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As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable 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, or copyright registration or application, 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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the business, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral), or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights therein. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral, consistent in all material respects with the quality of the products or services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility 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.

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Samples: Term Facility Security Agreement (Dana Holding Corp)

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As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable 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, or copyright registration or application, 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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the business, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral), or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights therein. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral, consistent in all material respects with the quality of the products or services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Revolving Facility 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.

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Samples: Revolving Facility Security Agreement (Dana Holding Corp)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination or release of this Agreement the security interest in accordance with its termsthe Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment discretion in such Grantor’s ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable 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, or copyright registration or application, 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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the business, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral), or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights therein. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material 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 in all material respects with the quality of the products or services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility Loan 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, before the Obligations (other than Unmatured Surviving Obligations) have been paid in full, should it obtain an ownership interest in or license to any item of the type set forth in Section 1(f) that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, but otherwise would be part of the Intellectual Property Collateral if such Grantor had an ownership interest in or license to such item on the date hereof (“After-Acquired Intellectual Property”)

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Samples: Term Loan Credit Agreement (Express Parent LLC)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, if at any time, and from time to time, the aggregate fair market value of the Intellectual Property Collateral of all the Credit Parties shall exceed $100,000, then the Grantors shall: (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination of this Agreement in accordance with its termsCollateral, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of businesssteps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable governmental authorityGovernmental 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, or copyright registration or application, 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 authoritiesGovernmental Authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections Section 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, discontinue use of or otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the businessCollateral, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright copyright, unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has may have become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral)unenforceable, or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateralsame, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral.14 HN\1119607.7 (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect)actions, at its expense, as such Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material its Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights thereinCollateral. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions all steps which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material 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 in all material respects with the quality of the products or and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect Each Grantor agrees that, should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set forth in Section 1(g) (excluding any intellectual property component of any undivided interest of any Grantor in a joint operating agreement, the terms of which preclude the granting of a separate security interest in such intellectual property component; except to the extent any such terms are rendered ineffective by Sections 9‑406, 9‑407, 9‑408 or 9‑409 of the UCC) that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, and such acquisition shall cause the total aggregate value of the Intellectual Property Collateral to exceed $100,000 (“After‑Acquired Intellectual Property”), then (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto, (ii) 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 and (iii) in the case of the first such ownership interest obtained in After‑Acquired Intellectual Property, within ten business days following the date on which each such Grantor agrees to obtains such ownership interest each such Grantor shall execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility 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 Governmental Authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property Collateral. HN\1119607.7 (g) If, at the end of each fiscal quarter of each Grantor following the execution of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the acquisition of After‑Acquired Intellectual Property shall have caused the total aggregate value of the Intellectual Property Collateral to exceed $100,000, such Grantor shall give prompt written notice to the Collateral Agent identifying any additional After‑Acquired Intellectual Property acquired during such fiscal quarter, and such Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (an “IP Security Agreement Supplement”) covering such After‑Acquired Intellectual Property, which IP Security Agreement Supplement 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.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Endeavour International Corp)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination (except with respect to any items of this Agreement Intellectual Property Collateral which the Grantor, in accordance with its termsreasonable business judgment, each deems not to be material to the ongoing business of the Grantor), the Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of businesssteps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable governmental authority, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of each such item of Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain each such item of Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such the Intellectual Property Collateral of such the 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, as applicable. No The Grantor shallshall not, without the written consent of the Collateral AgentTrustees, discontinue use of or otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the businessCollateral, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for letters patent, trademark, or copyright copyright, unless such the Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such the Grantor’s 's business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such the Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral AgentTrustees. (b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral), or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights therein. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral, consistent in all material respects with the quality of the products or services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility 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.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Pacificare Health Systems Inc /De/)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination (except with respect to any items of this Agreement Intellectual Property Collateral which such Grantor, in accordance with its termsreasonable business judgment, deems not to be material to the ongoing business of such Grantor), each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of businesssteps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable governmental authority, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of each such item of Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain each such item of Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such the 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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, discontinue use of or otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the businessCollateral, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for letters patent, trademark, or copyright copyright, unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (b) Each Except as provided in this Section regarding the discontinuation of use or abandonment of any Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware learns (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has may have become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral)unenforceable, or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateralsame, or (ii) of any adverse determination or the institution of any proceeding (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral material to the business of such Grantor is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect)actions, at its expense, as such Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material its Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain Collateral. Except with respect of any item of Intellectual Property Collateral, which such Grantor’s rights therein. No , in the reasonable exercise of its business judgment, deems not to be material to the ongoing business of such Grantor, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Except with respect of any item of Intellectual Property Collateral, which such Grantor, in the reasonable exercise of its business judgment, deems not to be material to the ongoing business of such Grantor, each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions all steps which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material 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 in all material respects with the quality of the products or and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B C hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility 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, should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set forth in Section 1(g) which is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral (the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”), (i) the provisions of Section 1 shall automatically apply thereto, (ii) any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property and, in the case of trademarks, the goodwill of the business connected therewith or symbolized thereby, shall automatically become part of the Intellectual Property Collateral subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto, (iii) such Grantor shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith and (iv) such Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an IP Security Agreement Supplement covering such After-Acquired Intellectual Property as “Additional Collateral” thereunder and as defined therein, and shall record such IP Security Agreement Supplement 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.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Pacificare Health Systems Inc /De/)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination or release of this Agreement the security interest in accordance with its termsthe Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment discretion in such Grantor’s ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable 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, or copyright registration or application, 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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the business, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral), or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights therein. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material 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 in all material respects with the quality of the products or services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility ABL 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, before the Obligations (other than Unmatured Surviving Obligations) have been paid in full, should it obtain an ownership interest in or license to any item of the type set forth in Section 1(f) that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, but otherwise would be part of the Intellectual Property Collateral if such Grantor had an ownership interest in or license to such item on the date hereof (“After-Acquired Intellectual Property”)

