COPYRIGHT, PATENTS AND OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Contract, the Agency shall be entitled to all intellectual property and other property rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents and trademarks, with regard to products, documents or other materials which bear a direct relation to or are produced, prepared or collected in consequence or in the course of the execution of the Contract. At the request of the Agency, the Contractor shall take all necessary steps, prepare and process all necessary documents and assist in securing such proprietary rights and transferring them to the Agency in compliance with the requirements of the applicable law. (b) To the extent that any such intellectual property or other proprietary rights consist of any intellectual property or other proprietary rights of the Contractor: (i) that pre-existed the performance by the Contractor of its obligations under the Contract, or (ii) that the Contractor may develop or acquire, or may have developed or acquired, independently of the performance of its obligations under the Contract, the Agency does not and shall not claim any ownership interest thereto, and the Contractor grants to the Agency a non-exclusive, perpetual and irrevocable license to use such intellectual property or other proprietary right.
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Samples: Professional Services, Professional Services, Professional Services
