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PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT

In consideration of my employment and/or continued employment by [[COMPANY],] a Delaware corporation (the Company) , my access to Company confidential and proprietary business information, and the wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of my employment, I hereby covenant and agree with the Company as follows:

1. No Conflicts.  I have not made and agree not to make any agreement, oral or written, that is in conflict with this Agreement or my employment with the Company. I will not violate any agreement with or the rights of any third party. When acting within the scope of my employment (or otherwise on behalf of the Company), I will not use or disclose my own or any third party's confidential information or intellectual property (collectively, Restricted Materials), except as expressly authorized by the Company in writing. Further, I have not retained anything containing any confidential information of a prior employer or other third party, whether or not created by me.

2. Inventions.

a. Definitions.  Intellectual Property Rights means any and all patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world (including any application therefor). Invention means any idea, concept, discovery, invention, development, technology, work of authorship, trade secret, software, firmware, tool, process, technique, know-how, data, plan, device, apparatus, specification, design, circuit, layout, algorithm, program, code, documentation or other material or information, tangible or intangible, whether or not it may be patented, copyrighted or otherwise protected (including all versions, modifications, enhancements and derivative works thereof).

b. Assignment.  To the fullest extent under applicable law, the Company shall own all right, title and interest in and to all Inventions (including all Intellectual Property Rights therein or related thereto) that are made, conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by me during the term of my employment with the Company and which arise out of any use of Company's facilities or assets or any research or other activity conducted by, for or under the direction of the Company (whether or not conducted at the Company's facilities, during working hours or using Company assets), or which are useful with or relate directly or indirectly to any Company Interest (meaning any product, service, other Invention or Intellectual Property Right that is sold, leased, used or under consideration or development by the Company); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not require me to assign any Invention if state law applicable to me prohibits such assignment. I will promptly disclose and provide all of the foregoing Inventions (the Assigned Inventions) to the Company. I hereby make and agree to make all assignments to the Company necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership. Assigned Inventions shall not include any Invention (i) that I develop entirely on my own time, (ii) without use of any Company assets and (iii) which is not useful with and does not relate to any Company Interest.

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[Company] Template PIAA for California Employees

Employment Agreements -- US - California