Common use of Intellectual Property; Data Privacy Clause in Contracts

Intellectual Property; Data Privacy. (a) The Company and each of the other Group Companies own and possess, all right, title, and interest in and to, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, or have a valid and enforceable license to use, all Intellectual Property used in, held for use, or necessary to carry on the business now operated by them in each country in which they operate. Neither the Company nor any of the other Group Companies has received any notice of, nor is there or has there been, any infringement, misappropriation or other violation of or conflict in any jurisdiction with rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, are there any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interests of the Company or any of the other Group Companies therein, and which infringement, misappropriation, violation or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) Each Group Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of Intellectual Property owned by each Group Company and the confidentiality, integrity and security of the Company IT Systems in all material respects. Each Group Company complies with, and has at all times complied with, all Data Security Requirements in all material respects. In the past three (3) years, no Group Company has experienced any material breach of security implicating personal data, and no Group Company has received any notices from any Person or been the subject of any material claim or material Action (including any fines or other sanctions) with respect to any of the foregoing or any material non-compliance with any Data Security Requirements.

Intellectual Property; Data Privacy. (a) The Company and each of the other Group Companies own and possess, all right, title, and interest in and to, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, or have a valid and enforceable license to use, all Intellectual Property used in, held for use, or necessary to carry on the business now operated by them in each country in which they operate. Neither the Company nor any of the other Group Companies has received any notice of, nor is there or has there been, any infringement, misappropriation or other violation of or conflict in any jurisdiction with rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, are there any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interests of the Company or any of the other Group Companies therein, and which infringement, misappropriation, violation or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, or violating any material Intellectual Property owned by a Group Company. (b) Each Group Company (i) takes commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of material Intellectual Property owned by each Group Company, and (ii) owns all right, title and interest in and to material Intellectual Property developed or created by employees, contractors and consultants for, or on behalf of, such Group Company. No Group Company has disclosed to any third party any source code to material software owned by any Group Company. No material software owned by any Group Company is subject to any “open source,” “copyleft” or similar license in any manner that (A) requires any disclosure, distribution or licensing of any such software, whether in source code form or not, (B) creates obligations for any Group Company to grant to any Person any rights or immunities under any Intellectual Property, or (C) imposes any economic limitations on any Group Company’s exploitation thereof. (c) Each Group Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of Intellectual Property owned by each Group Company and the confidentiality, integrity and security of the Company IT Systems and to prevent any unauthorized use, access, interruption, or modification of the Company IT Systems. The Company IT Systems are, in all material respects, sufficient for the immediate and currently anticipated future needs of the businesses of the Group Companies. There have been no unauthorized intrusions, failures, breakdowns, continued substandard performance, or other adverse events affecting any Company IT Systems, which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (d) Each Group Company complies with, and has at all times complied with, all Data Security Requirements in all material respects. In the past three (3) years, no Group Company has experienced any material breach of security implicating security, phishing incident, ransomware or malware attack, or other incident in which confidential or sensitive information, personally identifiable information, personal data, or other protected information relating to individuals or natural persons was or may have been accessed, disclosed, destroyed, lost, altered, or exfiltrated in an unauthorized manner, and no Group Company has received any notices or complaints from any Person or been the subject of any material claim or material Action claim, proceeding, enforcement action (including any fines or other sanctions) ), or investigation with respect to any of the foregoing or any material non-compliance with any Data Security Requirements.