Assignment Of Employment Agreement

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An assignment of employment agreement is a contract between an employer and employee that give employees rights in inventions they make. This agreement applies to inventions made while employeed with the contracted company and is meant to entice employees to come on board with the company. Since these agreements are so crucial in ensuring an employee's intellectual property is protected, employers place a special emphasis on the wording of these agreements.

The purpose of the agreement is to ensure the contracted company has the rights to use inventions of the employee without risk of legal retaliation.

Common Sections in Assignment Of Employment Agreements

Below is a list of common sections included in Assignment Of Employment Agreements. These sections are linked to the below sample agreement for you to explore.

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Reference : Security Exchange Commission - Edgar Database, EX-10.26 28 f8k0210ex10xxvi_envision.htm ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 10, 2010, BY AND BETWEEN CASITA ENTERPRISES, INC., ENVISION SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND ROBERT NOBLE , Viewed September 19, 2022, View Source on SEC .

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Patent Assignments in Employment Agreements – a Sometimes Overlooked, but Always Important Component

  • November 16, 2021

By: Peter C. Lando and Thomas P. McNulty

By: Thomas McNulty and Peter Lando, with assistance from summer intern Tyler Gruttadauria

Businesses, of course, have a strong interest in owning intellectual property created by their employees. Intellectual property—patents, copyrights, and other confidential and proprietary information including trade secrets—is often the most valuable asset a business can own, so it is important to ensure that employee developments and inventions belong to the employer. In the United States, inventions presumptively belong to the inventor, and any transfer of ownership (“assignment”) must be in writing to be effective. Rather than requiring employees to sign assignment agreements for each patent application filing, employers sometimes rely on employment agreements and handbooks to establish ownership in intellectual property created by an employee. Employers often provide employment agreements with assignment clauses that are intended to give the employer rights in inventions made by the employee during the period of employment. These assignment clauses are often treated as mere boilerplate, yet the precise wording of these clauses can have major impacts on the effectiveness and limitations of any assignment.

Ensure that you have an Assignment and not a mere promise to assign

When drafting an agreement to have an employee assign future inventions, it is vital that the language used in an assignment clause states a present-tense, actual assignment. Phrases such as “hereby assign,” “agrees to grant and does hereby grant,” or that inventions “shall belong” to the employer and employee “hereby conveys, transfers and assigns” have been deemed by the courts to be effective to transfer ownership of a future invention without the need for any subsequent agreement. Ownership effectively transfers immediately, once the invention has been made. Assignment clauses that use future tense language, on the other hand, generally will require an additional agreement to result in a transfer of ownership of the invention, and any intellectual property (“IP”) covering the invention. Terms such as “will assign,” “agree to assign,” “will be assigned,” and the like, have been found by numerous courts to constitute nothing more than a promise or contract to assign an invention in the future, but not to serve as an actual assignment.

In addition to the wording used in the assignment clause, the language of any carve-outs should also be scrutinized. Agreements may contain a carve-out clause to exclude a new employee’s prior inventions from being assigned, or to prevent assignment of inventions unrelated to the employee’s work from being swept into the assignment provision. A broad, non-specific carve-out clause may prevent an employee agreement from automatically assigning inventions of that employee, even where the assignment clause includes the proper “hereby assign” type of language, because this leaves open the possibility that an invention is not subject to the assignment clause. This contrasting language may create an ambiguity in the employment agreement that subjects it to construction under state law, which in turn may allow for the employee to introduce extrinsic evidence, such as conversations that took place during employment negotiations, to defeat the automatic assignment. While patent assignment provisions are governed by Federal Circuit law, resolution of contractual ambiguities is governed by state law, which varies considerably regarding the admissibility of such extrinsic evidence.

