Patents and Intellectual Property Rights Recipients are subject to the Xxxx-Xxxx Act, 35 U.S.C. § 200 et seq, unless otherwise provided by law. Recipients are subject to the specific requirements governing the development, reporting, and disposition of rights to inventions and patents resulting from federal financial assistance awards located at 37 C.F.R. Part 401 and the standard patent rights clause located at 37 C.F.R. § 401.14.
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks (i) Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrower does not have any maskworks, computer software, or other copyrights, that are registered (or are the subject of any application for registration) with the United States Copyright Office. Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that Borrower will NOT register with the United States Copyright Office (or apply for such registration of) any of Borrower’s maskworks, computer software, or other copyrights, unless Borrower has provided Lender not less than 30 days prior written notice of the commencement of such registration/application and Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender such security agreement(s) and other documentation (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender) which Lender in its good faith business judgment may require for filing with the United States Copyright Office with respect to such registration or application. (ii) Borrower will identify to Lender in writing any and all patents and trademarks of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of any application for registration) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, upon Lender’s request therefor, promptly execute and deliver to Lender such security agreement(s) and other documentation (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender) which Lender in its good faith business judgment may require for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to such registration or application. (iii) Borrower will: (x) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of Borrower’s copyrights, patents, and trademarks; (y) promptly advise Lender in writing of material infringements of Borrower’s copyrights, patents, or trademarks of which Borrower is or becomes aware; and (z) not allow any material item of Borrower’s copyrights, patents, or trademarks to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Lender’s written consent.
Intellectual Property Rights Infringement HP will defend and/or settle any claims against Customer that allege that an HP-branded product or service as supplied under this Agreement infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party. HP will rely on Customer’s prompt notification of the claim and cooperation with our defense. HP may modify the product or service so as to be non-infringing and materially equivalent, or we may procure a license. If these options are not available, we will refund to Customer the amount paid for the affected product in the first year or the depreciated value thereafter or, for support services, the balance of any pre-paid amount or, for professional services, the amount paid. HP is not responsible for claims resulting from any unauthorized use of the products or services.
Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights (a) Section 3.17 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of Seller Intellectual Property and includes details of all due dates for further filings, maintenance, payments or other actions falling due within twelve (12) months of the Closing Date. All of Seller's patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, and trademark applications, and registered copyrights remain in good standing with all fees and filings due as of the Closing Date duly made and the due dates specified in the Seller Disclosure Schedule are accurate and complete. (b) The Seller Intellectual Property consists solely of items and rights which are: (i) owned by Seller; or (ii) rightfully used by Seller pursuant to a valid license ("SELLER LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"), the parties and date of each such license agreement and each material agreement in which Seller is the licensor or owner of the subject rights in the agreement being set forth on Section 3.17(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. Seller has all rights in Seller Intellectual Property necessary to carry out Seller's current activities (and had all rights necessary to carry out its former activities at the time such activities were being conducted), including without limitation, to the extent required to carry out such activities, rights to make, use, reproduce, modify, adopt, create derivative works based on, translate, distribute (directly and indirectly), transmit, display and perform publicly, license, rent and lease and, other than with respect to the Seller Licensed Intellectual Property, assign and sell, the Seller Intellectual Property. (c) The reproduction, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, sublicensing or sale of any Seller Intellectual Property, now used or offered or proposed for use, licensing or sale by Seller does not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark, service xxxx, trade name, trade dress, firm name, Internet domain name, logo, trade dress, of any person and does not constitute a misappropriation of any trade secret. No claims (i) challenging the validity, effectiveness or ownership by Seller of any of the Seller Intellectual Property, or (ii) to the effect that the use, distribution, licensing, sublicensing or sale of the Seller Intellectual Property as now used or offered or proposed for use, licensing, sublicensing or sale by Seller infringes or will infringe on any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person have been asserted or, to the knowledge of Seller, are threatened by any person or have been made or threatened by any person against the Seller's distributors. To the knowledge of Seller, there is no unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any of the Seller Intellectual Property by any third party, employee or former employee. (d) All Seller Intellectual Property has been solely developed by full time employees within the scope of his or her employment with the Seller or within the scope of his or her employment with companies acquired by Seller prior to the date hereof. All employee contribution or participation in the conception