Improvements in Technology. (a) Prior to using any new software or equipment to provide the Services, Contractor will have verified, to the extent possible in a test environment, that the item has been properly installed, is operating in accordance with its specifications and is performing its intended functions in a reliable manner. Contractor will move programs from development and test environments to production environments in a controlled and documented manner, reasonably calculated to avoid introduction of unauthorized changes into the relevant production environment.
(b) Contractor will keep the equipment, software and other technologies Contractor provides in performing the Services current, and LAUSD will receive the benefits of upgrades in technology through increases in efficiency and productivity. Contractor will proactively seek out new technologies by surveying key suppliers to identify advances or changes in technology which are appropriate and beneficial to LAUSD. LAUSD is, however, under no obligation to implement any such new technologies.
Improvements in Technology. CHEM shall promptly disclose to E/ICC any improvements and/or developments relating to Systems (e.g., fan, control system, housing etc.) developed by it during the term of this Agreement, together with the patents, patent applications and technical information and know-how of CHEM relating thereto, and shall grant and hereby agrees to grant to E/ICC a non-exclusive royalty-free, non-transferable worldwide license outside of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China to make, have made, use and sell such improvements and/or developments under its patents patent applications and technical information and know-how. E/ICC shall have the right to convert its non-exclusive license to an exclusive license; the royalty rate for the exclusive license shall be five percent (5%) of E/ICC's Sales Price of each such improved System sold by E/ICC.
Improvements in Technology. During the term of the License, PGEI is required to promptly notify Crown of any improvements in, or modifications, changes or additions to, the Technology (the "Enhancements") and to make any and all Enhancements available to Crown within a reasonable time after the development and documentation of such Enhancements. Crown shall, in turn, promptly make any such Enhancements available to Crown Asphalt. In the event that the License is terminated, other than as a result of any actions or lack thereof, of Crown Asphalt, then PGEI shall make such Enhancements available to Crown Asphalt. Crown has agreed within the License to submit promptly to PGEI all available information on any Enhancements to the Technology, now or hereafter found, discovered, or learned by Crown. Accordingly, Crown Asphalt shall also inform PGEI of such Enhancements. Crown Asphalt acknowledges that such information will be the sole property of PGEI.
