Article9.8 Party B acknowledges that Appendix 1 Existing Inventions of Employees has included all inventions and creations, works, know-hows and other proprietary information completed or conceived by Party B before Party Bs acceptance of employment by Party A, whether or not patents or relevant property rights have been attached to them. Such inventions and creations, works, know-how and other proprietary information shall be excluded from Work For Hire. If Party B does not have any such inventions and creations, works, proprietary technologies and other proprietary information that need to be excluded from Work For Hire, Party B shall make a declaration in Appendix 1 and sign on it.
Article9.10 At the request of Party A, Party B shall provide all assistances deemed necessary by Party A to acquire and enforce worldwide all kinds of intellectual property rights generated from the Work For Hire. Party A may need to apply for, maintain, enforce the intellectual property rights of the Work For Hire created by Party B or utilize such rights for other reasonable purposes. Party B agrees to cooperate with Party A in signing, certifying and submitting relevant documents as instructed by Party A or take other actions required by Party A, including acting as a witness. The obligation of Party B to assist Party A in applying for, and maintaining intellectual property rights mentioned in this Section shall survive after the termination of the employment relationship between the Parties. Without the written consent of Party A, Party B shall not apply for or register any intellectual property right with respect to any Work For Hire, or amend, change or revoke relevant legal documents during the process of application, registration and maintenance.
Article9.13 For the Work For Hire attained by Party B, Party A shall pay to each of Party B and the other inventors of such Work For Hire RMB 5,000 as a reward and remuneration for such Work For Hire. Upon acceptance of the patent application, Party A shall pay to Party B and the other inventor of such Work For Hire half of such reward and remuneration, i.e. RMB 2,500, respectively, and then pay to Party B and the other inventor of such Work For Hire the remaining half of such amount of RMB2,500 respectively after the patent has been granted (the patent shall be deemed to have been granted as long as the patent has been granted in one country). If the implementation (by Party A or another person licensed thereby) of such Work For Hire incurs economic benefits or is transferred, Party A shall not pay to Party B any money, reward or remuneration. However, Party A shall deem it as the work performance of Party B and an important basis for promotion assessment.
11. Sole Property of Company. Each Entity and Principal agree that at all times while Entity and/or Principal are providing services for Company, the work product is work for hire and the revenues, products, results, materials, programs, processes, information, and systems, etc. developed or produced by Entity and/or Principal, whether during office hours or non-office hours, shall remain the sole property of Company and constitute work for hire. Entity and Principal shall have no other rights in said property other than to be paid the fees owed by Company or Affiliates in accordance with the terms herein. Entity and Principal agree upon request, to return all said property and all copies of information or writings related to said property to Company. Each Entity and Principal agree to cooperate with Company in obtaining any trademarks, patents or copyrights in Company’s name, and shall sign any such applications or needed assignments of rights, if any.
11.Sole Property of Company. Contractor agrees that at all times while Contractor is providing services for Company, his work product is work for hire and the revenues, products, results, materials, programs, processes, information, and systems, etc. developed or produced by Contractor whether during office hours or non-office hours shall remain the sole property of Company and constitute work for hire. Contractor shall have no other rights in said property other than to be paid his fees by Company or Affiliates as determined by Company. Contractor agrees that upon request to return all said property and all copies of information or writings related to said property shall be returned to the Company. Contractor agrees to cooperate with Company in obtaining any trademarks, patents or copyrights in Company’s name, and shall sign any such applications or needed assignments of rights if any. Further, Contractor agrees that the same shall constitute confidential proprietary information as the same is described herein.
11. Sole Property of Company. Contractor agrees that at all times while Contractor is providing services for Company, his work product is work for hire and the revenues, products, results, materials, programs, processes, information, and systems, etc. developed or produced by Contractor whether during office hours or non-office hours shall remain the sole property of Company and constitute work for hire. Contractor shall have no other rights in said property other than to be paid his fees by Company or Affiliates as determined by Company. Contractor agrees that upon request to return all said property and all copies of information or writings related to said property shall be returned to the Company. Contractor agrees to cooperate with Company in obtaining any trademarks, patents or copyrights in Company’s name, and shall sign any such applications or needed assignments of rights if any.