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Samples: Asset Based Loan Credit Agreement (Express Parent LLC)

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As to Intellectual Property Collateral. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, if at any time, and from time to time, the aggregate fair market value of the Intellectual Property Collateral of all the Credit Parties shall exceed $100,000, then the Grantors shall: (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination of this Agreement in accordance with its termsCollateral, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of businesssteps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable governmental authorityGovernmental Authority, to (i) maintain 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 ii)pursue the registration and maintenance of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, 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 authoritiesGovernmental Authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections Section 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-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, as applicable. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, discontinue use of or otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the businessCollateral, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright copyright, unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent. (bjj) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that i)that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has may have become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral)unenforceable, or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateralsame, or (ii) of ii)of any adverse determination or the institution of any proceeding (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral.. HN\1119607.7 (ckk) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect)actions, at its expense, as such Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (dll) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material its Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights thereinCollateral. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (emm) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions all steps which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material 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 in all material respects with the quality of the products or and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (fnn) With respect Each Grantor agrees that, should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set forth in Section 1(g) (excluding any intellectual property component of any undivided interest of any Grantor in a joint operating agreement, the terms of which preclude the granting of a separate security interest in such intellectual property component; except to the extent any such terms are rendered ineffective by Sections 9‑406, 9‑407, 9‑408 or 9‑409 of the UCC) that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, and such acquisition shall cause the total aggregate value of the Intellectual Property Collateral to exceed $100,000 (“After‑Acquired Intellectual Property”), then (i)the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto, (ii)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 and (iii)in the case of the first such ownership interest obtained in After‑Acquired Intellectual Property, within ten business days following the date on which each such Grantor agrees to obtains such ownership interest each such Grantor shall execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility 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 Governmental Authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property Collateral. (oo) If, at the end of each fiscal quarter of each Grantor following the execution of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the acquisition of After‑Acquired Intellectual Property shall have caused the total aggregate value of the Intellectual Property Collateral to exceed $100,000, such Grantor shall give prompt written notice to the Collateral Agent identifying any additional After‑Acquired Intellectual Property acquired during such fiscal quarter, and such 15 HN\1119607.7 Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (an “IP Security Agreement Supplement”) covering such After‑Acquired Intellectual Property, which IP Security Agreement Supplement 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.

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Samples: Lc Procurement Agreement (Endeavour International Corp)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral material to the business of the Company and until termination of this Agreement in accordance with its termsRestricted Subsidiaries, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary commercially reasonable steps as determined in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of businessdiscretion, including, without limitation, including in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable governmental authorityGovernmental Authority, to (i) maintain (in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s reasonable business discretion) 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 (in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s reasonable business discretion) of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor, including, without limitation, including 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 authoritiesGovernmental 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, as applicablein each case except where the failure to so file, register or maintain is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral which shall not be unreasonably withheld or to the business, results of operations, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”)delayed, discontinue use of any material Trademark included in the Material or otherwise abandon any such material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright unless such Grantor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is 6453343.5 19 no longer desirable in material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agentbusiness. (b) Each Until the termination of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor agrees promptly to notify provide to the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (iAgent, concurrently with any delivery of Financial Statements pursuant to Section 5.01(h)(ii) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has become abandonedCredit Agreement, placed in the public domainan updated Schedule of its registered U.S. Patents, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral), or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or (ii) of any adverse determination (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent applications, registered or applied for U.S. Trademarks and Trademark Office registered or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateralapplied for U.S. Copyrights. (c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take such commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect)determined in its reasonable discretion, at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, including suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor shall take commercially all reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights therein. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor shall take commercially reasonable actions steps which it or the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material material Trademarks included in the Intellectual Property Collateral, including maintaining substantially the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any such Trademarks, consistent in all material respects with the general quality of the products or and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the such Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (fe) With respect to the its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B A hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility 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 Office, and any other governmental authorities Governmental Authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property Collateral. (f) Each entity which executes a Security Agreement Supplement as Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Agent with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (an “IP Security Agreement Supplement”) covering such Intellectual Property, which IP Security Agreement Supplement 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 Intellectual Property.

