Intellectual Property Rights and Confidentiality Clauses 3.1 Party A shall have exclusive and proprietary ownership, rights and interests in any and all intellectual properties arising out of or created during the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, patent applications, software, technical secrets, trade secrets and others. Party B shall execute all appropriate documents, take all appropriate actions, submit all filings and/or applications, render all appropriate assistance and otherwise conduct whatever is necessary as deemed by Party A at its sole discretion for the purposes of vesting any ownership, right or interest of any such intellectual property rights in Party A, and/or perfecting the protections for any such intellectual property rights in Party A.
3.2 The Parties acknowledge that the existence and the terms of this Agreement and any oral or written information exchanged between the Parties in connection with the preparation and performance of this Agreement are regarded as confidential information. Each Party shall maintain confidentiality of all such confidential information, and without obtaining the written consent of the other Party, it shall not disclose any relevant confidential information to any third party, except for the information that: (a) is or will be in the public domain (other than through the receiving Party’s unauthorized disclosure); (b) is under the obligation to be disclosed pursuant to the applicable laws or regulations, rules of any stock exchange, or orders of the court or other government authorities; or (c) is required to be disclosed by any Party to its shareholders, directors, employees, legal counsels or financial advisors regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder, provided that such shareholders, directors, employees, legal counsels or financial advisors shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations similar to those set forth in this Section. Disclosure of any confidential information by the shareholders, director, employees of or agencies engaged by any Party shall be deemed disclosure of such confidential information by such Party and such Party shall be held liable for breach of this Agreement.
Intellectual Property Rights and Confidentiality 3.1 Party A shall have exclusive and proprietary rights and interests in all rights, ownership, interests and intellectual properties arising out of or created during the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, patent applications, software, technical secrets, trade secrets and others. Party B shall execute all appropriate documents, take all appropriate actions, submit all filings and/or applications, render all appropriate assistance and otherwise conduct whatever is necessary as deemed by Party A in its sole discretion for the purposes of vesting any ownership, right or interest of any such intellectual property rights in Party A, and/or perfecting the protections for any such intellectual property rights in Party A.
3.2 The Parties acknowledge that the existence and the terms of this Agreement and any oral or written information exchanged between the Parties in connection with the preparation and performance this Agreement are regarded as confidential information. Each Party shall maintain confidentiality of all such confidential information, and without obtaining the written consent of the other Party, it shall not disclose any relevant confidential information to any third parties, except for the information that: (a) is in the public domain (other than through the receiving Party’s unauthorized disclosure); (b) is under the obligation to be disclosed pursuant to the applicable laws or regulations, rules of any stock exchange, or orders of the court or other government authorities; or (c) is required to be disclosed by any Party to its shareholders, investors, legal counsels or financial advisors regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder, provided that such shareholders, investors, legal counsels or financial advisors shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations similar to those set forth in this Section. Disclosure of any confidential information by the staff members or agencies hired by any Party shall be deemed disclosure of such confidential information by such Party, which Party shall be held liable for breach of this Agreement. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.
3.3 The Parties agree that this Section shall survive changes to, and rescission or termination of, this Agreement.
Rights and Licenses The W ork is made up of intellectual property that may fall into four categories: (1) Your Manuscript; (2) Our W ork Product; (3) Our Property; and (4) Third Party Property. Your Manuscript includes the text of the W ork, in its original form as submitted by You and as edited by Us during the fulfillment of editorial Services purchased by You, and graphics or other materials, all owned or authorized in writing by the owners to be submitted by You to be incorporated into the W ork. YOU (AND/ OR THE PERSONS YOU ARE EXCLUSIVELY AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT IN THIS AGREEMENT) WILL REMAIN THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE OWNER(S) OF ALL RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST, INCLUDING COPYRIGHT, IN AND TO YOUR MANUSCRIPT. Our W ork Product includes the book design, book cover design, graphics, Illustrations (as defined below), and other content that W e or Our Contractors create in the process of fulfilling the Services (with the exception of the text of the W ork). Our Property includes Our intellectual property, such as imprint logos, imprint names, trademarks, barcodes, and ISBN's. As between You and Us, W e remain the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest, including copyright, in and to Our Work Product and Our Property. Third Party Property includes content or material that is owned or controlled by third parties that either W e license, or You license or otherwise have permission to use in the W ork. If Your use of Third Party Property is subject to any restrictions (such as a limit on the number of reproductions of an image), You are responsible to ensure that You comply with those restrictions. All right, title and interest in Third Party Property shall remain with the respective Third Party. Third Party Property licensed to Us may be used only in the version of the Work (in any format) that We create, and may not be removed or used in any other versions of the Work or other products or materials. During the Term of this Agreement and for the purpose of fulfilling the Services purchased by You and complying with Our obligations under this Agreement, with respect to the W ork, Your Manuscript and Third Party Property licensed to You for use in the W ork, You authorize, consent to and grant to Us and Our Contractors the following: The worldwide rights and license to display, exhibit, reproduce, digitize, modify, license, and otherwise use the information that You provide to Us about You (such as Your name or chosen pen name, image, likeness, appearance, voice, video footage, biographical and personal information, etc.) and information about the Work (such as the title, Your description of the Work, excerpts and images from the W ork, etc.), in all materials created by Us or on Our behalf that incorporate any of the information above, in any format and in all media; The worldwide rights and license to send free review copies of the W ork to members of media and other potential book reviewers or book sellers, in Our sole discretion; The worldwide rights and license to make excerpts or previews of the W ork available for preview on websites or via other media, including the websites of certain unaffiliated third party retailers, such as Amazon, Google, and Apple, in Our sole discretion; The exclusive, transferable, worldwide license to manufacture, store, use, display, execute, reproduce (in whole or in part), transmit, modify (for example, for formatting purposes or to create authorized derivative works), import, make, have made, offer to sell, print, publish, market, sublicense, distribute, and sell (individually or as part of compilations of collective works), and license for use via any subscription model or lending model, through all distribution channels available now or as may become available in the future, in any language, in any format, and via any medium, now known or hereafter devised, selected in Our sole discretion and consistent with the Services You purchase, the W ork; During the transition period of ninety (90) days after termination of this Agreement, the non-exclusive, worldwide license to engage in the activities set forth above; and The right and license to compile and use statistical information regarding sales of the W ork. . After this Agreement is terminated, X x xxxxx to You a non-exclusive, worldwide license to manufacture, store, use, display, execute, reproduce, transmit, import, make, have made, offer to sell, print, publish, market, sublicense, distribute, and sell Our W ork Product and Third Party Property provided by Us only as it is incorporated into the version of the Work that was created by Us. The re-sale of copies of the W ork purchased previously by You or a third party is not subject to the terms of this Agreement. We grant to You a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, transmit, sell, print, publish, market, distribute, sub-license, transfer, and make or have made derivative works, for any purpose whatsoever, the custom illustrations that W e create pursuant to this Agreement ("Illustrations").
