Intellectual Property; Data Privacy and Security. (a) Section 4.18(a) of the AGCO Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all registrations and applications, as of the date hereof, of all Patents and Marks included in the JCA IP. The registrations and applications set forth in Section 4.18(a) of the AGCO Disclosure Schedule are subsisting, unexpired and, to the Knowledge of AGCO, valid and enforceable. AGCO or one of its Affiliates is the sole and exclusive owner of all the JCA IP, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. As of the date hereof, all registrations and applications of all Patents, Copyrights and Marks included in the JCA IP have been duly filed or registered (as applicable) with the applicable Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patents and trademarks, including the submission of all necessary filings and fees in accordance with the legal and administrative requirements of the appropriate Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patents. As of the date hereof, no interference, opposition, cancellation, reexamination or revocation has been declared or provoked relating to any such Patents, Copyrights or Marks and all maintenance and annual fees have been fully paid with respect to such Patents, Copyrights or Marks that have issued or been registered. (b) There has been no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of AGCO, threatened in writing against AGCO since December 31, 2020 (i) alleging that the conduct of the JCA Business infringes, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any Person or (ii) challenging AGCO’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of any material JCA IP. (c) (i) The conduct of the JCA Business does not infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property Rights other than Patents (or, to the Knowledge of AGCO, Patents) of any Person and (ii) to the Knowledge of AGCO, no Person is infringing, violating or misappropriating any JCA IP in any material respect. Section 4.7, Section 4.8, Section 4.18(b) and this Section 4.18(c) are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of AGCO regarding any infringement, violation or misappropriation of Intellectual Property Rights. (d) AGCO and its Affiliates have taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the material Trade Secrets included in the JCA IP and JCA Data. Except where such Intellectual Property Rights are assigned by operation of Law, each current and former employee, consultant, and contractor that is engaged in the development of Intellectual Property Rights for the JCA Entities has executed a proprietary information, confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreement that assigns such Intellectual Property Rights to one of the JCA Entities. (e) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) the JCA Entities have in their possession the source code for the material JCA Software and systems developed by or on behalf of the JCA Business in up-to-date appropriately catalogued versions that are accessible by personnel of the JCA Entities, and (ii) the source code has been documented as reasonably necessary to enable competently skilled programmers and engineers to use, update, and enhance the Software by readily using the existing source code and documentation. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no source code for the JCA Software has been disclosed, delivered or licensed by AGCO or any of its Affiliates to a third party, and no obligation exists to disclose, deliver or license any such source code in the future, except (A) to employees, consultants, independent contractors and agents of AGCO or any of its Affiliates acting on AGCO’s or any of its Affiliates’ behalf subject to reasonable restrictions on confidentiality and (B) source code placed in third party escrows that has not been released from such escrow and will not be released as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. (f) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) AGCO and each of its Affiliates, to the extent applicable to the ownership of the assets of the JCA Entities or its operation of the JCA Business, is operating the JCA Business in compliance with its Privacy Obligations and (ii) from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof through the Closing Date, none of AGCO or its Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) has experienced any Security Incident with respect to the JCA Business. To the Knowledge of AGCO, AGCO and the JCA Entities have not received any written notices or demands from any Governmental Entity related to any alleged violation of any data privacy or data protection Law in connection with the operation of the JCA Business. This Section 4.18(f) and, to the extent applicable, Section 4.4, Section 4.7, Section 4.8, and Section 4.19 contain the sole and exclusive representations and warranties regarding compliance with Privacy Obligations (or any items therein). (g) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, from the last twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof through the Closing Date, there have been no failures, breakdowns, breaches, outages or unavailability of the Systems used in the JCA Business (collectively, the “JCA Information Systems”). AGCO and its Affiliates have taken reasonable steps and implemented reasonable procedures including technical, administrative and physical safeguards designed to ensure the redundancy, security, integrity and operation of the JCA Information Systems and that (i) the JCA Information Systems have received material security patches or upgrades that are generally available and (ii) except as may have been created, stored, or used in connection with the development, testing or validation of the products and services of the JCA Business (and, in each case, is not a production environment) or code designed or intended to enforce any restrictions related to Software or to monitor or track the use thereof, in each case, as disclosed in the relevant documentation for the applicable Software, the JCA Information Systems are free from any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” (as these terms are commonly used in the Software industry) or other software routines or hardware components intentionally designed to permit unauthorized access, to disable or erase software, hardware, or data, or to perform any other similar type of unauthorized activities, including by the use of antivirus software with the intention of protecting the JCA Information Systems from becoming infected by viruses and other harmful code. To the Knowledge of AGCO, from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof through the Closing Date, except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no Person providing services for the JCA Information Systems has failed to meet any service or support obligations. (h) Except with respect to Software and Technology that is generally commercially available on standard terms, AGCO and its Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) are not required, obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties or license fees, to any owner or licensor of any Intellectual Property Rights with respect to the use of such Intellectual Property Rights in connection with the operation of the JCA Business.