Failure to obtain an automatic assignment can have negative consequences

An assignment clause that is deemed ineffective to automatically transfer ownership of an invention can create significant problems for an employer. In such circumstances, a business would not have standing to bring a patent infringement suit until it has taken the necessary steps to obtain a valid assignment. This may require the filing of a breach of contract claim against the employee to require fulfillment of the contractual obligations, including execution of assignment documents. In the interim, infringers could continue practicing the invention; and if the infringing activity has gone on long enough, the six-year statute of limitations may prohibit full recovery of damages. Further, if an inventor/employee has made only a promise to assign, and instead transfers ownership to a third party who lacks knowledge of the assignment obligation, that second transfer of ownership may well prevail, leaving the original employer with no exclusionary rights at all.

Ineffective assignment provisions can affect more than just litigation. Businesses and investors typically conduct IP due diligence when entering into transactions involving the investment in or sale of IP assets, company divisions or entire entities, and any weaknesses in assignment provisions may affect the perceived value of the IP assets and/or business being considered.

Do not count on the “Hired-to-Invent” doctrine to result in ownership of employee inventions

Some employers do not require employees to sign an agreement containing an assignment of inventions because they believe that they automatically own inventions that they paid someone to create. Under the “hired-to-invent” doctrine, this will only occasionally be correct. Employees or contractors hired (and paid) specifically to create a particular invention or to solve a particular problem may be deemed to have implicitly assigned their rights in the invention to the employer. This is a highly fact-based determination, however, and applies only to inventions created in response to the specific thing the employee was hired to do. A mere title of “researcher” or even “inventor” will not, standing alone, suffice to ensure ownership of inventions by the employer. Further, until a court has ruled one way or the other, an employer relying on this doctrine will not have any certainty in its rights to the invention. Should the court rule against the employer, it would lose the exclusionary rights it believed it possessed and may face an infringement lawsuit from the employee or anyone to whom the employee may have assigned the invention/patent rights.

Absent an effective assignment, an employer may obtain limited “shop rights” in inventions made using the employer’s time, materials, facilities or equipment. Shop rights take the form of an implied license to practice the invention, precluding the employee from obtaining damages or injunctive relief on a patented invention. Shop rights are limited, however, and do not allow the employer to prevent others from competing by practicing the invention. Further, shop rights cannot be transferred via license or assignment, effectively devaluing the IP assets and, perhaps, the company.

Other Considerations

In addition to having the proper “hereby assign” language, employment contracts should ensure that inventions , rather than just patents or patent applications, are subject to the assignment clause. Language stating that all inventions, improvements, discoveries, and the like, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, are subject to the assignment, ensures that information that could be protected through other regimes, such as trade secrets, automatically become the property of the employer.

Intellectual property has taken on an ever-increasing role in determining the value of a business. A company’s ability to develop and protect its intellectual property is a key factor in its future success. Given this, it is important that businesses recognize that assignment provisions of employment agreements are not mere boilerplate, but instead may be one of the most important legal provisions that ultimately can impact not only an employment arrangement, but the value of the business itself.

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The assignment and assumption agreement

The basics of assignment and assumption, filling in the assignment and assumption agreement.

While every business should try its best to meet its contractual obligations, changes in circumstance can happen that could necessitate transferring your rights and duties under a contract to another party who would be better able to meet those obligations.

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If you find yourself in such a situation, and your contract provides for the possibility of assignment, an assignment and assumption agreement can be a good option for preserving your relationship with the party you initially contracted with, while at the same time enabling you to pass on your contractual rights and duties to a third party.

An assignment and assumption agreement is used after a contract is signed, in order to transfer one of the contracting party's rights and obligations to a third party who was not originally a party to the contract. The party making the assignment is called the assignor, while the third party accepting the assignment is known as the assignee.

In order for an assignment and assumption agreement to be valid, the following criteria need to be met:

  • The initial contract must provide for the possibility of assignment by one of the initial contracting parties.
  • The assignor must agree to assign their rights and duties under the contract to the assignee.
  • The assignee must agree to accept, or "assume," those contractual rights and duties.
  • The other party to the initial contract must consent to the transfer of rights and obligations to the assignee.

