As a condition of employment, and subject to local law, employees of Seagate Technology and its affiliates worldwide (collectively, the “Company”) are required to execute an At-Will Employment, Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement or other agreement similarly setting forth certain protections regarding the Company’s intellectual property (the “Agreement”). Employees of the Company must, as applicable, adhere to the provisions in the Agreement and to the provisions in this Policy 1090. To the extent that any local requirements pertain to this Policy, this Policy incorporates and complies with such local requirements. Company policy is not to waive its right to the assignment of any invention related in any way to the Company's business. The Company recognizes that employee inventions are vital to its technological advancement and competitiveness. In recognition of employee efforts to obtain patents, employee inventors may be awarded bonuses and receive an expression of appreciation, as well as an additional award for subsequent use of certain inventions in a Company product. Inventors must follow the procedure outlined below and the inventor must be an employee of the Company at the time the invention filing is completed, or an awardable trade secret or awardable invention disclosure decision is made, for the respective award to be paid out. Similarly, the inventor must be an employee of the Company at the time a product award is granted for the product award to be paid out.