Common use of Intellectual Property; Data Privacy Clause in Contracts

Intellectual Property; Data Privacy. (a) Section 5.20(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) trademark registrations and applications; (iii) copyright registrations and applications; (iv) domain names, in each case, owned or purported to be owned by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries ((i)-(iv) collectively, “Parent Registered IP”), indicating for each, (a) the name (or names for co-applicants/registrants/owners) of applicant/registrant and current owner, (b) the applicable jurisdiction, registration number (or application number), (c) the date issued (and date filed) and (d) the status (including the next action or payment and date due); and (v) a true and complete list of all unregistered Trademarks owned or purported to be owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the business. (A) All of the Parent Registered IP is subsisting and, to the Knowledge of Parent, valid and enforceable, in the case of any Parent Registered IP that is registered or issued, (B) no Parent Registered IP is involved in any interference, reissue, derivation, reexamination, opposition, cancellation or similar Action and, to the Knowledge of Parent, no such Action is threatened with respect to any of the Parent Registered IP and (C) except as set forth on Section 5.20(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, Parent or its Subsidiaries own exclusively, free and clear of any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens of Parent and its Subsidiaries), all Parent Owned IP. All Parent Registered IP is in compliance in all material respects with all legal requirements (including the timely filing of responses, statements or affidavits of use and incontestability and renewal applications and required fees with respect to Trademarks and the payment of filing, examination, maintenance and other fees and the filing of responses, declarations and affidavits and compliance with any duty of disclosure with respect to Patents), have not been adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, and are not subject to any fees, responses or actions falling due within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. (b) Parent and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable measures to maintain the confidentiality of all information that constitutes or constituted a material Trade Secret of Parent or its Subsidiaries, including requiring all Persons having access thereto to execute written non-disclosure agreements or other binding obligations to maintain confidentiality of such information. There has been no unauthorized disclosure to any third party of any material confidential information or Trade Secrets owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries, except where such disclosure was permitted by Law. All of the material Parent Owned IP has been created by employees of the Parent or its Subsidiaries within the scope of their employment or by independent contractors of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or other Persons providing services to the Parent or its Subsidiaries who have executed contracts that expressly and irrevocably assign, using present tense assignment language, all right, title, and interest in such Parent Owned IP on a worldwide, royalty-free basis. To the Knowledge of Parent, no current or former employee, consultant, contractor, or potential partner or investor of the Parent or its Subsidiaries is in unauthorized possession of any of the material confidential information, Trade Secrets or software included in the Parent Owned IP. To the Knowledge of Parent, no current or former independent contractor engaged by the Parent or its Subsidiaries or other Person that has provided services to the Parent or its Subsidiaries (x) created any Parent Owned IP using the equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential information or Intellectual Property of, or in the course of work for, any other employer of or Person engaging the services of such independent contractor or such other Person that has provided services to the Parent or its Subsidiaries where such use would affect the Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ rights in such Parent Owned IP or (y) in providing such services, violated any agreement between such independent contractor or such other Person and any other employer of or Person engaging the services of such independent contractor or such other Person. (c) (i) All material Parent Owned IP is free and clear of any covenants not to sue, encumbrances, joint ownership obligations or duties, or Action (other than (A) those occurring in the ordinary course of seeking and maintaining patents and other registrations of Intellectual Property, (B) Permitted Liens and (C) out-bound license of Intellectual Property Rights listed in Section 4.17(a)(viii)(B)), (ii) to the Knowledge of Parent, the conduct of the businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries has not in the past six (6) years infringed, misappropriated or diluted, and does not infringe, misappropriate or dilute, any Intellectual Property of any Person, (iii) in the past six (6) years, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or claim asserting or suggesting that any such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution is, or may be, occurring or has, or may have, occurred, (iv) to the Knowledge of Parent, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, or diluting in any material respect any Parent Owned IP, and (v) in the past six (6) years, neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries has threatened to bring, and neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries has brought, any Action regarding the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Parent Owned IP. Except as set forth on Section 5.20(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of Parent, no Abbreviated New Drug Application referencing any Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has been submitted to the FDA.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Merger Agreement (Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)

