Common use of Intellectual Property Protection Clause in Contracts

Intellectual Property Protection. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is the express intention of the parties to this Agreement that all right, title and interest of whatever nature in the Subservicer's user manuals, training materials, all computer programs, routines, structures, layout, report formats, together with all subsequent versions, enhancements and supplements to said programs, all copyright rights (including both source and object code) and all oral or written information relating to the Subservicer's programs conveyed in confidence by the Subservicer to the Trust, NSLF or the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement which is not generally known to the public and which give the Subservicer an advantage over its competitors who do not know or use such information (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Trade Secrets"), and all other forms of intellectual property of whatever nature is and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Subservicer.