Employee Intellectual Property Policy

Employee Intellectual Property Policy

Overview

Employees will be developing or creating intellectual property related to the business of the Company.  This policy is designed to ensure that any and all intellectual property developed by employees subject to this policy will be deemed owned fully and completely by the Company.

Definitions

1. Subject Ideas and Inventions.  The term “Subject Ideas or Inventions” includes any and all ideas, processes, trademarks, service marks, inventions, designs, technologies, computer hardware or software, original works of authorship, formulas, discoveries, patents, copyrights, copyrightable works products, marketing and business ideas, and all improvements, know-how, data, rights, and claims related to the foregoing, whether or not patentable, which are conceived, developed or created which: (1) relate to the Company's current or contemplated business or activities; (2) relate to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development; (3) result from any work performed by the employee for the Company; (4) involve the use of the Company's equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets; (5) result from or are suggested by any work done by the Company or at the Company's request, or any projects assigned to the employee; or (6) result from my access to any of the Company's memoranda, notes, records, drawings, sketches, models, maps, customer lists, research results, data, formulae, specifications, inventions, processes, equipment or other materials (collectively, “Company Materials”)


2. Intellectual Property.  The term “Intellectual Property” includes all information and records pertaining to any idea, process, trademark, service mark, invention, technology, computer hardware or software, original work of authorship, design, formula, discovery, patent, copyright, product, and all improvements, know-how, rights, and claims related to the foregoing.

Company Ownership

All right, title and interest in and to all Subject Ideas and Inventions, including but not limited to all registrable and patent rights which may subsist therein, shall be held and owned solely by the Company, and where applicable, all Subject Ideas and Inventions shall be considered works made for hire.  Employees should mark all Subject Ideas and Inventions with the Company's copyright or other proprietary notice as directed by the Company and should take all actions deemed necessary by the Company to protect the Company's rights therein.  In the event that the Subject Ideas and Inventions are deemed not to constitute works made for hire, or in the event that an employee should otherwise ...