Common use of Right to Intellectual Property Clause in Contracts

Right to Intellectual Property. Any work product produced by HITq pursuant to this Agreement is intended to be "work for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended and all such work and all copies thereof shall be the exclusive property of Client. HITq shall have no proprietary interest in the work product developed by HITq, and HITq expressly assigns to Client all rights, ownership and interest (including copyrights) to any works or things created jointly or singly by HITq during performing the work. At the termination of this Agreement or upon request of Client, HITq shall deliver or return all copies of work product hereunder, together with any other materials furnished by Client. HITq retains the right to provide consulting services of similar type and scope to any current or future customer. HITq will keep confidential any proprietary customer information, while retaining full rights to exercise consultative skills and expertise that may be enhanced by experience gained under the scope of this Agreement.