Ownership and Assignment of Rights. All Work Product created by Contractor on behalf of the Company during the term of this agreement shall belong exclusively to Company and shall, to the extent possible under law, be considered a “work-made-for-hire” for Company within the meaning of Title 17 of the United States Code. To the extent the Work Product is not a work-made-for-hire, Contractor hereby assigns to Company all rights to such Work Product, including, but not limited to, rights to all inventions, data, discoveries, designs, creations, technology, improvements, copyrights, trade secret rights, trademarks and other industrial and intellectual property rights and applications thereof, in the United States and elsewhere. Contractor authorizes Company as his duly authorized agent to execute, file, prosecute and protect the same before any government agency, court or authority. Contractor agrees to execute all documents reasonably requested by Company together with assignments thereof to confirm Company’s ownership thereof and to provide all reasonable assistance to Company in perfecting or protecting Company's rights in such Work Product.
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Sources: Independent Contractor Agreement (Thwapr, Inc.), Independent Contractor Agreement (Thwapr, Inc.)