- **Epistemic Status:** #budding This agreement is hereby made between **{Employee}** (hereafter referred to as "Employee") and **{Employer}** at **{Company, Address}** (hereafter referred to as "Employer"). The Employee inventions, designs, software, technology, materials, artwork, systems, processes, and methods (hereafter referred to as "Inventions") created or developed prior or in the future to **{his/her/they}** employment at **{Company}**. These include any inventions delivered to **{Your Company}** by the Employee or others. The Employer understands that all prior or future inventions created by the Employee and **{Your Company}** do not give neither the Employer nor **{Company}** any rights or whatsoever to the prior or future inventions created by the Employee and **{Your Company}**. The Employee hereby assigns the sole right to all titles, interests, liens, copyrights, patents, trademarks, and leases to **{Company}** for any and all Inventions created for work delivered to **{Company}** for business purposes except in situations where any of the work delivered has been licensed previously under an open source license. The employee is granted a non-exclusive, perpetual rights to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and display said inventions from **{Company}**. The Employee agrees to include proper attribution to the original creator and the **Employer**, as follows: "**{This material was created by Creator and published by Publisher, Date, Employer}**." The parties shall use their best efforts to settle any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement arising out of or relating to the subject matter of the terms and conditions laid out in this contract directly through good-faith negotiations, which shall be a precondition to either party initiating arbitration. If such negotiations do not resolve the dispute, it shall be finally settled by binding arbitration in Oakland County, Michigan. The arbitration will proceed in the English language, in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “Rules”) then in effect, by one commercial arbitrator with substantial experience in resolving intellectual property and commercial contract disputes. The arbitrator shall be selected from the appropriate list of JAMS arbitrators in accordance with such Rules. Judgment upon the award rendered by such arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The terms and conditions laid out in this contract constitute the entire agreement. Any additions, waivers, or conditions must be put forth in writing and signed by both parties. --- (Employee Signature) --- (Employer Signature) --- (Date) --- ## References - “Copyright Ownership and License Agreement.” Accessed October 1, 2021. <https://www.docracy.com/8770/copyright-ownership-and-license-agreement>. - “Permission To Use Copyright Materials.” Accessed October 1, 2021. <https://www.printablecontracts.com/Permission_To_Use_Copyright_Materials.php>. - Small Business - Chron.com. “What Is a Non-Exclusive License?” Accessed October 1, 2021. <https://smallbusiness.chron.com/nonexclusive-license-23955.html>. - “Inventions Assignment Form.” Accessed October 1, 2021. <https://www.printablecontracts.com/Inventions_Assignment_Form.php>.