Company IP. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.13.3: (a) The Group Companies own, or have adequate rights to use, all Company Intellectual Property Rights without any infringement of, the Intellectual Property Rights of others; (b) No Person other than a Group Company has any ownership interest in any Company Material IP; (c) No Group Company has granted any exclusive licenses to Company Intellectual Property Rights to third parties; (d) The Company Intellectual Property Rights and the Intellectual Property Rights of the Group Companies under the Inbound IP Contracts include all of the Intellectual Property Rights used or purported to be used by the Group Companies for the conduct of the Business, and there are no other Intellectual Property Rights that are required to operate the Business as currently conducted; (e) All Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by the Group Companies (i) are solely owned (both beneficially and with respect to registrations and applications, as the record owner) by a Group Company free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) used or held for use in, or necessary to conduct, the Business as currently conducted, including to design, develop, manufacture, license, market, distribute, maintain, repair, offer for sale, sell, or use such Group Company’s Products, are subsisting, valid and enforceable; (f) All fees have been timely paid and all required communications and responses timely filed with regard to all Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Group Companies subject to registration with a Governmental Authority or other registrar, and the applicable Group Company and its Representatives have complied with the duty of candor and disclosure, and have not made any material misrepresentations in connection with the prosecution and maintenance of any registered Patents or Patent application owned by a Group Company; (g) No grants, funding, facilities, or personnel of any Governmental Authority or university, research institution or similar entity was used to develop or create (in whole or in part) any Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Group Companies; (h) Neither the validity, enforceability nor scope of, nor any Group Company’s title or other rights to, any Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Group Companies is currently being, or, in the six (6) years prior to the date hereof, has been, challenged in any Action, and none of any of the Company Intellectual Property Rights relating to Intellectual Property Rights that is owned by third parties and used or held for use in, and material to the operation of, the business of any Group Company is currently being, or, in the six (6) years prior to the date hereof, has been, challenged in any Action involving any of the Group Companies; (i) (i) there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Group Company or otherwise affecting the Business in any material respect, alleging that any Group Company or, in connection with the Business, any Person, is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party Person; (ii) there are no Actions pending or threatened by any Group Company, or by any Person on behalf of the Business, against any Person alleging infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Company Intellectual Property Rights; (iii) neither the operation or conduct of the Business (including the use of any Company Intellectual Property Rights), as currently conducted and conducted in the past six (6) years, nor any of the Products has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any Person, in any material respect, and there has been no Action asserted or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in the last six (6) years against any Group Company alleging any Group Company’s infringement, misappropriation, or violation of any Intellectual Property Rights of another Person; and (iv) no Person has infringed or otherwise violated any Company Intellectual Property Rights; and (j) The consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not result in the loss or impairment of any Group Company’s right to own or use any Company Intellectual Property Rights including any Intellectual Property Rights licensed under any Inbound IP Contracts; and there are no third party consents or other permissions, with respect to any Company Intellectual Property Rights (including the Inbound IP Contracts), required for the completion of the Contemplated Transactions.
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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (Revelyst, Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (Outdoor Products Spinco Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (Outdoor Products Spinco Inc.)
Company IP. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.13.3:
(ai) The Group Companies ownCompany owns all right, title and interest in and to, or have adequate rights is licensed or otherwise possesses a valid and enforceable right to use, all Company Intellectual Property Rights without any infringement of, the Intellectual Property Rights of others;
(b) No Person other than a Group Company has any ownership interest in any Company Material IP;
(c) No Group Company has granted any exclusive licenses to Company Intellectual Property Rights to third parties;
(d) The Company Intellectual Property Rights Technology and the Intellectual Property Rights of the Group Companies under the Inbound IP Contracts include all of the Intellectual Property Rights used or purported to be used by the Group Companies for the conduct of the Business, and there are no other Intellectual Property Rights that are required to operate the Business as currently conducted;
(e) All Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by the Group Companies (i) are solely owned (both beneficially and with respect to registrations and applications, as the record owner) by a Group Company free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) used or held for use in, or necessary to conduct, the Business as currently conducted, including to design, develop, manufacture, license, market, distribute, maintain, repair, offer for sale, sell, or use such Group Company’s Products, are subsisting, valid and enforceable;
(f) All fees have been timely paid and all required communications and responses timely filed with regard to all Company Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by material to the Group Companies subject to registration with a Governmental Authority or other registrar, Business as currently conducted and the applicable Group Company and its Representatives have complied with the duty of candor and disclosure, and have not made any material misrepresentations in connection with the prosecution and maintenance of any registered Patents or Patent application owned by a Group Company;as presently contemplated.