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Intellectual Property; Data Privacy. (a) Section 5.20(a4.20(a) of the Parent Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) trademark registrations and applications; (iii) copyright registrations and applications; (iv) domain names, in each case, owned or purported to be owned by Parent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ((i)-(iv) collectively, “Parent Company Registered IP”), indicating for each, (a) the name (or names for co-applicants/registrants/owners) of applicant/registrant and current owner, (b) the applicable jurisdiction, registration number (or application number), (c) the date issued (and date filed) and (d) the status (including the next action or payment and date due); and (v) a true and complete list of all unregistered Trademarks owned or purported to be owned by the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the business. (A) All of the Parent Company Registered IP is subsisting and, to the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, valid and enforceable, in the case of any Parent Company Registered IP that is registered or issued, (B) no Parent Company Registered IP is involved in any interference, reissue, derivation, reexamination, opposition, cancellation or similar Action and, to the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, no such Action is threatened with respect to any of the Parent Company Registered IP and (C) except as set forth on Section 5.20(a) of 4.20(a), the Parent Disclosure Letter, Parent Company or its Subsidiaries own exclusively, free and clear of any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens of Parent the Company and its Subsidiaries), all Parent Company Owned IP. All Parent Company Registered IP is in compliance in all material respects with all legal requirements (including the timely filing of responses, statements or affidavits of use and incontestability and renewal applications and required fees with respect to Trademarks and the payment of filing, examination, maintenance and other fees and the filing of responses, declarations and affidavits and compliance with any duty of disclosure with respect to Patents), have not been adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, and are not subject to any fees, responses or actions falling due within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. (b) Parent The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable measures to maintain the confidentiality of all information that constitutes or constituted a material Trade Secret of Parent the Company or its Subsidiaries, including requiring all Persons having access thereto to execute written non-disclosure agreements or other binding obligations to maintain confidentiality of such information. There has been no unauthorized disclosure to any third party of any material confidential information or Trade Secrets owned by Parent the Company or its Subsidiaries, except where such disclosure was permitted by Law. All of the material Parent Company Owned IP has been created by employees of the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries within the scope of their employment or by independent contractors of the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries or other Persons providing services to the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries who have executed contracts that expressly and irrevocably assign, using present tense assignment language, all right, title, and interest in such Parent Company Owned IP on a worldwide, royalty-free basis. To the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, no current or former employee, consultant, contractor, or potential partner or investor of the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries is in unauthorized possession of any of the material confidential information, Trade Secrets or software included in the Parent Company Owned IP. To the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, no current or former independent contractor engaged by the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries or other Person that has provided services to the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries (x) created any Parent Company Owned IP using the equipment, supplies, facilities, confidential information or Intellectual Property of, or in the course of work for, any other employer of or Person engaging the services of such independent contractor or such other Person that has provided services to the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries where such use would affect the ParentCompany’s or its Subsidiaries’ rights in such Parent Company Owned IP or (y) in providing such services, violated any agreement between such independent contractor or such other Person and any other employer of or Person engaging the services of such independent contractor or such other Person. (c) (i) All material Parent Company Owned IP is free and clear of any covenants not to sue, encumbrances, joint ownership obligations or duties, or Action (other than (A) those occurring in the ordinary course of seeking and maintaining patents and other registrations of Intellectual Property, (B) Permitted Liens and (C) out-bound license of Intellectual Property Rights listed in Section 4.17(a)(viii)(B)), (ii) to the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, the conduct of the businesses of Parent the Company and its Subsidiaries Subsidiaries, including the manufacture of the Company Manufactured Products, has not in the past six (6) years infringed, misappropriated or diluted, and does not infringe, misappropriate or dilute, any Intellectual Property of any Person, (iii) in the past prior six (6) years, neither Parent the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or claim asserting or suggesting that any such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution is, or may be, occurring or has, or may have, occurred, (iv) to the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, or diluting in any material respect any Parent Company Owned IP, and (v) in the past six (6) years, neither Parent the Company nor its Subsidiaries has threatened to bring, and neither Parent the Company nor its Subsidiaries has brought, any Action regarding the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Parent Company Owned IP. Except as set forth on Section 5.20(c4.20(c) of the Parent Company Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of Parentthe Company, no Abbreviated New Drug Application referencing any Product of Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been submitted to the FDA. (d) All software included in Company Owned IP that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (“Company Software”) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, all software licensed from third parties that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, is free from any significant defect or significant programming or documentation error, operates and runs in a reasonable and efficient business manner, conforms in all material respects to the specifications thereof, if applicable, and, with respect to the Company Software, the