| (a) | Property. Executive agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment, and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate to the Company’s actual business, research and development, or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed, or made by Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (or at any time within the 12-month period following the Termination Date, if and to the extent such Inventions result from any work performed for the Company, any use of the Company’s premises or property, or any use of the Company’s Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed, or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, brands, tradename and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights, and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), belong in all instances to the Company. Executive will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company (whether during or after the Term) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney, and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company (whether during or after the Term) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, brands, trade names, service marks, or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. Executive recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title, and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of Executive’s right, title, and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges that the following items do not constitute Work Product for purposes of this Agreement, and that Executive retains sole and exclusive rights to such items and all improvements thereto: (i) the Podcast, and any book or other written materials related to the Podcast, (ii) the technique and process developed by Executive and known as “Mindful Care,” and all related marketing materials, (iii) the book “Linkages: Planning an Intergenerational Program for Preschool” authored by Executive, (iv) all copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property rights related to any of the foregoing items (i) – (iii), and (v) all goodwill arising from or related to any of the foregoing items (i) – (iv). |