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Authorship Certificate
The undersigned employee (“Employee”) of __________________ (the
“Company”) hereby gives these representations and warranties for the
purpose of assuring to the Company, and any other parties who may rely
hereupon, that the Company has all right, title and interest in certain
Proprietary Creations over which ownership is claimed by the Company.
The employee specifically intends that the representations and
warranties contained herein may be
[Paragraph Omitted But Included In Fully Licensed
Version]
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned Employee hereby represents,
warrants, acknowledges, certifies and agrees as follows:
1.
That
the Employee has carefully considered and investigated each of the representations,
warranties and acknowledgements and the factual circumstances involved
with each such representations, warranty and acknowledgements set forth
herein.
2.
That
the Employee gives these representations, warranties and acknowledgements
with full knowledge and intent that they may and will be relied upon
by third parties who are entering or contemplating a potential legal
relationship with the Company involving the Proprietary Creations.
3.
That
the Employee is the author of the Proprietary Creations [Paragraph
Omitted But Included In Fully Licensed Version]
4.
That
the Employee was a contributing author of the Proprietary Creations
described in Exhibit “B” attached hereto (“Collective Creations”); only
the parties listed in Exhibit “B” adjacent to the relevant work had
any input or hand in the conception, development, creations, planning
or reduction to practice of the Employee Creations; and the Employee’s
contributions [Paragraph Omitted But Included
In Fully Licensed Version]
5.
For
purposes hereof, the Employee Creations and the Employee’s contributions
to the Collective Creations shall be referred to herein as the “Proprietary
Creations.”
6.
The
Employee has assigned all of Employee’s right, title, and interest in
and to the Proprietary Creations to the Company and pursuant to [Paragraph
Omitted But Included In Fully Licensed Version]
7.
Except
for the integration or use of the pre-existing works of other parties
as listed in Exhibit “C” attached hereto, the Proprietary Creations
do not infringe upon or otherwise [Paragraph Omitted
But Included In Fully Licensed Version]
8.
The
Employee has received and has made a valid assignment of a license to
use the pre-existing works defined in Exhibit “C” on a non-royalty basis,
in perpetuity, anywhere within the world from the owner of said pre-existing
works.
9.
[Paragraph
Omitted But Included In Fully Licensed Version]
10.
[Paragraph
Omitted But Included In Fully Licensed Version]
11.
The
Proprietary Creations were not created during the Employee’s employment
for any other employer or as a [Paragraph Omitted
But Included In Fully Licensed Version]
12.
All
proprietary software programs and other tools used by the Employee in
the creation of the Proprietary Creations were duly and validly licensed
for use by the Employee [Paragraph Omitted But
Included In Fully Licensed Version]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employee has executed this Authorship Certificate
with full knowledge of its content and significance and with full knowledge
that other parties will rely on the content hereof when making important
business decisions and entering potential transaction.
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