Independent Contractor Agreement
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employees, and the Company will not be responsible for withholding
or paying any income, payroll, Social Security or other federal, state
or local taxes, making any insurance contributions, including
unemployment or disability, or obtaining worker’s compensation
insurance on the Contractor’s behalf. Contractor will be responsible
for, and will indemnify the Company against, all such taxes or
contributions, including penalties and interest. Any persons
employed or engaged by Contractor in connection with the
performance of the Services will be considered employees or
independent contractors of the Contractor and Contractor will be
fully responsible for them and indemnify the Company against any
claims made by or on behalf of any such employee or contractors.
5 Intellectual Property Rights
5.1 Ownership of Rights. The Services have been specially ordered and
commissioned by Company. To the extent the Services include
materials subject to copyright, patent, trademarks, trade secrets, and
other intellectual property rights (collectively “Intellectual Property
Rights”), Contractor agrees that the Services are done as “work made
for hire” as that term is defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101, and that as a
result, Company will own all Intellectual Property Rights in the
Services. If, for any reason, any of the Deliverables (“Deliverables”)
do not constitute a “work made for hire,” Contractor hereby
irrevocably assigns to the Company, in each case without additional
consideration, all right, title and interest throughout the world in
and to the Deliverables, including all Intellectual Property Rights
therein.
5.2 Moral Rights. Any assignment of copyrights under this Agreement
includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal
and any other rights that may be known as “moral rights”
(collectively, “Moral Rights”). Contractor hereby irrevocably waives,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all claims it may
now or hereafter have in any jurisdiction to any Moral Rights with
respect to the Deliverables.
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5.3 Disclosures. Contractor will make full and prompt disclosure to the
Company of any inventions or processes, as such terms are defined
in 35 U.S.C. § 100 (the “Patent Act”), made or conceived by
Contractor alone or with others during the Term, whether or not
such inventions or processes are patentable or protected as trade
secrets and whether or not such inventions or processes are made or
conceived during normal working hours or on the premises of the
Company. Contractor will not disclose to any third party the nature