in any and all countries, the invention to be and remain the property of CATC and its nominees, whether patented or not. (b) Inventions referred to in the above paragraph means any invention, improvement, or discovery (whether or not patentable) conceived or actually reduced to practice either in the performance of the experimental, developmental, or research work contemplated by this Agreement. (c) Employee agrees that all writings produced by Employee under this contract shall be the sole property of CATC and CATC shall have the exclusive right to copyright such writings in any country or countries.
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INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS. Any and all work product resulting, either directly or indirectly, from the Consultant's performance under this Agreement and all proprietary or intellectual property rights therein shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. All inventions made by the Consultant, during the term of this Agreement, which inventions apply to the Company's business, will be assigned to the Company. In the event any of such inventions are of a patentable nature, Consultant agrees to apply for a patent on the invention and assign any patent rights relating to the invention to the Company. The Company will bear the costs of any patent applications pursued by the Company. Consultant hereby assigns to the Company any and all rights to any documents, brochures or publications prepared by the Consultant on behalf the Company, together with the right to secure copyright therefor and all extensions and renewals of copyright throughout the entire world. The Company shall have the right to make any and all revisions, omissions, additions, changes, specifications and adaptions, in whole or in part, with respect to such documents, brochures or publications.
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INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS. Independent Contractor will fully and promptly disclose in writing to the County any and all ideas, inventions, discoveries, developments, innovations, processes, software, improvements, writings or other creative works, whether or not patentable, made or conceived or first reduced to practice by Independent Contractor, alone or with others (a) during Independent Contractor’s engagement by the County, or (b) during the six (6) month period following termination of Independent Contractor’s engagement with the County, which arise from or relate to any developments, processes, software, databases, research, services or products of the County, any Confidential Information, or any other business aspects of the County (collectively, the “Inventions”). Independent Contractor hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the County all rights, title and interests in the Inventions and related records and acknowledges and agrees that the Inventions and related records are and will be the property of the County. Independent Contractor will sign all documents and take all action reasonably required by the County to protect its rights, title and interest in the Inventions, including keeping records concerning the inventions, filing or assisting in the filing of necessary papers to obtain patents or other intellectual property protections on the Inventions in any country and/or executing an assignment in favor of the County. All written, graphic or recorded material generated in connection with Independent Contractor’s work for the County are and will be the property of the County and the County will have the exclusive right to copyright the material. Upon the County’s request or upon termination of Independent Contractor’s engagement with the County, Independent Contractor will provide to the County all copies of such material. Independent Contractor agrees that if any work created while employed by the County, whether or not created at the direction of the County, is copyrightable, it will be a “work made for hire,” as that term is defined in the Copyright Laws of the United States. If, for any reason, any copyrightable work created by Independent Contractor is excluded from that definition, Independent Contractor hereby assigns and conveys to the County all rights, title and interests (including any copyright and renewals) in that work, whether created before or after the date Independent Contractor signs the Agreement. Independent Contractor will sign documents of assignm...
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INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS. (a) Employee agrees that he will communicate to CATC's management all inventions made or conceived by him in connection with the performance of the work contemplated by this Agreement and that he will, without further consideration, assign all right, title and interest in such inventions to CATC and will assist CATC and its nominees in every proper way (entirely at CATC expense) to obtain for its own benefit patents for such inventions in any and all countries, the invention to be and remain the property of CATC and its nominees, whether patented or not. (b) Inventions referred to in the above paragraph means any invention, improvement, or discovery (whether or not patentable) conceived or actually reduced to practice either in the performance of the experimental, developmental, or research work contemplated by this Agreement.
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INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS. All inventions made by the Employee during the employment term, which inventions apply to the Employer's business, will be assigned to the Employer. In the event any of such inventions are of a patentable nature, Employee agrees to apply for a patent on the invention and assign any patent rights relating to the invention to the Employer. The Employer will bear the costs of any patent applications pursued by the Employee. Employee understands that the Employee's duties may involve writing or drafting various documents, brochures or publications for the Employer. Employee hereby assigns any and all rights to such documents, brochures or publications to Employer, together with the right to secure copyright therefore and all extensions and renewals of copyright throughout the entire world. Employer shall have the right to make any and all versions, omissions, additions, changes, specifications and adaptations, in whole or in part, with respect to such documents, brochures or publications.
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