Foreground Technology. (a) For purposes of determining inventorship under this Section 12.1, inventorship will be determined in accordance with United States patent laws (regardless of where the applicable activities occurred).
Foreground Technology. Foreground Technology, including all associated Intellectual Property Rights, shall be assigned and/or licensed between the Parties as follows:
Foreground Technology a. From the Effective Date and thereafter, all Foreground Technology shall be jointly owned by Iteris and Valeo.
Foreground Technology. The Parties anticipate that the Project may result in the development of certain new developments, materials, compounds, Confidential Information, or other intellectual property (collectively, “Foreground Technology”). The Parties shall jointly and equally own any and all Foreground Technology, and all Intellectual Property Rights pertaining thereto. To the extent the Parties enter into a JV Agreement as anticipated in Section 2.3 above, the JV Agreement shall include provisions with respect to the joint management of such jointly owned Foreground Technology and Intellectual Property Rights, and the manner in which the Parties may use them. In the event this Agreement terminates, and a JV Agreement is not executed, then each Party shall be free to use the Foreground Technology without the consent of, or accounting to, the other Party, provided however, that to the extent the Foreground Technology or any portion thereof may be patentable, the Parties shall discuss in good faith the manner in which they would apply for, register and maintain the jointly owned patents1
Foreground Technology. Except as provided in Paragraph 8.3 below, to the extent that Foreground Technology does not constitute Joint Foreground Technology, each Party will solely own all rights, titles and interests in its respective Foreground Technology, including Intellectual Property Rights therein. Each Project Agreement may specify in detail the classification and ownership rights of the Foreground Technology developed in conjunction with the specific Project. If either Party desires to file a patent or any other Intellectual Property Right based upon its Foreground Technology, it shall notify the other Party prior to any filing of the proposed filing in reasonable detail.
Foreground Technology. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement, all Foreground Technology shall be jointly owned by the Parties without an obligation to account to the other Party.
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