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Intellectual Property Rights

The Contract’s term for rights in what people create, such as copyright, patents, designs and trade marks. Under clause 17.1, those in work Esme makes as part of her job belong to Cressby as soon as they arise. Inventions made outside her normal duties stay hers. Contract 17.1 · Chapter 6 · see Confidential Information

Explained in Chapter 6, Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and the Privacy Notice, of Employment Contracts.

How it comes up, in Chapter 6
Clause 17 builds on those rules. It uses a defined term, Intellectual Property Rights (the rights in what people create, such as copyright, patents and designs)…
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