A standard assignment and assumption contract is often a good starting point if you need to enter into an assignment and assumption agreement. However, for more complex situations, such as an assignment and amendment agreement in which several of the initial contract terms will be modified, or where only some, but not all, rights and duties will be assigned, it's a good idea to retain the services of an attorney who can help you draft an agreement that will meet all your needs.

When you're ready to enter into an assignment and assumption agreement, it's a good idea to have a firm grasp of the basics of assignment:

  • First, carefully read and understand the assignment and assumption provision in the initial contract. Contracts vary widely in their language on this topic, and each contract will have specific criteria that must be met in order for a valid assignment of rights to take place.
  • All parties to the agreement should carefully review the document to make sure they each know what they're agreeing to, and to help ensure that all important terms and conditions have been addressed in the agreement.
  • Until the agreement is signed by all the parties involved, the assignor will still be obligated for all responsibilities stated in the initial contract. If you are the assignor, you need to ensure that you continue with business as usual until the assignment and assumption agreement has been properly executed.

Unless you're dealing with a complex assignment situation, working with a template often is a good way to begin drafting an assignment and assumption agreement that will meet your needs. Generally speaking, your agreement should include the following information:

  • Identification of the existing agreement, including details such as the date it was signed and the parties involved, and the parties' rights to assign under this initial agreement
  • The effective date of the assignment and assumption agreement
  • Identification of the party making the assignment (the assignor), and a statement of their desire to assign their rights under the initial contract
  • Identification of the third party accepting the assignment (the assignee), and a statement of their acceptance of the assignment
  • Identification of the other initial party to the contract, and a statement of their consent to the assignment and assumption agreement
  • A section stating that the initial contract is continued; meaning, that, other than the change to the parties involved, all terms and conditions in the original contract stay the same

In addition to these sections that are specific to an assignment and assumption agreement, your contract should also include standard contract language, such as clauses about indemnification, future amendments, and governing law.

Sometimes circumstances change, and as a business owner you may find yourself needing to assign your rights and duties under a contract to another party. A properly drafted assignment and assumption agreement can help you make the transfer smoothly while, at the same time, preserving the cordiality of your initial business relationship under the original contract.

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Updated February 1, 2024 Reviewed by Brooke Davis

An assignment agreement is a legal document that transfers rights, responsibilities, and benefits from one party (the “assignor”) to another (the “assignee”). You can use it to reassign debt, real estate, intellectual property, leases, insurance policies, and government contracts.

What Is an Assignment Agreement?

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An assignment agreement effectively transfers the rights and obligations of a person or entity under an initial contract to another. The original party is the assignor, and the assignee takes on the contract’s duties and benefits.

It’s often a requirement to let the other party in the original deal know the contract is being transferred. It’s essential to create this form thoughtfully, as a poorly written assignment agreement may leave the assignor obligated to certain aspects of the deal.

The most common use of an assignment agreement occurs when the assignor no longer can or wants to continue with a contract. Instead of leaving the initial party or breaking the agreement, the assignor can transfer the contract to another individual or entity.

For example, imagine a small residential trash collection service plans to close its operations. Before it closes, the business brokers a deal to send its accounts to a curbside pickup company providing similar services. After notifying account holders, the latter company continues the service while receiving payment.

Create a thorough assignment agreement by including the following information:

  • Effective Date:  The document must indicate when the transfer of rights and obligations occurs.
  • Parties:  Include the full name and address of the assignor, assignee, and obligor (if required).
  • Assignment:  Provide details that identify the original contract being assigned.
  • Third-Party Approval: If the initial contract requires the approval of the obligor, note the date the approval was received.
  • Signatures:  Both parties must sign and date the printed assignment contract template once completed. If a notary is required, wait until you are in the presence of the official and present identification before signing. Failure to do so may result in having to redo the assignment contract.