and development of the Seller Intellectual Property on behalf of Seller constitutes work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment in accordance with applicable federal and state law that has accorded Seller ownership of all tangible and intangible property thereby arising. (e) Seller is not, nor as a result of the execution or delivery of this Agreement, or performance of Seller's obligations hereunder, will Seller be, in violation of any material license, sublicense, agreement or instrument to which Seller is a party or otherwise bound, nor will execution or delivery of this Agreement, or performance of Seller's obligations hereunder, cause the diminution, termination or forfeiture of any material Seller Intellectual Property. (f) Section 3.17(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of all of Seller's internally-developed software programs ("SELLER SOFTWARE PROGRAMS"). Seller owns full and unencumbered right and good, valid and marketable title to such Seller Software Programs and all Seller Intellectual Property free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, conditional sales agreements or encumbrances. (g) The Seller Software Programs (i) have been designed to ensure year 2000 compatibility, which includes, but is not limited to, being able to provide specific dates and calculate spans of dates within and between twentieth century and twenty-first century, prior to, including and following January 1, 2000; (ii) operate and will operate in accordance with their specifications and correctly process day and date calculations for dates prior and up to December 31, 1999, and on and after January 1, 2000, prior to, during and after the calendar year 2000; and (iii) shall not end abnormally or provide invalid or incorrect results as a result of date data, specifically including date data which represents or references different centuries or more than one century.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - INVENTION AND PATENT RIGHTS A. General 1. NASA has determined that 51 U.S.C. § 20135(b) does not apply to this Agreement. Therefore, title to inventions made (conceived or first actually reduced to practice) under this Agreement remain with the respective inventing party(ies). No invention or patent rights are exchanged or granted under this Agreement, except as provided herein.
Intellectual Property, Inventions and Patents Executive acknowledges that all discoveries, concepts, ideas, inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, patent applications, copyrightable work and mask work (whether or not including any confidential information) and all registrations or applications related thereto, all other proprietary information and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) which relate to Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether alone or jointly with others) while employed by the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether before or after the date of this Agreement (“Work Product”), belong to Parent, the Company or such Subsidiary. Executive shall promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and, at the Company’s expense, perform all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments).
Trademarks, Patents Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries possesses or has the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights, and applications therefor, and all technology, know-how, processes, methods and designs used in or necessary for the conduct of its business, without known conflict with the rights of others.
Intellectual Property Licenses Except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company possesses adequate Intellectual Property to continue to conduct its business as heretofore conducted by it or as projected to be conducted in the Operating Plan, and all Intellectual Property existing on the date hereof, together with in the case of patents and Trademarks, the date of issuance thereof, is listed in Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter. With respect to Intellectual Property of the Company unless such Intellectual Property has become obsolete or is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company: (a) it is valid and enforceable, is subsisting, and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part; (b) the Company has made all necessary filings and recordations to protect its interest therein, including, without limitation, recordations of all of its interest in its Patent Property and Trademark Property in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, to the extent necessary for the conduct of the Company's business, in corresponding offices throughout the world; (c) except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is the exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property owned by it and no claim has been made that the use of any of its owned Intellectual Property does or may violate the asserted rights of any third party; and (d) the Company has performed, and the Company will continue to perform, all acts, and the Company has paid and will continue to pay, all required fees and taxes, to maintain each and every item of such Intellectual Property in full force and effect throughout the world, as applicable. The Company owns directly or is entitled to use, by license or otherwise, all patents, Trademarks, copyrights, mask works, licenses, technology, know-how, processes and rights with respect to any of the foregoing used in, necessary for or of importance to the conduct of the Company's business.
Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc The Company or its Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, authorizations and other rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except to the extent any such conflict could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or threatened, and no patent, invention, device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, proposed, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Copyrights and Patents When the RECIPIENT creates any copyrightable materials or invents any patentable property under this Agreement, the RECIPIENT may copyright or patent the same but ECOLOGY retains a royalty free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, recover, or otherwise use the material(s) or property, and to authorize others to use the same for federal, state, or local government purposes.