Patents and Other Intangible Assets (a) The Company (i) owns or has the right to use, free and clear of all Liens, claims and restrictions, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing used in or necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted without infringing upon or otherwise acting adversely to the right or claimed right of any Person under or with respect to any of the foregoing and (ii) is not obligated or under any liability to make any payments by way of royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner or licensor of, or other claimant to, any patent, trademark, service xxxx, trade name, copyright or other intangible asset, with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of its business or otherwise.
(b) To the knowledge of the Company, the Company owns and has the unrestricted right to use all trade secrets, if any, including know-how, negative know-how, formulas, patterns, programs, devices, methods, techniques, inventions, designs, processes, computer programs and technical data and all information that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known or known by competitors (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) required for or incident to the development, operation and sale of all products and services sold by the Company, free and clear of any right, Lien or claim of others; provided, however, that the possibility exists that other Persons, completely independently of the Company or its employees or agents, could have developed Intellectual Property similar or identical to that of the Company. The Company is not aware of any such development of substantially identical trade secrets or technical information by others. All Intellectual Property can and will be transferred by the Company to the Surviving Corporation as a result of the Merger and without the consent of any Person other than the Company.
Equipment and Other Tangible Property The Company or one of its Subsidiaries owns and has good title to, and has the legal and beneficial ownership of or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use by license or otherwise, all material machinery, equipment and other tangible property reflected on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. All material personal property and leased personal property assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries are structurally sound and in good operating condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear expected) and are suitable for their present use.
Contracts and Other Collateral The Company shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Company is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement.
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property (A) The parties foresee that the Employee may make inventions or create other intellectual property in the course of his duties and agree that in this respect the Employee has a special responsibility to further the interests of the Company and the Group Companies.
(B) Any invention, improvement, design, process, information, copyright work, trade xxxx or trade name or get-up made, created or discovered by the Employee in the course of the Employment (whether capable of being patented or registered or not and whether or not made or discovered in the course of the Employment) in conjunction with or in any way affecting or relating to the business of the Company or of any Group Company or capable of being used or adapted for use in or in connection with such business ("Intellectual Property Rights") shall -be disclosed immediately to the Company and shall (subject to Sections 39 to 43 Patents Act 1977) belong to and be the absolute property of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct.
(C) If and whenever required so to do by the Company the Employee shall at the expense of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct: apply or join with the Company or such Group Company in applying for letters patent or other protection or registration for an other Intellectual Property Rights in the United Kingdom and in any other part of the world; and execute all instruments and do all things necessary for vesting all such right, title and interest in such letters patent or other Intellectual Property Rights in the Company or such Group Company or such other person as the Company may specify absolutely as sole beneficial owner.
(D) The Employee irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights under Chapter IV of Part 1 of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Xxx 0000 in connection with his authorship Copyright of any existing or future copyright work in the course of the Employment, in whatever part of the world such rights may be enforceable including, without limitation:
(i) the right conferred by section 77 of that Act to be identified as the author of any such work., and
(ii) the right conferred by section 80 of that Act not to have any such work subjected to derogatory treatment.
(E) The Employee irrevocably appoints the Company to be his Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute any such instrument or do any such thing and generally to use his name for the purpose of giving to the Company the full benefits of this clause 13. A certificate in writing in favour of any third party signed by any director or by the Secretary of the Company that any, instrument or act falls within the authority conferred by this Agreement shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case.
(F) Nothing in this clause 13 shall be construed as restricting the rights of the Employee or the Company under sections 39 to 43 Patents Xxx 0000.