Review the Contract Terms

Carefully review the terms of the existing contract. Some contracts may have specific provisions regarding assignment. Check for any restrictions or requirements related to assigning the contract.

Check for Anti-Assignment Clauses

Some contracts include anti-assignment clauses that prohibit or restrict the ability to assign the contract without the consent of the other party. If there’s such a clause, you may need the consent of the original parties to proceed.

Determine Assignability

Ensure that the contract is assignable. Some contracts, especially those involving personal services or unique skills, may not be assignable without the other party’s agreement.

Get Consent from the Other Party (if Required)

If the contract includes an anti-assignment clause or requires consent for assignment, seek written consent from the other party. This can often be done through a formal amendment to the contract.

Prepare an Assignment Agreement

Draft an assignment agreement that clearly outlines the transfer of rights and obligations from the assignor (the party assigning the contract) to the assignee (the party receiving the assignment). Include details such as the names of the parties, the effective date of the assignment, and the specific rights and obligations being transferred.

Include Original Contract Information

Attach a copy of the original contract or reference its key terms in the assignment agreement. This helps in clearly identifying the contract being assigned.

Execution of the Assignment Agreement

Both the assignor and assignee should sign the assignment agreement. Signatures should be notarized if required by the contract or local laws.

Notice to the Other Party

Provide notice of the assignment to the non-assigning party. This can be done formally through a letter or as specified in the contract.

File the Assignment

File the assignment agreement with the appropriate parties or entities as required. This may include filing with the original contracting party or relevant government authorities.

Communicate with Third Parties

Inform any relevant third parties, such as suppliers, customers, or service providers, about the assignment to ensure a smooth transition.

Keep Copies for Records

Keep copies of the assignment agreement, original contract, and any related communications for your records.

Here’s a list of steps on how to write an assignment agreement:

Step 1 – List the Assignor’s and Assignee’s Details

List all of the pertinent information regarding the parties involved in the transfer. This information includes their full names, addresses, phone numbers, and other relevant contact information.

This step clarifies who’s transferring the initial contract and who will take on its responsibilities.

Step 2 – Provide Original Contract Information

Describing and identifying the contract that is effectively being reassigned is essential. This step avoids any confusion after the transfer has been completed.

Step 3 – State the Consideration

Provide accurate information regarding the amount the assignee pays to assume the contract. This figure should include taxes and any relevant peripheral expenses. If the assignee will pay the consideration over a period, indicate the method and installments.

Step 4 – Provide Any Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions of any agreement are crucial to a smooth transaction. You must cover issues such as dispute resolution, governing law, obligor approval, and any relevant clauses.

Step 5 – Obtain Signatures

Both parties must sign the agreement to ensure it is legally binding and that they have read and understood the contract. If a notary is required, wait to sign off in their presence.

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In 2011, the U. S. Supreme Court held that a present assignment by a Stanford University faculty member to a company where he was consulting was effective despite an earlier promise to assign in the employment agreement between Stanford University and the faculty member. In other words: “I assign” beats “I will assign”.  Bd of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems Inc. , 563 U.S. 776 (2011).

When the assignment is effective is a key issue to address in the contract language. Because the owner of a patent is initially the inventor, only the inventor has standing to sue for patent infringement without an assignment. Rights granted in the employment agreement using “passive verbs in the indefinite or future tense” require a subsequent assignment.  Omni Medsci, Inc. v. Apple Inc ., ___ F.3d ___ (Fed. Cir. August 2, 2021) (a provision stating patents “shall be the property of the University” was not an automatic assignment and as such required a subsequent assignment to effectuate the transfer).  

Consequently, language such as “employee hereby assigns” should replace “employee shall assign”  in employment contracts ( link ).

What post-employment inventions can be assigned  is a second key issue recent cases have identified.

