Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries shall: (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of its Intellectual Property that is material to Borrower’s business; (b) promptly advise Collateral Agent in writing of material infringement by a third party of its Intellectual Property; and (c) not allow any Intellectual Property material to Borrower’s business to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Collateral Agent’s prior written consent.
Registration of Intellectual Property Rights (a) Within 30 days of the last day of each fiscal quarter, Borrower shall promptly give Lender written notice of any applications or registrations it files or obtains with respect to Intellectual Property filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, including the date of any such filing and the registration or application numbers, if any.
(b) Within 30 days of the last day of each fiscal quarter, Borrower shall (i) give Lender written notice of the filing of any applications or registrations with the United States Copyright Office, including the title of such intellectual property rights to be registered, as such title will appear on such applications or registrations, and the date such applications or registrations will be filed; (ii) execute such documents as Lender may reasonably request for Lender to maintain its perfection in the Intellectual Property rights to be registered by Borrower; (iii) upon the request of Lender, either deliver to Lender or file such documents simultaneously with the filing of any such applications or registrations; (iv) promptly provide Lender with a copy of such applications or registrations together with any exhibits, evidence of the filing of any documents requested by Lender to be filed for Lender to maintain the perfection and priority of its security interest in such Intellectual Property rights.
(c) Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of the Intellectual Property, (ii) detect infringements of the Intellectual Property, and (iii) not allow any material Intellectual Property to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without the written consent of Lender, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, to take, at Borrower’s sole expense, any actions that Borrower is required under this Section 5.8 to take but which Borrower fails to take, after 15 days’ notice to Borrower. Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify Lender for all reasonable costs and reasonable expenses incurred in the reasonable exercise of its rights under this Section.
Protection and Registration of Intellectual Property Rights Borrower shall: (a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of any and all of its intellectual property that (individually or in the aggregate) is material to Borrower’s business (individually and collectively, “Material Intellectual Property”); (b) promptly advise Bank in writing of known material infringements of its Material Intellectual Property; and (c) not allow any Material Intellectual Property to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Bank’s written consent. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date, Borrower does not own any maskworks, computer software, or other copyrights of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of an application for registration) with the United States Copyright Office (collectively, the “Registered Copyrights”). 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: (x) provides Bank with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of its intent to register such copyrights or mask works together with a copy of the application it intends to file with the United States Copyright Office (excluding exhibits thereto); (y) executes and delivers a security agreement or such other documents as Bank may reasonably request to maintain the perfection and priority of Bank’s security interest in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) records such security agreement with the United States Copyright Office contemporaneously with or promptly (but in no event more than 10 days) after filing the copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States Copyright Office. Borrower shall promptly provide to Bank a copy of the application(s) actually filed with the United States Copyright Office together with evidence of the recording of the security agreement necessary for Bank to maintain the perfection and priority of its security interest in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date, the IP Security Agreement identifies all patents (constituting Material Intellectual Property) and trademarks (constituting Material Intellectual Property) of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of an application for registration) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. From and after the Effective Date, Borrower shall provide written notice to Bank of any application filed by Borrower in the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent (constituting Material Intellectual Property) or to register a trademark (constituting Material Intellectual Property) or service xxxx (constituting Material Intellectual Property) within 30 days after any such filing, and, upon the request of Bank, Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver a security agreement or such other documents as Bank may reasonably request with respect to such additional patents (constituting Material Intellectual Property) and/or trademarks (constituting Material Intellectual Property) of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of an application for registration) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The foregoing notwithstanding, Bank shall not acquire any interest in any intent to use a federal trademark application for a trademark, servicemark, or other xxxx filed on Borrower’s behalf prior to the filing under applicable law of a verified statement of use (or equivalent) for such xxxx that is the subject of such application.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 1. Licensee acknowledges that all Intellectual Property Rights in the Licensed Material are the property of the Publisher or duly licensed to the Publisher and that this Licence Agreement does not assign or transfer to the Licensee any right, title or interest therein except for the right to access and use the Licensed Material in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Licence Agreement.