Contracts and Other Agreements Section 3.8 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of the following contracts and other agreements to which Seller is a party or by or to which Seller or Seller's assets or properties are bound or subject:
(a) any agreement or series of related agreements requiring aggregate payments after the date hereof by or to Seller of more than $25,000;
(b) any agreement with or for the benefit of any current or former officer, director, stockholder, employee or consultant of Seller;
(c) any agreement with any labor union or association representing any employee of Seller;
(d) any agreement for the purchase or sale of materials, supplies, equipment, merchandise or services that contains an escalation, renegotiation or redetermination clause or that obligates Seller to purchase all or substantially all of its requirements of a particular product from a supplier, or for periodic minimum purchases of a particular product from a supplier;
(e) any agreement for (i) sale of any of the assets or properties of Seller, other than in the ordinary course of business or (ii) for the grant to any person of any options, rights of first refusal, or preferential or similar rights to purchase any such assets or properties other than stock option and warrant agreements or instruments listed in Section 3.3.2 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 3.8;
(f) any partnership or joint venture agreement;
(g) any agreement of surety, guarantee or indemnification, other than agreements in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations in an aggregate amount not in excess of $25,000;
(h) any agreement containing covenants of Seller not to compete in any line of business, in any geographic area or with any person or covenants of any other person not to compete with Seller or in any line of business of Seller; (i) any agreement granting or restricting the right of Seller to use any Intellectual Property (as defined hereinafter);
(j) any agreement with customers or suppliers for the sharing of fees, the rebating of charges or other similar arrangements;
(k) any agreement with any holder of securities of Seller as such (including, without limitation, any agreement containing an obligation to register any of such securities under any federal or state securities laws);
(l) any agreement obligating Seller to deliver services or product enhancements or containing a "most favored nation" pricing clause;
(m) any agreement relating to the acquisition by Seller of any operating business or the capital stock of any other person;
(n) any agreement requiring the payment to any person of a brokerage or sales commission or a finder's or referral fee (other than arrangements to pay commission or fees to employees in the ordinary course of business);
(o) any agreement or note relating to or evidencing outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money;
(p) any lease, sublease or other agreement under which Seller is lessor or lessee of any real property or equipment or other tangible property with respect to obligations in excess of $25,000;
(q) Except for agreements to provide maintenance, upgrades, bug fixes, error corrections or similar work product that are ordinary and customary for the software industry and that are related to the Seller products which have been delivered as of the date hereof, any agreement that requires Seller to deliver, or undertake the development of, any new product, customized product, substantial upgrade, new version or similar work product where such delivery or development requires Seller to utilize substantial personnel or financial resources; and
(r) any other material agreement whether or not made in the ordinary course of business. True and complete copies of all the contracts and other agreements (and all amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto) set forth on the Seller Disclosure Schedule have been furnished to BEA. Each of such contracts is valid, subsisting, in full force and effect, binding upon Seller, and to the best knowledge of Seller, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with their terms, and Seller is not in default under any of them, nor, to the best knowledge of Seller, is any other party to any such contract or other agreement in default thereunder, nor does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default thereunder, except, in each case, such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Seller.
Contract Rights The rights granted pursuant to this Article V shall be deemed to be contract rights, and no amendment, modification or repeal of this Article V shall have the effect of limiting or denying any such rights with respect to actions taken or Proceedings arising prior to any such amendment, modification or repeal.
Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Attached hereto as Schedule 10 is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness held by each Company as of the date hereof, including all intercompany notes between or among any two or more Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, stating if such instruments, chattel paper or other evidence of indebtedness is pledged under the Security Agreement.
PERMITS AND INTANGIBLES The COMPANY and each of the COMPANY's Subsidiaries holds all licenses, franchises, permits and other governmental authorizations including permits, titles (including motor vehicle titles and current registrations), fuel permits, licenses, franchises, certificates, trademarks, trade names, patents, patent applications and copyrights, the absence of any of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. The COMPANY has delivered to URSI an accurate list and summary description (Schedule 5.12) of all such licenses, franchises, permits and other governmental authorizations, provided that copyrights need not be listed unless registered. To the knowledge of the COMPANY, the licenses, franchises, permits and other governmental authorizations listed on Schedule 5.12 are valid, and neither the COMPANY nor any of the COMPANY's Subsidiaries has received any notice that any governmental authority intends to cancel, terminate or not renew any such license, franchise, permit or other governmental authorization. The COMPANY (including the COMPANY's Subsidiaries) has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance with the requirements, standards, criteria and conditions set forth in applicable permits, licenses, orders, approvals, variances, rules and regulations and is not in violation of any of the foregoing except where such non-compliance or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically provided in Schedule 5.12, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in a default under or a breach or violation of, or have a Material Adverse Effect upon the rights and benefits afforded to the COMPANY (including the COMPANY's Subsidiaries) by, any such licenses, franchises, permits or government authorizations.
Award of Construction Contract and Other Future Contracts 6.2.1 A-E is hereby informed that provisions of the Public Contract Code, the Political Reform Act of 1974, other statutes, regulations, and COUNTY policy prohibit, as an impermissible conflict of interest, the award of a contract for the construction of the project(s) on which A-E performed architectural-engineering services under this A-E CONTRACT. A-E is hereby informed that these statutes and regulations could also prohibit the award to A-E of design or other contracts on future phases related to tasks performed by A-E under this CONTRACT. This prohibition applies also to a subcontractor of or parent company of the firm that performed architectural-engineering tasks under this CONTRACT.
Intangible Property Intangible and intellectual property of this award shall generally follow provisions established in 2 CFR § 200.315.