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Samples: Sale and Contribution Agreement (Trimble Inc.), Sale and Contribution Agreement (Agco Corp /De), Sale and Contribution Agreement (Agco Corp /De)
Intellectual Property; Data Privacy and Security. (a) Section 4.18(a3.18(a) of the AGCO Trimble Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all registrations and applications, as of the date hereof, of all Patents Patents, Copyrights, Marks and Marks domain names included in the JCA Transferred IP. The registrations and applications set forth in Section 4.18(a3.18(a) of the AGCO Trimble Disclosure Schedule are subsisting, unexpired and, to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, valid and enforceable. AGCO Trimble or one of its controlled Affiliates is the sole and exclusive beneficial and, as applicable, record owner of all the JCA Transferred IP, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. As of the date hereof, all registrations and applications of all Patents, Copyrights and Marks included in the JCA Transferred IP have been duly filed or registered (as applicable) with the applicable Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patents patents, copyrights and trademarks, including the submission of all necessary filings and fees in accordance with the legal and administrative requirements of the appropriate Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patentssuch assets. As of the date hereofSince December 31, 2020, no interference, opposition, cancellation, reexamination or revocation has been declared or provoked relating to any such Patents, Copyrights or Marks and all set forth in Section 3.18(a) of the Trimble Disclosure Schedule. All maintenance and annual fees have been fully paid with respect to such Patents, Copyrights or and Marks that have issued or been registered.
(b) There has been no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, threatened in writing against AGCO Trimble or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2020 2020, (i) alleging that the conduct of the JCA Business infringes, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any Person or (ii) challenging AGCOthe Trimble Group’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of any material JCA IPBusiness IP Rights.
(c) (i) The conduct of the JCA Business does not infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property Rights other than Patents (or, to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, Patents) of any Person and (ii) to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, no Person is infringing, violating or misappropriating any JCA Transferred IP in any material respect. Section 4.73.7, Section 4.83.8, Section 4.18(b3.18(b) and this Section 4.18(c3.18(c) are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of AGCO Trimble regarding any infringement, violation or misappropriation of Intellectual Property Rights.
(d) AGCO Trimble and its controlled Affiliates have taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the material Trade Secrets included in the JCA Business IP Rights and JCA Transferred Data. Except where such Intellectual Property Rights are assigned by operation of Law, each current and former employee, consultant, and contractor that is or was engaged in the development of material Intellectual Property Rights for the JCA Entities Business has executed a proprietary information, confidentiality and intellectual property Intellectual Property Rights assignment agreement that assigns such Intellectual Property Rights to Trimble or one of the JCA Entitiesits controlled Affiliates.