2. For the avoidance of doubt, the Publisher hereby acknowledges that any database rights created by the Licensee or the Institutions as a result of Local Hosting, text mining or data mining of the Licensed Material shall be the property of the Licensee, or the Institution.
Protection of Intellectual Property Subject to and except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to do any act or omit to do any act whereby any of the Intellectual Property that is material to the business of Grantor may lapse, expire, or become abandoned, or unenforceable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights I will cooperate fully with the Company, both during and after my employment with the Company, with respect to the procurement, maintenance and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Company-Related Developments. I will sign, both during and after the term of this Agreement, all papers, including without limitation copyright applications, patent applications, declarations, oaths, assignments of priority rights, and powers of attorney, which the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Company-Related Development. If the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure my signature on any such papers, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint each officer of the Company as my agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such papers on my behalf, and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Company-Related Development.
Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights (a) Executive hereby assigns to Nucor Corporation Executive’s entire right, title and interest, including copyrights and patents, in any idea, invention, design of a useful article (whether the design is ornamental or otherwise), work product and any other work of authorship (collectively the “Developments”), made or conceived solely or jointly by Executive at any time during Executive’s employment by Nucor (whether prior or subsequent to the execution of this Agreement), or created wholly or in part by Executive, whether or not such Developments are patentable, copyrightable or susceptible to other forms of protection, where the Developments: (i) were developed, invented, or conceived within the scope of Executive’s employment with Nucor; (ii) relate to Nucor’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development; or (iii) result from any work performed by Executive on Nucor’s behalf. Executive shall disclose any Developments to Nucor’s management within 30 days following Executive’s development, making or conception thereof.
(b) The assignment requirement in Section 15(a) shall not apply to an invention that Executive developed entirely on Executive’s own time without using Nucor’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Secret Information or Confidential Information except for those inventions that (i) relate to Nucor’s business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (ii) result from any work performed by Executive for Nucor.
(c) Executive will, within 3 business days following Nucor’s request, execute a specific assignment of title to any Developments to Nucor Corporation or its designee, and do anything else reasonably necessary to enable Nucor Corporation or its designee to secure a patent, copyright, or other form of protection for any Developments in the United States and in any other applicable country.
(d) Nothing in this Section 15 is intended to waive, or shall be construed as waiving, any assignment of any Developments to Nucor implied by law.
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Assistance During and after the period of my employment, I will assist Company in every proper way to obtain and enforce United States and foreign Intellectual Property Rights relating to Company Inventions in all countries. If the Company is unable to secure my signature on any document needed in connection with such purposes, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, which appointment is coupled with an interest, to act on my behalf to execute and file any such documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further such purposes with the same legal force and effect as if executed by me.
License of Intellectual Property Each Party (a “Licensor”) grants the other Party (a “Licensee”) the non-exclusive, royalty-free, paid-up, worldwide, irrevocable, right, during the term of this Agreement, to use the Licensor’s Intellectual Property solely for the purposes of this Agreement and to carry out the Party’s functions consistent with its responsibilities and authority as set forth in the enable legislation and regulations. Such licenses shall not give the Licensee any ownership interest in or rights to the Intellectual Property of the Licensor. Each Licensee agrees to abide by all third-party license and confidentiality restrictions or obligations applicable to the Licensor’s Intellectual Property of which the Licensor has notified the Licensee in writing.
Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights 1. 3. 1. Your only right to use the Software is by virtue of this License and you acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in or relating to the Software and all parts of the Software are and shall remain the exclusive property of Traction Software Limited or its licensors.
2. 3. 2. You further acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in or relating to any improvement, modification or adaptation of the Software arising directly or indirectly from you using the Software are and shall remain the exclusive property of Traction Software Limited.
3. 3. 3. You agree that you will not remove or alter any copyright notices or similar proprietary devices, including without limitation any electronic watermarks or other identifiers, that may be incorporated in the Software or any copy of the Software.