Employee Alleshouse assigned to his employer  

“all inventions, improvements, developments . . .or patentable material that Employee conceives or hereafter may make or conceive . . . resulting from or suggested by Employee’s work for the Company . . . .”

The assignment language included inventions conceived after employment terminated. Using no confidential information of the former employer, Alleshouse conceived and patented post-employment inventions. The successor in interest to the former employer sued seeking an assignment of the patents. Applying a California statute protecting employees [1] , the Court found the broad assignment language void. The obligation to assign inventions conceived after the employee’s departure was held to function as an unlawful non-compete.  Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. v Alleshouse , 981 F.3d 1045 (Fed. Cir. 2020).

A subsequent International Trade Commission case (applying California law) interpreted an assignment of all

“inventions (including new contributions, improvements, designs, developments, ideas, discoveries . . . ) which I may . . . conceive, develop or reduce to practice during  the period of my employment . . . .”

The “inventions” (and in a later version, “intellectual property”) language was interpreted as limiting the assignment to “subject matter that itself could be protected . . .  before  the termination of employment.” Patent rights could not exist “until at least conception of that invention.” In this case the conception date was after termination. So the assignment language did not include “ideas . . . contributing to a post- employment patentable invention”.  Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. v. ITC , ___ F.3d ___ (Fed. Cir. April 29, 2021),  petition for rehearing pending . [2]

The court’s narrow reading of the assignment language requiring the invention to be conceived before termination of employment avoided the need to apply the California statutes discussed in  Alleshouse . [3]  Consequently, cases not subject to the California statutes are subject to the same limiting construction if they use comparable language regarding assignment of “inventions” or “intellectual property”.

As the law is developing, employee patent assignments should (and if California law applies, must) be reviewed to confirm a straightforward reading (1) creates a present assignment, and (2) reasonably limits the assignment of post-employment inventions, most conservatively to inventions (a) conceived during employment or (b) made using the former employer’s trade secrets.

[1]  California Business and Professions Code §16600 voids any contract restraining lawful trade of any kind. California Labor Code §2870 (a) limits an employee agreement to assign to only certain inventions. The court found the contract duty to assign was void as a substantial restraint on the former employee and §2870 did not approve assignments of post-employment inventions.

[2]  The court specifically noted: “We do not deem a mere joint inventor’s contribution to a post-agreement conception sufficient”. Bio-Rad argues in the petition for rehearing that this was error.

[3]  The court referred to the California statutory limitation on assignments as a “confirmatory reason” for the court’s “straightforward reading”.

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Employee proprietary information and inventions assignment agreements: what they do, and what could happen without them

The typical onboarding process for a new employee at nearly all companies in most industries includes a requirement for the employee to sign an agreement regarding confidentiality and ownership of inventions, copyrights and other intellectual property.  This article explains the purpose of such an agreement and consequences that result from a failure to have such agreements signed by each employee.

What is a PIIA?

The agreement goes by many names, but tech-savvy companies often refer to them as PIIAs (or ''Pee-as'' for short). PIIA is the acronym for the most common name for these agreements, ''proprietary information and invention assignment'' agreements.  The typical form of agreement addresses two main areas: confidentiality and ownership of intellectual property. 

The agreement requires that an employee maintain the employer's non-public and proprietary information confidential and contains language similar to what you would see in a non-disclosure agreement ( see more about non-disclosure agreements ). 

The agreement also requires that the employee agree that whatever the employee creates, discovers, develops or invents while employed with the company is owned by the company. Companies that are in the business of developing products or technology that are protectable by copyright (as is the case with most software companies) can rely on the work for hire doctrine under US copyright law, which automatically gives the employer ownership of copyrights in works of authorship ( eg , software, manuals and documentations) written or prepared by an employee within the scope of his/her employment. The work for hire doctrine, however, does not apply and ownership is not automatically vested in the employer in the case of other intellectual property rights, most notably in the case of patents (see our article providing an overview of  intellectual property rights and a more detailed discussion about  copyrights and  patents ). 