(e) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) the JCA Entities have Trimble or one of its controlled Affiliates has in their its possession the source code for the material JCA Company Software and systems developed by or on behalf of the JCA Business in up-to-date appropriately catalogued versions that are accessible by personnel of the JCA Entities, Business and (ii) the source code has been documented as reasonably necessary to enable competently skilled programmers and engineers to use, update, and enhance the Software by readily using the existing source code and documentationCompany personnel. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no source code for the JCA Company Software has been disclosed, delivered delivered, licensed or licensed made available by AGCO Trimble or any of its controlled Affiliates to a third party, and no obligation exists to disclose, deliver or license any such source code in the future, except (A) to employees, consultants, independent contractors and agents of AGCO Trimble or any of its controlled Affiliates acting on AGCO’s behalf of Trimble or any of its Affiliates’ behalf controlled Affiliates subject to reasonable restrictions on confidentiality and (B) source code placed in third party escrows in favor of customers as set forth on Section 3.18(e) of the Trimble Disclosure Schedule, that has not been released from such escrow and will not be released as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) AGCO Trimble and each of its controlled Affiliates, to the extent applicable to the ownership of the assets of the JCA Entities Business Assets or its operation of the JCA Business, is operating the JCA Business in compliance with its Privacy Obligations and (ii) from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof through the Closing Date, none of AGCO or Trimble and its controlled Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) has have not experienced any Security Incident with respect to the JCA Business. To the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, AGCO and the JCA Entities neither Trimble nor its controlled Affiliates have not received any written notices or demands from any Governmental Entity related to any alleged violation of any data privacy or data protection Law in connection with the operation of the JCA Business. This Section 4.18(f3.18(f) and, to the extent applicable, Section 4.4Sections 3.4, Section 4.73.7, Section 4.83.8, 3.18(b) (as applicable) and Section 4.19 3.19 contain the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of Trimble regarding compliance with Privacy Obligations (or any items therein).
(g) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, from the last twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof through the Closing Date, there have been no failures, breakdowns, breaches, outages or unavailability of the Systems used in the JCA Business (collectively, the “JCA Business Information Systems”). AGCO Trimble and its controlled Affiliates have taken reasonable steps and implemented reasonable procedures including technical, administrative and physical safeguards designed to ensure the redundancy, security, integrity and operation of the JCA Business Information Systems and that (i) the JCA Business Information Systems have received material security patches or upgrades that are generally available and (ii) except as may have been created, stored, or used in connection with the development, testing or validation of the products and services of the JCA Business (and, in each case, is not in a production environment) or code designed or intended to enforce any restrictions related to Software or to monitor or track the use thereof, in each case, as disclosed in the relevant documentation for the applicable Software, ,the JCA Business Information Systems are free from any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” (as these terms are commonly used in the Software industry) or other software routines or hardware components intentionally designed to permit unauthorized access, to disable or erase software, hardware, or data, or to perform any other similar type of unauthorized activities, including by the use of antivirus software with the intention of protecting the JCA Business Information Systems from becoming infected by viruses and other harmful code. To the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof through the Closing Date, except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no Person providing services for the JCA Business Information Systems has failed to meet any service or support obligations.
(h) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Business, none of the material Software included in the Company Software is subject to any “open source” (including any “copyleft”) license (including GPL, LGPL or AGPL) and has been conveyed, licensed, distributed or made available in a manner which would (i) require its disclosure or distribution in source code form, (ii) require the licensing thereof for the purpose of making derivative works, or (iii) impose any restriction on the consideration to be charged for the distribution thereof. To the Knowledge of Trimble, Trimble and its controlled Affiliates are in material compliance with the licensing terms and conditions of any open source Software used in conjunction with Company Software, including attribution and disclosure requirements.
(i) Except with respect to Software and Technology that is generally commercially available on standard terms, AGCO and neither Trimble nor its controlled Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) are not required, obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties or license fees, to any owner or licensor of any Intellectual Property Rights with respect to the use of such Intellectual Property Rights in connection with the operation of the JCA Business.
