Common use of Ownership of Inventions Disclosure Clause in Contracts

Ownership of Inventions Disclosure. Ownership of all Inventions shall be assigned based on inventorship, as determined in accordance with the rules of inventorship under United States patent laws, except that the Parties shall jointly own any and all Inventions first developed pursuant to the Research Plan whether such Inventions are made solely by a Party or jointly by the Parties. All jointly owned Inventions shall be referred to as “Joint IP” and each Party shall own an undivided half interest in the Joint IP, without a duty of accounting or an obligation to seek consent from the other Party for the exploitation or license of the Joint IP (subject to the licenses granted to the other Party under this Agreement and to the restriction set forth in Section 2.5). Know-How included in Joint IP shall be referred to as “Joint Know-How” and Patent Rights included in Joint IP shall be referred to as “Joint Patents”. Promptly after making an Invention, the inventing Party shall provide the other Party with a complete written disclosure of such Invention.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: License and Collaboration Agreement (Signal Genetics, Inc.), License and Collaboration Agreement (Signal Genetics, Inc.)