2. Work for Hire. Developer agrees that all Services provided hereunder and the resulting work product, including, but not limited to the Deliverables (collectively, the “Work Product”), are provided at Company’s request and the Work Product and each and every aspect thereof is a “work made for hire” (as defined in the United States Copyright Act of 1976 or other applicable laws). Accordingly, Company shall be considered the author of the Work Product for all purposes, and Company shall be, and remain at all stages of completion, the sole and exclusive owner of the Work Product and all right, title and interest therein. To the extent legally permissible, Developer hereby waives all rights (if any) of “droit moral,” rental rights and similar rights in and to the Work Product, and each and every aspect thereof, and in and to the results and proceeds of Developer’s Services provided hereunder, and agrees that Company shall have the right to revise, condense, abridge, expand, adapt, change, modify, add to, subtract from, re-title, re-draw, re-color or otherwise modify the Work Product and each and every aspect thereof, in any manner Company may in its sole discretion determine and without the consent of Developer. If the Work Product is not deemed to be a work made for hire under applicable law, then to the fullest extent allowable and for the full term of protection otherwise accorded to Developer under such applicable law, Developer hereby irrevocably grants, transfers, sells, and assigns to Company all of Developer’s right, title, and interest in the Work Product and any other works now or hereafter created containing the Work Product, including without limitation all rights of copyright (and all renewals, extensions, and reversions thereof), trademark, patent, rental rights, and other proprietary rights of any kind or nature, in and to the Work Product in perpetuity and throughout the universe in all languages and in all media and forms of expression and communication now known or later developed. Developer shall have no rights of any kind in the Work Product, and no rights are reserved by Developer. All Work Product to be made available for review by and returned to Company upon demand.
(a) Work for Hire. The Developer expressly acknowledges and agrees that any all proprietary materials prepared by the Developer under this Agreement shall be considered works for hire and the exclusive property of the Company unless otherwise specified. These items shall include, but shall not be limited to, any and all deliverables resulting from the Developers Services or contemplated by this Agreement, all tangible results and proceeds of the Services, works in progress, records, diagrams, notes, drawings, specifications, schematics, documents, designs, improvements, inventions, discoveries, developments, trademarks, trade secrets, customer lists, databases, software, programs, middleware, applications, and solutions conceived, made, or discovered by the Developer, solely or in collaboration with others, during the Term of this Agreement relating in any manner to the Developers Services.
modifications to the Product(s) or to the Alimera intellectual property, including patents, trade secrets and know-how, and to all inventions, data, developments, technology, processes, methods, improvements, information, materials, documents, records, data, specifications, plans, schematics, designs, drawings, prototypes, know how, goodwill and other intellectual property which are developed, made, conceived or reduced to practice specifically for Alimera or the Product(s) by Cadence or in connection with the Alimera know-how and Product(s) or which arise solely from the Manufacturing Services provided by Cadence hereunder for Alimera (collectively, the “Cadence Work for Hire”), and any and all improvements, modifications, enhancements to each of the foregoing, and all other information and materials relating thereto and the attendant intellectual property rights of any sort throughout the world, including, without limitation, rights in any patent, copyright, trademark, trade dress and trade name, in any related registrations and applications for registration, and in all trade secrets and know-how and goodwill related in any manner thereto and as a result of Cadence Work for Hire. Cadence shall maintain and make available to Alimera adequate and current written records of all Cadence Work for Hire and any other data that will enable any other person knowledgeable in the art of the subject to fully understand it and carry forward the work on it. Cadence hereby assigns to Alimera (or if assignment is not permitted by applicable law, waives enforcement of and grants to Alimera an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free license, with right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicenses) any and all interest of Cadence in the Cadence Work for Hire, including any intellectual property rights thereto.
(a) Work for Hire. The Developer expressly acknowledges and agrees that any all proprietary materials prepared by the Developer under this Agreement shall be considered “works for hire” and the exclusive property of the Client unless otherwise specified. These items shall include, but shall not be limited to, any and all deliverables resulting from the Developer’s Services or contemplated by this Agreement, all tangible results and proceeds of the Services, works in progress, records, diagrams, notes, drawings, specifications, schematics, documents, designs, improvements, inventions, discoveries, developments, trademarks,, licenses, trade secrets, customer lists, databases, software, programs, middleware, applications, and solutions conceived, made, or discovered by the Developer, solely or in collaboration with others, during the Term of this Agreement relating in any manner to the Developer’s Services.
5.2.Work for Hire. The Work Product has been specially ordered and commissioned from Consultant. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that the Work Product is a “work made for hire” to the full extent permitted by Law, with all copyrights in the Work Product owned by Company and that Company shall own all right, title and interest therein. Company shall be considered the author of such Work Product for purposes of copyright and shall own all the rights in and to the copyright of such Work Product, and only Company shall have the right to obtain a copyright registration on the same which Company may do in its name, its trade name, or the name of its nominee(s).