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Samples: Sale and Contribution Agreement (Trimble Inc.), Sale and Contribution Agreement (Agco Corp /De)
Intellectual Property; Data Privacy and Security. (a) Section 4.18(a) of the AGCO Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all registrations and applications, as of the date hereofSeptember 28, 2023, of all Patents and Marks included in the JCA IP. The registrations and applications set forth in Section 4.18(a) of the AGCO Disclosure Schedule are subsisting, unexpired and, to the Knowledge of AGCO, valid and enforceable. AGCO or one of its Affiliates is the sole and exclusive owner of all the JCA IP, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. As of the date hereofSeptember 28, 2023, all registrations and applications of all Patents, Copyrights and Marks included in the JCA IP have been duly filed or registered (as applicable) with the applicable Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patents and trademarks, including the submission of all necessary filings and fees in accordance with the legal and administrative requirements of the appropriate Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patents. As of the date hereofSeptember 28, 2023, no interference, opposition, cancellation, reexamination or revocation has been declared or provoked relating to any such Patents, Copyrights or Marks and all maintenance and annual fees have been fully paid with respect to such Patents, Copyrights or Marks that have issued or been registered.
(b) There has been no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of AGCO, threatened in writing against AGCO since December 31, 2020 (i) alleging that the conduct of the JCA Business infringes, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any Person or (ii) challenging AGCO’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of any material JCA IP.
(c) (i) The conduct of the JCA Business does not infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property Rights other than Patents (or, to the Knowledge of AGCO, Patents) of any Person and (ii) to the Knowledge of AGCO, no Person is infringing, violating or misappropriating any JCA IP in any material respect. Section 4.7, Section 4.8, Section 4.18(b) and this Section 4.18(c) are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of AGCO regarding any infringement, violation or misappropriation of Intellectual Property Rights.
(d) AGCO and its Affiliates have taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the material Trade Secrets included in the JCA IP and JCA Data. Except where such Intellectual Property Rights are assigned by operation of Law, each current and former employee, consultant, and contractor that is engaged in the development of Intellectual Property Rights for the JCA Entities has executed a proprietary information, confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreement that assigns such Intellectual Property Rights to one of the JCA Entities.
(e) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) the JCA Entities have in their possession the source code for the material JCA Software and systems developed by or on behalf of the JCA Business in up-to-date appropriately catalogued versions that are accessible by personnel of the JCA Entities, and (ii) the source code has been documented as reasonably necessary to enable competently skilled programmers and engineers to use, update, and enhance the Software by readily using the existing source code and documentation. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no source code for the JCA Software has been disclosed, delivered or licensed by AGCO or any of its Affiliates to a third party, and no obligation exists to disclose, deliver or license any such source code in the future, except (A) to employees, consultants, independent contractors and agents of AGCO or any of its Affiliates acting on AGCO’s or any of its Affiliates’ behalf subject to reasonable restrictions on confidentiality and (B) source code placed in third party escrows that has not been released from such escrow and will not be released as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) AGCO and each of its Affiliates, to the extent applicable to the ownership of the assets of the JCA Entities or its operation of the JCA Business, is operating the JCA Business in compliance with its Privacy Obligations and (ii) from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof September 28, 2023 through the Closing Date, none of AGCO or its Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) has experienced any Security Incident with respect to the JCA Business. To the Knowledge of AGCO, AGCO and the JCA Entities have not received any written notices or demands from any Governmental Entity related to any alleged violation of any data privacy or data protection Law in connection with the operation of the JCA Business. This Section 4.18(f4.18(f)(f) and, to the extent applicable, Section 4.4, Section 4.7, Section 4.8, and Section 4.19 contain the sole and exclusive representations and warranties regarding compliance with Privacy Obligations (or any items therein).