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Samples: Security Agreement (Eastman Kodak Co)

As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral and until termination of this Agreement in accordance with its termsset forth on Schedule IV, other than any Immaterial IP Collateral, each Grantor Pledgor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s commercially reasonable business judgment in such Grantor’s ordinary course of businesssteps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other applicable governmental authority, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of each such item of Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain each such item of Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such GrantorPledgor, 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, as applicable. No Grantor Pledgor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral AgentRequired Representatives, discontinue use of or otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral that is material to the use and operations of the Collateral or to the businessCollateral, results of operationsother than any Immaterial IP Collateral, or financial condition of such Grantor (each such Intellectual Property Collateral a “Material Intellectual Property Collateral”), discontinue use of any Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or abandon any right to file an application for letters patent, trademark, or copyright copyright, unless such Grantor Pledgor shall have previously determined, in its reasonable business judgment, determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s Pledgor's business and that the loss thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse EffectEffect (as defined in the Credit Agreements), in which case, such Grantor Pledgor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral AgentTrustees and the Representatives. (b) Each Grantor Pledgor agrees promptly (and, in any case, on or prior to the date of the next quarterly compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) of the 5-Year Credit Agreement) to notify the Collateral Agent Trustees and the Representatives if such Grantor becomes aware Pledgor learns (i) that any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral has may have become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable (other than as a result of the expiration of the statutory term for such Material Intellectual Property Collateral)unenforceable, or of any adverse determination or development regarding such Grantor’s Pledgor's ownership of any of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same to the extent the happening of such an event would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Intellectual Property Collateralsame, or (ii) of any adverse determination or the institution of any proceeding (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Material Intellectual Property Collateral. (c) In Except with respect to any Immaterial IP Collateral, in the event that any Grantor Pledgor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor Pledgor shall promptly (and, in any case, on or prior to the date of the next quarterly compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) of the 5-Year Credit Agreement) notify the Collateral Agent Trustees and the Representatives and shall take commercially reasonable actions (unless failure to take such actions would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect)actions, at its expense, as such Pledgor or the Required Representatives deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, as Grantor or the Collateral Agent deems necessary or desirable in its reasonable business discretion, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation. (d) Each Grantor Pledgor shall take commercially reasonable actions to use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of Material its Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as reasonably necessary to maintain such Grantor’s rights thereinCollateral, other than any Immaterial IP Collateral. No Grantor Pledgor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral Collateral, other than any Immaterial IP Collateral, may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. (e) Each Grantor Pledgor shall take commercially reasonable actions all steps which it or the Collateral Agent deems Trustees or the Required Representatives deem reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Material Intellectual Property Collateral, other than any Immaterial IP 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 in all material respects with the quality of the products or and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality. (f) With respect to the its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor Pledgor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B E hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Term Facility Security Agreement”"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT"), for recording the security interest granted hereunder to the Collateral Agent Trustees 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 Pledgor agrees that, should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set forth in Section 1(f) which is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral (the "AFTER-ACQUIRED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"), (i) the provisions of Section 1 shall automatically apply thereto, (ii) any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property and, in the case of trademarks, the goodwill of the business connected therewith or symbolized thereby, shall automatically become part of the Intellectual Property Collateral subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto, (iii) such Pledgor shall give prompt (and, in any case, on or prior to the date of the next quarterly compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) of the 5-Year Credit Agreement) written notice thereof to the Collateral Trustees in accordance herewith and (iv) such Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustees an IP Security Agreement Supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto covering such After-Acquired Intellectual Property as "Additional Collateral" thereunder and as defined therein, and shall record such IP Security Agreement Supplement 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. The Schedules to each such IP Security Agreement Supplement may indicate any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property which such Pledgor shall have reasonably determined in good faith constitutes Immaterial IP Collateral as provided pursuant to Section 6(k)(ix).

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Samples: Pledge and Security Agreement (Us Industries Inc /De)

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