Copyrights and Works Made For Hire

[@johnferrellesq.]

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[@tinkiekat]

Great explanation of work made for hire! But what language should an employer use in an employment contract to protect ownership in a patent derived from an employee's (or contractor's) conception or activities during the normal course of work, instead of "work made for hire."

[@johnferrellesq.]

Thanks, again, for your question. 😊

[@tinkiekat]

Great explanation of work made for hire! But what language should an employer use in an employment contract instead of 'work made for hire' to secure ownership of a patent derived from the employee's conception or inventive activities in normal the course of her employment?

[@johnferrellesq.]

@tinkiekat, I hope you don't mind if I use your question as a topic of a KZbin short. 😊. The language should read something like: In consideration of employment, Employee agrees to assign all right, title and interest to inventions, discoveries, trade secrets and other intellectual property work product created in the course of this employment and to further assist in the filing and defense of all patent applications related to this intellectual property. Thank you so much for watching my video and leaving your comment. I am very grateful to have you here 😊 -john

[@johnferrellesq.]

If the contributor is a contractor, you can substitute Contractor for Employee, and contract for employment. It can be a little more complicated with contractors, since depending on the nature of of the work, the contractor may insist on retaining rights to their inventions and other IP.