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Under the law, the general rule is that the copyright in and to the work product of an individual employee or independent contractor is owned by that individual unless an exception applies.
Generally speaking for software and other technical services, the consultant will retain ownership of the work product and instead be considered under the law to have granted a license to the company.
The Parties agree that all work product, information or other materials created and developed by Consultant in connection with the performance of the Services under this Agreement and any resulting intellectual property rights (collectively, the Work Product) are the sole and exclusive property of Company.
Work Product shall mean all materials, data, works of authorship, concepts, presentations and reports in connection with Consultant's performance of the Services, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights therein.
Intellectual Property Rights means any and all rights associated with original work, including but not limited to copyrights, trademark and trade name rights and similar rights, trade secrets, patents and all other intellectual property rights in any jurisdiction throughout the world.
I agree that all inventions that are (a) developed using equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secrets of the company; or (b) result from work performed by me for the company; or (c) related to the Company's current or anticipated research and development will be the Company's sole and exclusive property and are
Consulting Agreements Absent an appropriate consulting agreement, consultants are presumed to own all of the intellectual property rights they develop, even when a company is paying for the work.
Copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets are the four primary types of intellectual property protection.
Critical to an employer's ownership of intellectual property is a written agreement with the employee, one which specifically assigns to the company any and all intellectual property created by the employee during the course of his or her employment with the company.
Securing your company's intellectual property rights can be as simple as including an additional form in the employee manual or implementing a written policy to have all employees and independent contractors sign a one page document, either acknowledging a "work made for hire" arrangement or an "assignment" of all