Common use of Intellectual Property and Software Clause in Contracts

Intellectual Property and Software. Subject to obtaining required consents under all license agreements pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries have obtained the right to use the Intellectual Property owned by third parties, the Surviving Corporation, after giving effect to the Merger, will own or have the valid, legal right to use all Intellectual Property and Software used in connection with its business as conducted by the Company on the date hereof. No trade secret, formula, process, invention, design, know-how or other information considered material, confidential or proprietary to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been disclosed or authorized to be disclosed except in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to an obligation of confidentiality binding on the recipient. The Company and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of the material trade secrets used in connection with its business. To the Company's knowledge, no material Intellectual Property or Software used in connection with its businesses has been improperly used, improperly divulged or misappropriated by the Company or any other Person. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made in the past three years any claim in writing which remains unresolved of a violation, infringement, misuse or misappropriation by others of rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries to or in connection with any material Intellectual Property used in connection with its business. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claim by any third person of a violation, infringement, misuse or misappropriation by any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property or Software owned by any third person, or of the invalidity of any patent used in connection with its business, that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Kinder Richard D), Agreement and Plan of Merger (K N Energy Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Morgan Associates Inc)

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Intellectual Property and Software. Subject to obtaining required consents under all license agreements pursuant to which the Company or its Subsidiaries have obtained the right to use the Intellectual Property owned by third parties, the Surviving Corporation, after giving effect to the Merger, will own or have the valid, legal right to use all Intellectual Property and Software used in connection with its business as conducted by the Company on the date hereof. No trade secret, formula, process, invention, design, know-how or other information considered material, confidential or proprietary to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been disclosed or authorized to be disclosed except in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to an obligation of confidentiality binding on the recipient. The Company and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of the material trade secrets used in connection with its business. To the Company's knowledge, no material Intellectual Property or Software used in connection with its businesses has been improperly used, improperly divulged or misappropriated by the Company or any other Person. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made in the past three years any claim in writing which remains unresolved of a violation, infringement, misuse or misappropriation by others of rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries to or in connection with any material Intellectual Property used in connection with its business. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claim by any third person of a violation, infringement, misuse or misappropriation by any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property or Software owned by any third person, or of the invalidity of any patent used in connection with its business, that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Sempra Energy), Agreement and Plan of Merger (K N Energy Inc)

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