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Ownership of Inventions
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Ownership of Inventions. As used herein, the term “Inventions and Works” means any and all processes, products, procedures, systems, discoveries, designs, configurations, technology, works of authorship (including, but not limited to, computer programs), trade secrets, and improvements which Executive develops, discovers, authors, makes, conceives, reduces to practice, or otherwise acquires that are directly related to Consulting Services provided during the Consulting Term (either solely or jointly with others) Any and all Inventions and Works, and any and all Intellectual Property Rights therein and related thereto, shall be owned solely and exclusively by [[Orthofix:Organization]] and shall be held by Executive only for the sole benefit of [[Orthofix:Organization]]. [[Orthofix:Organization]] shall own all of the exclusive rights to such works of authorship under all copyright law, all international copyright conventions and treaties, and all similar laws in the United States and any other place and jurisdiction. Executive hereby agrees to assign, transfer, and convey, and hereby assigns, transfers, and conveys, to [[Orthofix:Organization]] all Invention and Works and any and all Intellectual Property Rights therein and related thereto, whether in the United States and/or elsewhere.

Ownership of Inventions. Inventions are solely the property of Company. Employee agrees that by operation of law and/or the effect of this Agreement Employee does not have any rights, title, or interest in any Inventions. Notwithstanding, Employee may be recognized as the inventor of an Invention without retaining any other rights associated therewith.

Ownership of Inventions. As used herein, the term “Inventions and Works” means any and all processes, products, procedures, systems, discoveries, designs, configurations, technology, works of authorship (including, but not limited to, computer programs), trade secrets, and improvements which [[Person A:Person]] develops, discovers, authors, makes, conceives, reduces to practice, or otherwise acquires during the Consulting Term (either solely or jointly with others) and which are related to any or all of the products and/or business of [[Orthofix:Organization]]. Any and all Inventions and Works, and any and all Intellectual Property Rights therein and related thereto, shall be owned solely and exclusively by [[Orthofix:Organization]] and shall be held by [[Person A:Person]] only for the sole benefit of [[Orthofix:Organization]]. [[Orthofix:Organization]] shall own all of the exclusive rights to such works of authorship under all copyright law, all international copyright conventions and treaties, and all similar laws in the United States and any other place and jurisdiction. [[Person A:Person]] hereby agrees to assign, transfer, and convey, and hereby assigns, transfers, and conveys, to [[Orthofix:Organization]] all Invention and Works

. Without limiting Section 4.2(a), each Party shall retain ownership of its Intellectual Property rights existing as of the Effective Date, or developed or acquired by or on behalf of it independent of any activities under this Agreement, and nothing in this Agreement shall assign any ownership to the other Party with respect to such Intellectual Property rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the licenses and other rights provided herein:

Except as otherwise provided in and subject to the terms of this Agreement, as between the Parties:

Ownership of Inventions. Inventions are solely the property of Zimmer Biomet or such other Associated Company appointed by Zimmer Biomet. Employee agrees that by operation of law and/or the effect of this Agreement, Employee does not have any rights, title, or interest in any Inventions. Notwithstanding, Employee may, at Zimmer Biomet’s discretion, be recognized as the inventor of an Invention without retaining any other rights associated therewith.

The Employee will notify and disclose in writing to the Company, or any persons designated by the Company from time to time, all information, improvements, inventions, formulae, processes, techniques, know-how and data, whether or not patentable or registerable under copyright or any similar laws, made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by the Employee, either alone or jointly with others, during the Employee's employment with the Company (including after hours, on weekends or during vacation time) (all such information, improvements, inventions, formulae, processes, techniques, know-how, and data are hereinafter referred to as the "Invention(s)") immediately upon discovery, receipt or invention as applicable.

Ownership of Inventions. Ownership of Information and inventions, whether or not patentable, made during the Term in the course of conducting activities under this Agreement, including all intellectual property rights therein (collectively, “Inventions”) shall be as follows: # FibroGen Cayman shall own all Inventions ​, whether made solely by employees, agents or independent contractors of either Party or its respective Affiliates, or jointly by employees, agents or independent contractors of both Parties or their respective Affiliates, (collectively, “Collaboration Inventions”), # AstraZeneca shall own all Inventions that are made solely by employees, agents or independent contractors of AstraZeneca or its Affiliates that are not Collaboration Inventions, # FibroGen Cayman shall own all Inventions that are made solely by employees, agents or independent contractors of FibroGen China or its Affiliates that are not Collaboration Inventions, and # AstraZeneca and FibroGen Cayman shall jointly own all Inventions that are made jointly by employees, agents, or independent contractors of each Party or its Affiliates that are not Collaboration Inventions (“Joint Inventions”). Except to the extent either Party is restricted by the licenses granted to the other Party under this Agreement, each of AstraZeneca and FibroGen Cayman shall be entitled to practice, grant licenses to, assign and exploit the Joint Inventions and Patents claiming Joint Inventions (“Joint Patents”) without the duty of accounting or seeking consent from the other Party. AstraZeneca hereby assigns to FibroGen Cayman all of its and its Affiliates’ right, title and interest in and to the Collaboration Inventions, and agrees to take such further actions reasonably requested by FibroGen Cayman to evidence such assignment, except where such Collaboration Inventions have been made by an independent contractor retained by AstraZeneca without such contractor having agreed to assign such Collaboration Inventions to AstraZeneca, as approved by the China Committee.

Ownership of Inventions. Inventorship of Inventions shall be determined in accordance with the rules of inventorship under U.S. patent laws. Arcturus shall solely own all Arcturus Inventions and all Arcturus Platform Improvements, and Providence hereby assigns to Arcturus all right, title and interest in and to all Arcturus Platform Improvements. Providence shall solely own all Providence Inventions. The Parties shall jointly own all Joint Inventions. Subject to the rights, obligations, and licenses granted under this Agreement, including Arcturus’ obligations under Section 4.4, each Party shall have the right to use, and grant licenses to use, any Joint Invention and Joint Patent Right without the other Party’s consent and shall have no duty to account to the other Party for such use or license, and each Party hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any country to require any such consent or accounting.

Ownership of Inventions. Each Invention made, conceived or first actually reduced to practice by Executive, whether alone or jointly with others, during the term of this Agreement and each Invention made, conceived or first actually reduced to practice by Executive, within one year after the termination of this Agreement, which relates in any way to work performed for the Company or its Affiliates during the term of this Agreement, shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the Board. Such report shall be sufficiently complete in technical detail and appropriately illustrated by sketch or diagram to convey to one skilled in the art of which the invention pertains, a clear understanding of the nature, purpose, operations, and, to the extent known, the physical, chemical, biological or other characteristics of the Invention. Executive agrees to execute an assignment to the Company or its nominee of Executive’s entire right, title and interest in and to any Invention, without compensation beyond that provided in this Agreement. Executive further agrees, upon the request of the Company and at its expense, that Executive will execute any other instrument and document necessary or desirable in applying for and obtaining patents in the United States and in any foreign country with respect to any Invention. Executive further agrees, whether or not Executive is then an employee of the Company, to cooperate to the extent and in the manner reasonably requested by the Company in the prosecution or defense of any claim involving a patent covering any Invention or any litigation or other claim or proceeding involving any Invention covered by this Agreement, but all expenses thereof shall be paid by the Company.

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