Therefore, the PIIA is the employee's agreement that everything created by the employee for the employer is owned by the employer, and if the employer needs the employee to do anything or sign any document to confirm that the employer owns all the rights in the intellectual property developments, the employee agrees in the PIIA to do so.

PIIAs will also often include non-solicitation clauses and, for those employees working in states where non-competition clauses are enforced, the agreement may also include a non-compete clause (see our article discussing  non-solicitation and non-competition clauses ).

Does the company really own everything the employee creates?

If an employee can show that he or she created intellectual property on their own time and without the use of any of the employer's facilities, equipment, supplies or trade secret information and if the intellectual property did not relate at the time of development to the employer's business or actual or anticipated research or development, then the employee would continue to own such intellectual property. 

In some states, such as California, Washington, Texas and Illinois, this exception is expressed in a statute that requires that the PIIA include a notice of the exception.  Such statutes favor the employer in that the burden of showing the exception applies is typically on the employee.

What happens if I don't have my employees sign PIIAs or if the PIIAs don't include all the bells and whistles?

Whenever a company goes through a financing, whether it is a seed round or an institutional VC round, or if the company is going to be acquired, the investors or acquirer will conduct due diligence. One of the issues that they will review is whether or not all the employees have signed PIIAs and whether or not those PIIAs require employees to assign to the company ownership of all intellectual property rights to developments created by the employee. Investors and acquirers want to make sure that the company owns its intellectual property, products and technology. 

Depending on where the company is in its lifecycle, the due diligence may focus on all employees, former and current, or it may just focus on the former and current employees that have been involved in research and development or engineering activities. (The failure of the company to obtain a PIIA from an employee strictly in an administrative capacity will generally not create a material issue). If due diligence identifies a problem with the PIIAs, or reveals that PIIAs were not signed, investors and acquirers may require that the company obtain signed PIIAs (or the equivalent) after the fact, which may necessitate the company having to pay the employees something in exchange for signing the agreement so that it is binding or, worse yet, give a former employee leverage to ask for something more. Giving someone leverage on the cusp of a financing or an acquisition may not end well for the company.

While PIIAs may seem like a routine document that is available from numerous online sources, it is essential that an employer have a form of PIIA that includes provisions that is enforceable and current and will withstand scrutiny from investor and acquirer's counsel. If you have questions about your form of PIIA, or if you want to make sure that you have forms of PIIA that will be enforceable for your employees wherever they may be located, within or outside the United States, please contact a member of our Technology, Data and Commercial practice .

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What Is an Invention Assignment Agreement?

Should you have new hires sign one, when to use an invention agreement.

  • Employing workers to invent . If you are bringing on employees to invent, create or improve on behalf of your company, you’ll want them to sign an invention assignment agreement before they begin work.
  • Employing independent contractors and freelancers . When you contract workers to create solutions that may require copyright or patent protection, consider getting a signed invention assignment agreement. These agreements are often rolled into other contracts and may come as less of a surprise to contract workers.
  • Making a business case for safeguarding . If your business relies on innovations, inventions and branded solutions, you might want to make invention agreements part of your standard new-hire paperwork.

When Not to Use an Invention Agreement

  • Employing workers as a stable asset . When you bring an employee on in a role not traditionally inventive, there’s no reason to burden the employment relationship with a legal document. Many great employees improve their work environment, processes and programs by incremental efforts.
  • Collaborating with partners. Collaborating with other companies or brands entangles the inventive process a little more than traditional employment or contract work. In these cases, an invention agreement simply does not cover the scenario. You will need legal help to develop an appropriate contract.
  • Not making a business case for safeguarding . If you have no intention of seeking patent protection for ideas or inventions, you should leave employees free of legal barriers if they want to safeguard their work.

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What to include in an employee invention agreement, 1. an assignment provision, 2. a disclosure provision, 3. a power of attorney provision.

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