Common use of INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHTS Clause in Contracts

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 assignment, declarations and other documents and take all other action reasonably required by the County to perfect or enforce any of its proprietary rights.

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 's engagement by the County, or (b) during the six (6) month period following termination of Independent Contractor’s '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 including, keeping records concerning the inventionsInventions, filing or assisting in the filing of necessary papers to obtain patents or other intellectual property protections on the Inventions in any country country, and/or executing an and assignment in favor of the County. All written, graphic graphic, or recorded material generated in connection with Independent Contractor’s '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 's request or upon termination of Independent lndependent Contractor’s '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 assignment, declarations and other documents and take all other action reasonably required by the County to perfect or enforce or enforce any of its proprietary rights.