Intellectual Property Matters A. Definitions
Rights to Intellectual Property This Data Agreement does not give Service Provider any rights, implied or otherwise, to CDI, data, content or intellectual property except as expressly stated in any underlying agreement between the parties. This includes but is not limited to the right to share, sell or trade CDI. The District acknowledges that this agreement does not convey any intellectual property right in any of Service Provider’s materials or content, including any revisions of derivative work or material. Service Provider-owned materials shall remain the property of the Service Provider. All rights, including copyright, trade secrets, patent and intellectual property rights shall remain the sole property of the Service Provider.
Assignment of Rights to Intellectual Property The Executive shall promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the Company. The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) the Executive’s full right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property. The Executive agrees to execute any and all applications for domestic and foreign patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and to do such other acts (including without limitation the execution and delivery of instruments of further assurance or confirmation) requested by the Company to assign the Intellectual Property to the Company and to permit the Company to enforce any patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property. The Executive will not charge the Company for time spent in complying with these obligations. All copyrightable works that the Executive creates shall be considered “work made for hire”.
Intellectual Property Agreements Borrower shall not permit the inclusion in any material contract to which it becomes a party of any provisions that could or might in any way prevent the creation of a security interest in Borrower's rights and interests in any property included within the definition of the Intellectual Property Collateral acquired under such contracts.
Intellectual Property Security Agreements Duly executed originals of Trademark Security Agreements, Copyright Security Agreements and Patent Security Agreements, each dated the Closing Date and signed by each Credit Party which owns Trademarks, Copyrights and/or Patents, as applicable, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, together with all instruments, documents and agreements executed pursuant thereto.
As to Intellectual Property Collateral (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all commercially reasonable steps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authority, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of such Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain such Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance of each Patent, Trademark, and Copyright registration and application for registration, now or hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor, including, without limitation, the payment of required fees and taxes, the filing of responses to office actions issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or other governmental authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and misappropriation proceedings, except to the extent such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that (x) such Intellectual Property Collateral is not commercially reasonable to maintain under the circumstances and (y) the failure to act could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business of any Grantor. (b) Each Grantor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows or has reason to know that any application or registration relating to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the business of such Grantor may become abandoned or dedicated, or of any adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court but excluding ordinary course rejections and other ordinary course communications from Intellectual Property registries in connection with the prosecution of Intellectual Property applications) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the business of such Grantor, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same, except with respect to any Intellectual Property Collateral that Grantor is not required to maintain or pursue pursuant to Sections 10(a) or 10(c). (c) Except to the extent such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that (i) such Intellectual Property Collateral is not commercially reasonable to maintain under the circumstances and (ii) such actions (including permitting the actions of others) and omissions could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business of any Grantor, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (d) Except to the extent such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that (i) such Intellectual Property Collateral is not commercially reasonable to maintain under the circumstances and (ii) the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business of any Grantor, each Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps to preserve each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (e) Each Grantor shall, unless it reasonably determines that such item of Intellectual Property Collateral is not material to the conduct of its business or operations, promptly take such actions as it deems reasonable under the circumstances to protect each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, which actions may include suing for infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation and recovering any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation, and upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default shall take such other actions as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate under the circumstances to protect the Intellectual Property Collateral. (f) With respect to its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent or otherwise authenticate one or more agreements, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Security Agreement”), for recording the security interest granted hereunder to the Collateral Agent in such Intellectual Property Collateral with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property Collateral. (g) Each Grantor agrees that (i) should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set forth in Section 1(p) that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, (ii) should it obtain an exclusive license to use any registered Copyrights that are not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (iii) should it file a Statement of Use or an Amendment to Allege Use with respect to any intent-to-use Trademark application that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral (collectively, the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”) (x) the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto, and (y) any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property and, in the case of Trademarks, the goodwill symbolized thereby, shall automatically become part of the Intellectual Property Collateral subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto. Each Grantor shall, concurrently with the delivery of financial statements under Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, or otherwise authenticate, one or more agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, an “Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement”) covering such After-Acquired Intellectual Property which Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement(s) shall be recorded with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such After-Acquired Intellectual Property.
Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the written demand of the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an assignment or assignments of the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights and Goodwill and such other documents as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes hereof. Within five (5) Business Days of written notice thereafter from the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent within such Pledgor’s power and authority, such personnel in such Pledgor’s employ on the date of the Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate to permit such Pledgor to continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold by such Pledgor under the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights, and such persons shall be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agent’s behalf.
RATIFICATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Borrower hereby ratifies, confirms, and reaffirms, all and singular, the terms and conditions of the IP Agreement and acknowledges, confirms and agrees that the IP Agreement contains an accurate and complete listing of all Intellectual Property.
Intellectual Property, etc Each of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all domestic and foreign patents, trademarks, permits, domain names, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and know-how of any type, whether or not written (including, but not limited to, rights in computer programs and databases) and formulas, or other rights with respect to the foregoing, and has obtained assignments of all leases, licenses and other rights of whatever nature, in each case necessary for the conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of others which, or the failure to obtain which, as the case may be, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 1. Licensee acknowledges that all Intellectual Property Rights in the Licensed Material are the property of the Publisher or duly licensed to the Publisher and that this Licence Agreement does not assign or transfer to the Licensee any right, title or interest therein except for the right to access and use the Licensed Material in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Licence Agreement. 2. For the avoidance of doubt, the Publisher hereby acknowledges that any database rights created by the Licensee or the Institutions as a result of Local Hosting, text mining or data mining of the Licensed Material shall be the property of the Licensee, or the Institution.