Submission + - How to avoid corporate rights grabs as a condition of employment? 1
5. All ideas, inventions, discoveries, concepts, trademarks and other developments or improvements, whether patentable or not, conceived by Employee, alone or with others (including those conceived on behalf of or in conjunction with a Company customer or supplier), at any time during Employee’s employment, whether or not during working hours or on the Company's premises, that are within the scope of or related to the business operations of the Company ("New Developments"), shall (as between the Company and Employee) be and remain the exclusive property of the Company. Employee shall do all things reasonably necessary to ensure ownership of such New Developments by the Company or its designee, including the execution of documents assigning and transferring to the Company or its designee all of Employee’s rights, title, and interest in and to such New Developments, and the execution of all documents required to enable the Company or its designee to file and obtain patents, trademarks, and copyrights in the United States and foreign countries on any of such New Developments. Employee agrees to make prompt written disclosure to the Company, to hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Company, and Employee assigns to the Company all right, title, and interest in and to any ideas, inventions, original works of authorship (published or not), developments, improvements, or trade secrets that Employee may solely or jointly conceive or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or reduced to practice, during employment with the Company. Employee acknowledges that all original works of authorship that are made by Employee (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of Employee’s employment and that are protectable by copyright are “works made for hire,” as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C., Section 101). Employee agrees to keep and maintain adequate records (in the form of notes, sketches, or drawings, and in any other form that may be required by the Company) of all New Developments, which records shall be available to and remain the sole property of the Company.
