Legal issue

What actions should the consultant undertake regarding intellectual property?

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Protection of intellectual property

1.1.The Consultant undertakes, at the expense of the Client, at any time either during or after the Engagement, to execute all documents, make all applications, give all assistance and do all acts and things as may, in the opinion of the Client, be necessary or desirable to vest the Intellectual Property Rights in, and to register them in, the name of the Client and to defend the Client against claims that works embodying Intellectual Property Rights or Inventions infringe third party rights, and otherwise to protect and maintain the Intellectual Property Rights in the Works and the Inventions.
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Confidentiality, intellectual property, deliverables

1.1.The Consultant undertakes:
1.2.to notify to the Client in writing full details of any Inventions promptly on their creation;
1.3.to keep confidential details of all Inventions;
1.4.whenever requested to do so by the Client and in any event on the termination of the Engagement, promptly to deliver to the Client all correspondence, documents, papers and records on all media (and all copies or abstracts of them), recording or relating to any part of the Works and the process of their creation which are in their possession, custody or power;
1.5.not to register nor attempt to register any of the Intellectual Property Rights in the Works, nor any of the Inventions, unless requested to do so by the Client; and
1.6.to do all acts necessary to confirm that absolute title in all Intellectual Property Rights in the Works and the Inventions has passed, or will pass, to the Client.
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