Prior to submitting your proposal, carefully review Terms of Submission. This document is to ensure that all parties understand the process.
Terms of Submission for Idea Generator
Teleflex welcomes any outside submission that is made voluntarily and is free of any legal encumbrance such as a duty of confidentiality or obligation to a third party. All parties making submissions should take adequate steps to legally protect their idea or invention, including, where appropriate, seeking or obtaining patent protection.
Please include in your Submission details regarding any pending or issued patents related to your submission. If no such application has been filed, you should sign and date your descriptions and drawings, and preferably have them witnessed by a third party.
Please carefully review the Terms of Submission. Submission of your idea or invention serves as an acceptance of these Terms. Regretfully, we cannot proceed with any consideration of your Submission until these Terms are accepted.
Terms of Submission
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My Submission does not violate the rights of any third party, including, but not limited to, a duty of confidentiality regarding the idea or invention, trade secret rights, contractual rights, obligations to license or assign, or any other intellectual property of proprietary rights.
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I understand that at this time Teleflex is under no obligation to treat my Submission as confidential, and it is at the sole discretion of Teleflex to determine whether to treat my Submission as confidential, regardless of its content or method of submission.
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I agree that I will not rely on any current or future alleged trade secret rights or other proprietary rights for any legal claims against Teleflex relating to my Submission.
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Acceptance of these Terms does not grant any patent rights to Teleflex under pending or granted patents related to the Submission. I understand that Teleflex is under no obligation to seek or to obtain patent rights for my Submission on my behalf.
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I understand that Teleflex may have developed, had suggested to it, or in the future may have suggested to it many potential products, inventions, and/or ideas, and there is the possibility that some of these potential products, inventions, and/or ideas may be similar to my Submission. Therefore, I agree that Teleflex remains free to use any potential product, invention, and/or idea in the public domain, or otherwise available to Teleflex.
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I agree that Teleflex is under no obligation to consider or use any part of my Submission and submitted materials may not be returned or preserved. I agree that Teleflex can make copies of my Submission materials.