Company or its Subsidiaries possess or have rights to use, as applicable, the source code, system documentation, statements of principles of operation and schematics, as well as any pertinent commentary, explanation, program (including compilers), workbenches, tools and higher level (or “proprietary”) language used for the development, maintenance, and implementation thereof, so that a trained computer programmer could reasonably be expected to maintain, support, compile and deploy the same, except in each case where such defect or error, or failure to operate or run, failure to conform, or failure to possess or have such rights would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No ownership rights in the Company Software have been transferred to any third party. The Company or its Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title, and interest in the Company Software created by the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company or its Subsidiaries has the right to use all software development tools, library functions, compilers, and other third party software that are currently used in the operation and/or modification of the Company Software. The Company and its Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the introduction into the Company Software and software licensed from third parties, and such Company Software does not contain, any unauthorized “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other unauthorized code designed or intended to have any of the following functions: disrupting or disabling the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed. (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality and security of the computer and information technology systems used by the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Company IT Systems”) and the information and transactions stored or contained therein or transmitted thereby, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2020, there has been no unauthorized, unlawful, accidental or improper use, loss, destruction, disclosure, access, transmittal, modification, acquisition, unavailability, compromise or corruption of any information or data (including, without limitation, Personal Information and confidential information) stored, maintained or otherwise Processed (a “Security Incident”) by the Company and its Subsidiaries and (iii) since January 1, 2020, there have been no material failures, crashes, viruses, or actual or reasonably suspected Security Incidents affecting the Company IT Systems. The Company IT Systems function in accordance with their specifications without material defects or errors when used in accordance with such specifications and related documentation. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of the Company IT Systems and all data and information stored or contained therein or transmitted thereby, including exercising reasonable care and due diligence in selecting third party service providers to host, maintain and protect Company IT Systems and to provide commercially reasonable business continuity and disaster recovery services. Since January 1, 2020, there has been no continued substandard performance of any Company IT Systems which has caused the substantial disruption or interruption in or to the use of the Company IT Systems or the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company IT Systems are in good working condition and are sufficient for the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted. (f) Since January 1, 2020, the Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times complied in all material respects with all applicable Privacy Commitments. Neither this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will materially breach any Privacy Laws. (g) The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain, and/or have exercised reasonable care and due diligence in selecting third party service providers to establish and maintain, commercially reasonable technical, physical and organizational measures designed to protect Company Data collected, used or held for use by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or its Subsidiaries have access or otherwise Process, against loss and unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure, Processing or other misuse. (h) Since January 1, 2020, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have experienced any material Data Security Breach. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written Order, request, warning, reprimand, inquiry, notification, allegation, or claim alleging that it is in violation of or has not complied, in any material respect, with any Privacy Commitment. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has receive been notified that it is currently and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have previously been notified that they are under investigation, or subject to any complaint, audit, proceeding, investigation, enforcement action, inquiry or claim, initiated by any (a) Governmental Entity, (b) state, federal or foreign self-regulating body, or (c) any Person, regarding or alleging that the Processing of Personal Information by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Privacy Commitment. No Person has claimed or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened to claim, any material amount of compensation (or an offer for compensation) from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Privacy Commitment. (j) To the Knowledge of the Company, no government funding, facilities or resources of a university, college, other educational institution or research center or funding from third parties was used in the development of the Company Owned IP, or to the Knowledge of the Company, exclusively licensed to the Company, and no Governmental Entity, university, college, other educational institution or research center has, to the Knowledge of the Company, any claim or right in or to such Intellectual Property. (k) Except as set forth on Section 4.20(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will not result in the loss of, or give rise to, any right of any Third Person to terminate or modify any of the Company’s or any Subsidiaries’ rights or obligations under any agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants to any Person, or any Person grants to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a license or right under or with respect to any Intellectual Property that is material to any of the businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Merger Agreement (Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)

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