(g) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, from the last twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof September 28, 2023 through the Closing Date, there have been no failures, breakdowns, breaches, outages or unavailability of the Systems used in the JCA Business (collectively, the “JCA Information Systems”). AGCO and its Affiliates have taken reasonable steps and implemented reasonable procedures including technical, administrative and physical safeguards designed to ensure the redundancy, security, integrity and operation of the JCA Information Systems and that (i) the JCA Information Systems have received material security patches or upgrades that are generally available and (ii) except as may have been created, stored, or used in connection with the development, testing or validation of the products and services of the JCA Business (and, in each case, is not a production environment) or code designed or intended to enforce any restrictions related to Software or to monitor or track the use thereof, in each case, as disclosed in the relevant documentation for the applicable Software, the JCA Information Systems are free from any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” (as these terms are commonly used in the Software industry) or other software routines or hardware components intentionally designed to permit unauthorized access, to disable or erase software, hardware, or data, or to perform any other similar type of unauthorized activities, including by the use of antivirus software with the intention of protecting the JCA Information Systems from becoming infected by viruses and other harmful code. To the Knowledge of AGCO, from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof September 28, 2023 through the Closing Date, except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no Person providing services for the JCA Information Systems has failed to meet any service or support obligations.
(h) Except with respect to Software and Technology that is generally commercially available on standard terms, AGCO and its Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) are not required, obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties or license fees, to any owner or licensor of any Intellectual Property Rights with respect to the use of such Intellectual Property Rights in connection with the operation of the JCA Business.
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Intellectual Property; Data Privacy and Security. (a) Section 4.18(a3.18(a) of the AGCO Trimble Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all registrations and applications, as of the date hereofSeptember 28, 2023, of all Patents Patents, Copyrights, Marks and Marks domain names included in the JCA Transferred IP. The registrations and applications set forth in Section 4.18(a3.18(a) of the AGCO Trimble Disclosure Schedule are subsisting, unexpired and, to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, valid and enforceable. AGCO Trimble or one of its controlled Affiliates is the sole and exclusive beneficial and, as applicable, record owner of all the JCA Transferred IP, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. As of the date hereofSeptember 28, 2023, all registrations and applications of all Patents, Copyrights and Marks included in the JCA Transferred IP have been duly filed or registered (as applicable) with the applicable Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patents patents, copyrights and trademarks, including the submission of all necessary filings and fees in accordance with the legal and administrative requirements of the appropriate Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the issuance of patentssuch assets. As of the date hereofSince December 31, 2020, no interference, opposition, cancellation, reexamination or revocation has been declared or provoked relating to any such Patents, Copyrights or Marks and all set forth in Section 3.18(a) of the Trimble Disclosure Schedule. All maintenance and annual fees have been fully paid with respect to such Patents, Copyrights or and Marks that have issued or been registered.
(b) There has been no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, threatened in writing against AGCO Trimble or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2020 2020, (i) alleging that the conduct of the JCA Business infringes, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any Person or (ii) challenging AGCOthe Xxxxxxx Group’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of any material JCA IPBusiness IP Rights.
(c) (i) The conduct of the JCA Business does not infringe, violate or misappropriate the Intellectual Property Rights other than Patents (or, to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, Patents) of any Person and (ii) to the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, no Person is infringing, violating or misappropriating any JCA Transferred IP in any material respect. Section 4.73.7, Section 4.83.8, Section 4.18(b3.18(b) and this Section 4.18(c3.18(c) are the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of AGCO Trimble regarding any infringement, violation or misappropriation of Intellectual Property Rights.
(d) AGCO Trimble and its controlled Affiliates have taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the material Trade Secrets included in the JCA Business IP Rights and JCA Transferred Data. Except where such Intellectual Property Rights are assigned by operation of Law, each current and former employee, consultant, and contractor that is or was engaged in the development of material Intellectual Property Rights for the JCA Entities Business has executed a proprietary information, confidentiality and intellectual property Intellectual Property Rights assignment agreement that assigns such Intellectual Property Rights to Trimble or one of the JCA Entitiesits controlled Affiliates.
