Intellectual Property Warranty CONTRACTOR represents and warrants that its performance of all obligations under this Contract does not infringe in any way, directly or contributorily, upon any third party’s intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity and proprietary information.
Intellectual Property; Software Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.12:
(a) There are no Copyrights, Patent Rights and Trademarks (including any assumed or fictitious names used by the Company within the previous two (2) years) owned by or licensed to the Company.
(b) There is no Software owned by or licensed to the Company except for mass market Software licensed to the Company that is commercially available and subject to “shrink-wrap” or “click-through” license agreements.
(c) The Company is not a party to Contracts which relate to: (i) any Copyrights, Patent Rights or Trademarks; (ii) any Trade Secrets owned by or licensed to the Company; and (iii) any Software, other than market Software licensed to the Company that is commercially available and subject to “shrink-wrap” or “click-through” license agreements.
(d) The Company owns the entire right, title and interest in and to, or has the valid and enforceable right to use, the Intellectual Property and Software used in the Business as currently conducted, and to the Knowledge of Seller there is no other Intellectual Property necessary for the Company to conduct the Business as currently conducted.
(i) No infringement, misappropriation or violation of any Intellectual Property, or any rights of publicity or privacy relating to the use of names, likenesses, voices, signatures or biographical information, of any other Person has occurred or results in any way from the operation of the Business or the use, sale or distribution of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed exclusively to the Company; (ii) no claim of any infringement, misappropriation, violation or dilution of any Intellectual Property or any such rights of any other Person has been made or asserted in respect of the operation of the Business; (iii) no claim of invalidity of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company has been made by any other Person; (iv) no Proceedings are pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened that challenge the validity, ownership or use of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company; (v) the Company has not had notice of, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there is no basis for, a claim against the Company that the operations, activities, products, Software, equipment or processes of the Business infringe, misappropriate, violate or dilute any Intellectual Property or any such rights of any other Person; and (vi) to the Knowledge of Seller, no Person infringes, misappropriates or violates any Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by or to Seller, in each case except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Intellectual Property, etc Each of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all domestic and foreign patents, trademarks, permits, domain names, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and know-how of any type, whether or not written (including, but not limited to, rights in computer programs and databases) and formulas, or other rights with respect to the foregoing, and has obtained assignments of all leases, licenses and other rights of whatever nature, in each case necessary for the conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of others which, or the failure to obtain which, as the case may be, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INDEMNITY (a) Customer shall promptly notify Signify of any third party claim alleging that any of the Products and/or Services supplied to Customer by Signify infringes any third party IPR. Upon such notice, Signify may at its own option and at its own expense either: (i) procure for Customer the right to continue using such Product and/or Services; or (ii) provide a replacement non-infringing product for such Product of equivalent functionality; or (iii) modify such Product such that it is no longer infringing; or (iv) remedy such Service; or (v) make an appropriate refund or credit of monies paid by Customer for that Product and/or Services.
(b) In the event that a claim referred to under section 11(a) results in any legal proceedings, Customer shall give Signify full authority, at the option and cost of Signify, to settle or conduct the defence of such claim. Customer shall provide Signify with all assistance as Signify may reasonably require in connection with such defence of such claim. Customer shall not enter into any settlement in connection with any such claim, nor incur any costs or expenses for the account of Signify without the prior consent of Signify.
(c) Subject to the provisions of sections 11 and 12, Signify will reimburse Customer in respect of any final award of damages by a court of competent jurisdiction holding that Products and/or Services as supplied by Signify under an Agreement directly infringe any third party IPR, provided that the infringement is held to be directly and solely attributable to the use by Customer of the Products and/or Service as supplied by Signify under the Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in the Agreement, Signify will not be liable for, and the obligations of Signify set out in this section 11 will not apply to: (i) any claim of infringement of third party IPR resulting from compliance with Customer’s design, drawings, specifications or instructions; or (ii) use of any Products, deliverables and/or Services other than in accordance with its specifications or any claim based on or resulting from any modification or adaptation of a Product, deliverables and/or Service made by or on behalf of Customer; or (iii) any third party IPR covering any assembly, circuit, combination, method or process, in the manufacture, testing or application in which such Products and/or Services supplied by Signify may have been used; or (iv) any claim of infringement resulting from compliance with an industry standard applying to the Products or Services.
(e) With regard to any claim of infringement covered by section 11 (d), Customer shall fully indemnify Signify against any award of damages for any such infringement and shall reimburse all costs incurred by Signify in defending any suit or proceeding for such infringement, provided that Signify gives Customer prompt notice in writing of any such suit or proceeding for infringement and, if so requested, full authority to conduct the defence thereof.
(f) In the event that Signify receives notice claiming infringement of third party IPR in relation to any Products and/or Services supplied or to be supplied under an Agreement, Signify may, in order to limit or avoid liability, terminate the Agreement, suspend or discontinue the supply or performance to Customer of the Products and/or Services or parts to which such notice relates and Signify will not be liable to Customer by virtue of such termination, suspension or discontinuation.
(g) Subject to the exclusions and limitations set forth in section 12, the foregoing states the entire liability of Signify for infringement of third party IPR in connection with the supply of Products and/or Services.
Intellectual Property Licenses Except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company possesses adequate Intellectual Property to continue to conduct its business as heretofore conducted by it or as projected to be conducted in the Operating Plan, and all Intellectual Property existing on the date hereof, together with in the case of patents and Trademarks, the date of issuance thereof, is listed in Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter. With respect to Intellectual Property of the Company unless such Intellectual Property has become obsolete or is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company:
(a) it is valid and enforceable, is subsisting, and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part;
(b) the Company has made all necessary filings and recordations to protect its interest therein, including, without limitation, recordations of all of its interest in its Patent Property and Trademark Property in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, to the extent necessary for the conduct of the Company's business, in corresponding offices throughout the world;
(c) except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is the exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property owned by it and no claim has been made that the use of any of its owned Intellectual Property does or may violate the asserted rights of any third party; and
(d) the Company has performed, and the Company will continue to perform, all acts, and the Company has paid and will continue to pay, all required fees and taxes, to maintain each and every item of such Intellectual Property in full force and effect throughout the world, as applicable. The Company owns directly or is entitled to use, by license or otherwise, all patents, Trademarks, copyrights, mask works, licenses, technology, know-how, processes and rights with respect to any of the foregoing used in, necessary for or of importance to the conduct of the Company's business.
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Intellectual Property License 20.1 Any Intellectual Property originating from or developed by a Party shall remain in the exclusive ownership of that Party.
20.2 Except at otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no license under patents, copyrights or any other Intellectual Property right (other than the limited license to use consistent with the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement) is granted by either Party or shall be implied or arise by estoppel with respect to any transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
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Intellectual Property Agreements Borrower shall not permit the inclusion in any material contract to which it becomes a party of any provisions that could or might in any way prevent the creation of a security interest in Borrower's rights and interests in any property included within the definition of the Intellectual Property Collateral acquired under such contracts.
Intellectual Property Rights Infringement HP will defend and/or settle any claims against Customer that allege that an HP-branded product or service as supplied under this Agreement infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party. HP will rely on Customer’s prompt notification of the claim and cooperation with our defense. HP may modify the product or service so as to be non-infringing and materially equivalent, or we may procure a license. If these options are not available, we will refund to Customer the amount paid for the affected product in the first year or the depreciated value thereafter or, for support services, the balance of any pre-paid amount or, for professional services, the amount paid. HP is not responsible for claims resulting from any unauthorized use of the products or services.
