Contractor Agreement: Sui Generis
Contractor Agreement: Sui Generis
IF YOU DO NOT OR CANNOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, YOU MAY NOT
ENGAGE WITH US OR PROVIDE ANY SERVICES TO US IN ANY MANNER AND THE
CLIENT WILL HAVE NO OBLIGATIONS WHATSOEVER TO YOU OR ANY ENTITY
YOU PURPORT TO REPRESENT.
From the date of execution hereof (“Effective Date”), Contractor and Client agree
as follows:
a. Client shall own all right, title and interest (including
patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark
rights, sui generis database rights and all other intellectual property rights of any sort throughout
the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship,
mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas and information made or conceived or
reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by or for or on behalf of Contractor during the term of
this Agreement that relate to the subject matter of or arise out of or in connection with the
Services or any Proprietary Information (as defined below) (collectively, “Inventions”) and
Contractor will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions to Client. All Inventions are work
made for hire to the extent allowed by law and, in addition, Contractor hereby makes all
assignments necessary to accomplish the foregoing ownership; provided that no assignment is
made that extends beyond what would be allowed under California Labor Code Section 2870 if
Contractor was an employee of Client which reads as follows:
California Labor Code Section 2870. Application of provision providing that employee
shall assign or offer to assign rights in invention to employer.
a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall
assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer
shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own
time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret
information except for those inventions that either:
1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the
employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development of the employer; or
2) Result from any work performed by the employee for his employer.
c. Contractor agrees that all Inventions and all other business,
technical and financial information (including, without limitation, the identity of and information
relating to customers or employees) developed, learned or obtained by or for or on behalf of
Contractor during the period that Contractor is to be providing the Services that relate to Client
or the business or demonstrably anticipated business of Client or in connection with the Services,
or that are received by or for Client in confidence, constitute “Proprietary Information.”
Contractor shall hold in confidence and not disclose or, except in performing the Services, use
any Proprietary Information. However, Contractor shall not be obligated under this paragraph
with respect to information Contractor can document is or becomes readily publicly available
without restriction through no fault of Contractor. Upon termination or as otherwise requested
by Client, Contractor will promptly provide to Client all items and copies containing or
embodying Proprietary Information, except that Contractor may keep its personal copies of its
compensation records and this Agreement. Contractor also recognizes and agrees that
Contractor has no expectation of privacy with respect to Client’s telecommunications,
networking or information processing systems (including, without limitation, stored computer
files, email messages and voice messages) and that Contractor’s activity, and any files or
messages, on or using any of those systems may be monitored at any time without notice.
e. To the extent allowed by law, Section 2.a and any license granted
Client hereunder includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any
other rights that may be known as or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,”
or the like. Furthermore, Contractor agrees that notwithstanding any rights of publicity, privacy
or otherwise (whether or not statutory) anywhere in the world, and without any further
compensation, (i) Client may and is hereby authorized to (and to allow others to) use
Contractor’s name in connection with promotion of its business, products or services and (ii) and
if the Services include (or Contractor otherwise provides) any acting, singing, dancing, voice,
modeling, posing or similar activity, Company also may and is hereby authorized to (and to
allow others to) use, reproduce, disseminate, alter and otherwise exploit any results of such
activity (including, without limitation, any manner in which such activity may be recorded or
remembered or modified) or derivatives or extensions or imitations thereof in any manner
Company sees fit. To the extent any of the foregoing is ineffective under applicable law,
Contractor hereby provides any and all ratifications and consents necessary to accomplish the
purposes of the foregoing to the extent possible. Contractor will confirm any such ratifications
and consents from time to time as requested by Client. If any other person is in any way
involved in any Services, Contractor will obtain the foregoing ratifications, consents and
authorizations from such person for Client’s exclusive benefit.
6. Assignment. This Agreement and the services contemplated hereunder are
personal to Contractor and Contractor shall not have the right or ability to assign, transfer or
subcontract any rights or obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of Client.
Any attempt to do so shall be void. Client may fully assign and transfer this Agreement in whole
or part.
7. Notice. All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given when personally delivered, or three days after being sent by prepaid certified or
registered U.S. mail to the address of the party to be noticed as set forth herein or to such other
address as such party last provided to the other by written notice.
NOTICE: This agreement does not affect any immunity under 18 USC Sections
1833(b) (1) or (2), which read as follows (note that for purposes of this statute only, individuals
performing work as contractors or consultants are considered to be employees):