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The Employee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally assigns, and to the extent any Development is created in the future agrees to assign upon its creation, to the Company, absolutely and in perpetuity for the full term of the rights and for all renewals and extensions thereof, all right, title and interest (including all Intellectual Property Rights) in and to all Developments, throughout the world, free from any encumbrance and without any further consideration beyond the remuneration payable under the engagement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fd4ee0e9-5772-4120-965f-91fcae26172b","order":400,"text":"The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the remuneration payable under the engagement constitutes full, fair and adequate consideration for the assignment of all Developments and Intellectual Property Rights effected under this Agreement, and that no separate or additional consideration shall be payable in respect thereof.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ca712a78-5aae-4787-a485-301547f567be","order":410,"text":"The Employee shall not be entitled to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, commercially exploit or claim any right in any Development, save as expressly authorised by the Company in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8d603392-0442-48b7-9d8f-ea5167920278","order":420,"text":"This assignment is intended to satisfy the requirements of a valid assignment of copyright under Section 19 of the Copyright Act, 1957, and accordingly specifies the works assigned (the Developments), the rights assigned (all Intellectual Property Rights therein), the duration (the entire term of such rights and all renewals and extensions), and the territory (worldwide). 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Save for the rights expressly granted herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting to the Employee any right, title, interest or licence, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise, in or to any Confidential Information, Development or Intellectual Property Right of the Company, all of which are expressly reserved to the Company.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"12","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5efbbf7f-920e-43ab-80db-21ab4415da98","order":450,"text":"ARTICLE 6 — WAIVER OF MORAL RIGHTS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"18"},{"id":"762a32e5-3f5f-4786-8ce6-99984b18cf02","order":460,"text":"To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Employee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, in favour of the Company and its successors, assigns and licensees, all moral and special rights (including the rights of paternity and integrity) in respect of the Developments to which he/she may now or in the future be entitled under Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957, or under any analogous law in any jurisdiction, and agrees not to assert any such rights against the Company or any person authorised by it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"12","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9ca67d44-04c6-447b-94c8-147f7899bc98","order":470,"text":"ARTICLE 7 — PRE-EXISTING AND EXCLUDED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":true,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"18"},{"id":"7d6cfe48-ef1f-42c0-a92b-3f40c0e5dbdc","order":480,"text":"The Employee has set out in Schedule A a complete and accurate list of all Pre-Existing IP. 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