(e) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) the JCA Entities have Trimble or one of its controlled Affiliates has in their its possession the source code for the material JCA Company Software and systems developed by or on behalf of the JCA Business in up-to-date appropriately catalogued versions that are accessible by personnel of the JCA Entities, Business and (ii) the source code has been documented as reasonably necessary to enable competently skilled programmers and engineers to use, update, and enhance the Software by readily using the existing source code and documentationCompany personnel. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no source code for the JCA Company Software has been disclosed, delivered delivered, licensed or licensed made available by AGCO Trimble or any of its controlled Affiliates to a third party, and no obligation exists to disclose, deliver or license any such source code in the future, except (A) to employees, consultants, independent contractors and agents of AGCO Trimble or any of its controlled Affiliates acting on AGCO’s behalf of Trimble or any of its Affiliates’ behalf controlled Affiliates subject to reasonable restrictions on confidentiality and (B) source code placed in third party escrows in favor of customers as set forth on Section 3.18(e) of the Trimble Disclosure Schedule, that has not been released from such escrow and will not be released as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, (i) AGCO Trimble and each of its controlled Affiliates, to the extent applicable to the ownership of the assets of the JCA Entities Business Assets or its operation of the JCA Business, is operating the JCA Business in compliance with its Privacy Obligations and (ii) from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof September 28, 2023 through the Closing Date, none of AGCO or Trimble and its controlled Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) has have not experienced any Security Incident with respect to the JCA Business. To the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, AGCO and the JCA Entities neither Trimble nor its controlled Affiliates have not received any written notices or demands from any Governmental Entity related to any alleged violation of any data privacy or data protection Law in connection with the operation of the JCA Business. This Section 4.18(f3.18(f) and, to the extent applicable, Section 4.4Sections 3.4, Section 4.73.7, Section 4.83.8, 3.18(b) (as applicable) and Section 4.19 3.19 contain the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of Trimble regarding compliance with Privacy Obligations (or any items therein).
(g) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, from the last twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof September 28, 2023 through the Closing Date, there have been no failures, breakdowns, breaches, outages or unavailability of the Systems used in the JCA Business (collectively, the “JCA Business Information Systems”). AGCO Trimble and its controlled Affiliates have taken reasonable steps and implemented reasonable procedures including technical, administrative and physical safeguards designed to ensure the redundancy, security, integrity and operation of the JCA Business Information Systems and that (i) the JCA Business Information Systems have received material security patches or upgrades that are generally available and (ii) except as may have been created, stored, or used in connection with the development, testing or validation of the products and services of the JCA Business (and, in each case, is not in a production environment) or code designed or intended to enforce any restrictions related to Software or to monitor or track the use thereof, in each case, as disclosed in the relevant documentation for the applicable Software, the JCA Business Information Systems are free from any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” (as these terms are commonly used in the Software industry) or other software routines or hardware components intentionally designed to permit unauthorized access, to disable or erase software, hardware, or data, or to perform any other similar type of unauthorized activities, including by the use of antivirus software with the intention of protecting the JCA Business Information Systems from becoming infected by viruses and other harmful code. To the Knowledge of AGCOTrimble, from the two (2)-year period preceding the date hereof September 28, 2023 through the Closing Date, except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the JCA Business, no Person providing services for the JCA Business Information Systems has failed to meet any service or support obligations.
(h) Except as has not been or as would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Business, none of the material Software included in the Company Software is subject to any “open source” (including any “copyleft”) license (including GPL, LGPL or AGPL) and has been conveyed, licensed, distributed or made available in a manner which would (i) require its disclosure or distribution in source code form, (ii) require the licensing thereof for the purpose of making derivative works, or (iii) impose any restriction on the consideration to be charged for the distribution thereof. To the Knowledge of Trimble, Trimble and its controlled Affiliates are in material compliance with the licensing terms and conditions of any open source Software used in conjunction with Company Software, including attribution and disclosure requirements.
(i) Except with respect to Software and Technology that is generally commercially available on standard terms, AGCO and neither Trimble nor its controlled Affiliates (including the JCA Entities) are not required, obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties or license fees, to any owner or licensor of any Intellectual Property Rights with respect to the use of such Intellectual Property Rights in connection with the operation of the JCA Business.
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