(gii) No grantsSection 3.11(a)(ii) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, funding, facilities, or personnel correct and complete list of any Governmental Authority or university, research institution or similar entity was used to develop or create (in whole or in part) any all Company Technology and all Company Intellectual Property Rights that are both owned by the Group Companies;
(hCompany and are registered, issued or the subject of a pending application with any Governmental Authority. All of the registrations, issuances and applications set forth on Section 3.11(a)(ii) Neither of the validitySellers’ Disclosure Schedules that are material to the Business as currently conducted and as presently contemplated are in full force and effect and have not expired or been cancelled, enforceability nor scope ofabandoned or otherwise terminated, nor any Group Company’s and payment of all renewal and maintenance fees, costs and expenses in respect thereof, and all filings related thereto, have been duly made. The Company owns and possesses all right, title or other rights to, any and interest in and to all Company Technology and all Company Intellectual Property Rights that are is owned by the Group Companies Company free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances and subject to Section 3.11(a)(ii)(2)).
(iii) Section 3.11(a)(iii)(A) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all contracts that are material to the conduct of the Business (1) pursuant to which the Company uses any material Company Technology or material Company Intellectual Property pursuant to a valid license or other right granted in a contract (other than licenses for use of off-the-shelf commercially available software granted pursuant to the licensor’s standard form agreement with annual license fees of less than $50,000) or (2) pursuant to which the Company has granted to a third party any right in or to any Company Technology or Company Intellectual Property that is currently beingowned by the Company. The Company has not taken or failed to take any action and, orto the Company’s Knowledge no other event has occurred, that could subject any such license agreement to termination or otherwise cause any such license agreement not to be in effect in the six (6foreseeable future. Except as disclosed on Section 3.11(a)(iii)(C) years prior of the Sellers’ Disclosure Schedules, either the Company has the right to the date hereof, has been, challenged in any Action, and none of any of use the Company Intellectual Property Rights relating to Intellectual Property Rights that is not owned by it without payment or obligation to any third parties and used or held for use inparty, and material to the operation of, the business of any Group Company is currently beingin perpetuity, or, in those instances where a payment is required, the six (6) years prior Company has paid all royalties due to the date hereof, and performed all obligations under all such license agreements. The Company is not presently in default and has been, challenged in received no notice of default under any Action involving any of the Group Companies;
(i) (i) there are no Actions pending orsuch license agreement and, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Group Company or otherwise affecting the Business in any material respect, alleging that any Group Company or, in connection with the Business, any Person’s Knowledge, is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party Person; (ii) there are no Actions pending or threatened by any Group Company, or by any Person on behalf of the Business, against any Person alleging infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Company Intellectual Property Rights; (iii) neither the operation or conduct of the Business (including the use of any Company Intellectual Property Rights), as currently conducted and conducted not presently in the past six (6) years, nor any of the Products has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any Person, in any material respect, and there has been no Action asserted or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in the last six (6) years against any Group Company alleging any Group Company’s infringement, misappropriation, or violation of any Intellectual Property Rights of another Person; and (iv) no Person has infringed or otherwise violated any Company Intellectual Property Rights; and
(j) The consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not result in the loss or impairment of any Group Company’s right to own or use any Company Intellectual Property Rights including any Intellectual Property Rights licensed default under any Inbound IP Contracts; and there are no third party consents or other permissions, with respect to any Company Intellectual Property Rights (including the Inbound IP Contracts), required for the completion of the Contemplated Transactionssuch license agreement.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Kohlberg Capital CORP), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Kohlberg Capital CORP)