Trademarks The Company name, the Company logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Proprietary Marks A. GNC represents with respect to the Proprietary Marks that GNC has the right to use and to license others to use the Proprietary Marks and that the use thereof by Rite Aid in the operation of the Business in accordance with this Agreement will not violate any agreement to which GNC or any licensor to Rite Aid is a party or may be bound and will not infringe upon the rights of any third party.
B. With respect to Rite Aid's use of the Proprietary Marks pursuant to this Agreement, Rite Aid agrees that:
(1) In the operation of the Business, Rite Aid shall use the Proprietary Marks only in the manner authorized and permitted by this Agreement and such other uniform Proprietary Mark Standards as required from time to time. Any unauthorized use txxxxof shall constitute an infringement of GNC's rights. GNC acknowledges that in the operation and promotion of its Stores and business generally Rite Aid will use its proprietary marks and those of the third parties.
(2) Rite Aid shall execute any documents deemed necessary by GNC or its counsel to disclaim any interest in the Proprietary Marks other than the license granted to it in this Agreement.
(3) Rite Aid shall not use the Proprietary Marks in its corporate name or any fictitious name.
(4) Rite Aid shall not directly or indirectly contest the validity or other ownership of the Proprietary Marks.
(5) In the event that litigation involving the Proprietary Marks is instituted or threatened against Rite Aid, Rite Aid shall promptly notify GNC of such litigation.
C. Rite Aid expressly understands and acknowledges that:
(1) As between the parties hereto, GNC has the exclusive right and interest in and to the Proprietary Marks and the goodwill associated with and symbolized by them and that Rite Aid has only the license granted to it in this Agreement.
(2) Rite Aid's use of the Proprietary Marks pursuant to this Agreement does not give Rite Aid any ownership interest or other interest in or to such marks and all goodwill arising from Rite Aid's use of the Proprietary Marks in its operation of the Business shall inure solely and exclusively to GNC's benefit and, upon expiration or termination of this Agreement and the license herein granted, no monetary amount shall be assigned as attributable to any goodwill associated with Rite Aid's use of the System or the Proprietary Marks.
(3) Except as may be specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the right and license of the Proprietary Marks granted hereunder to Rite Aid is non-exclusive and GNC thus has and retains the following rights, among others:
(a) To grant other licenses for the Proprietary Marks; and
(b) To use the Proprietary Marks in connection with selling products and services at locations outside of the Protected Territory to the extent permitted in this Agreement.
Trademarks, Etc Except to the extent required by applicable law, no Party shall use any other Party's names, logos, trademarks or service marks, whether registered or unregistered, without the prior consent of such Party.
Product Trademarks BMS shall be solely responsible for the selection (including the creation, searching and clearing), registration, maintenance, policing and enforcement of all trademarks developed for use in connection with the marketing, sale or distribution of Products in the Field in the Territory (the “Product Marks”). BMS shall own all Product Marks, and all trademark registrations for said marks.
Trademark Use (a) Reseller acknowledges that the Vendor Trademarks are trademarks owned solely and exclusively by Vendor, and agrees to use the Vendor Trademarks only in the form and manner and with appropriate legends as prescribed by Vendor. Reseller agrees not to use any other trademark or service mark xx connection with any of the Vendor Trademarks without prior written approval of Vendor. All use of Vendor Trademarks shall inure to the benefit of Vendor.
(b) Vendor acknowledges that the Reseller Trademarks are trademarks owned solely and exclusively by Reseller, and agrees to use the Reseller Trademarks only in the form and manner and with appropriate legends as prescribed by Reseller. Vendor agrees not to use any other trademark or service mark xx connection with any of the Reseller Trademarks without prior written approval of Reseller. All use of Reseller Trademarks shall inure to the benefit of Reseller.
(c) Reseller shall indemnify and hold Vendor harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) associated with any claim or action brought against Vendor that may arise from Reseller's improper or unauthorized replication, packaging, marketing, distribution, or installation of the Software, including claims based on representations, warranties, or misrepresentations made by Reseller.
(d) BOTH PARTIES LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO DIRECT DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) SUFFERED BY THE OTHER PARTY, EVEN IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. RESELLER STATES AND VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO RESELLER TO ENTER INTO THE CO-HOSTING AGREEMENT AND, IN THE EVENT OF A TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY VENDOR FOR AN ALLEGED MATERIAL RESELLER BREACH WHICH IS HELD NOT TO BE A MATERIAL BREACH IN FACT, THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER IN ASSESSING DAMAGES HEREUNDER THE CO-HOSTING FEES AND ANY AMOUNTS PAID BY ANY SUCCESSOR THIRD PARTY SITE MANAGER FOR THE RIGHT TO PERFORM SIMILAR WEB SITE SERVICES FOR VENDOR WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE TERMINATION.
Trademark This License does not grant permission to use trade names, trademarks, services marks, logos or names of the Licensor, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the Software and as reasonable necessary to comply with the obligations of this License (e.g. by reproducing the content of the notices). For the avoidance of doubt, upon Distribution of Modifications You must not use the Licensor’s or ESA’s trademarks, names or logos in any way that states or implies, or can be interpreted as stating or implying, that the final product is endorsed or created by the Licensor or ESA.
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan Party owns or possesses all the material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, registrations, franchises, permits and rights necessary to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted and planned to be conducted by such Loan Party or Subsidiary, without known possible, alleged or actual conflict with the rights of others.
CONFIDENTIAL/TRADE SECRET MATERIALS a. Contractor Confidential, trade secret or proprietary materials as defined by the laws of the State of New York must be clearly marked and identified as such upon submission by the Bidder. Marking the Bid as “confidential” or “proprietary” on its face or in the document header or footer shall not be considered by the Commissioner or Authorized User to be sufficient without specific justification as to why disclosure of particular information in the Bid would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the Bidder. Bidders/Contractors intending to seek an exemption from disclosure of these materials under the Freedom of Information Law must request the exemption in writing, setting forth the reasons for the claimed exemption. Acceptance of the claimed materials does not constitute a determination on the exemption request, which determination will be made in accordance with statutory procedures. Properly identified information that has been designated confidential, trade secret, or proprietary by the Bidder will not be disclosed except as may be required by the Freedom of Information Law or other applicable State and federal laws.
Intellectual Property Rights The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses or has valid rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries necessary for the conduct of its business as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will involve or give rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual Property Rights of others. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice alleging any such infringement, fee or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.32, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (C) the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company have not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.32, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (D) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.32, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation in any material respect of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company, or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company and could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company which has not been patented has been kept confidential. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described therein. The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus contain in all material respects the same description of the matters set forth in the preceding sentence. None of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees, or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses All patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service xxxx applications, copyrights, copyright applications, design rights, tradenames, assumed names, trade secrets and licenses owned or utilized by any Borrower are set forth on Schedule 5.9, are valid and have been duly registered or filed with all appropriate Governmental Bodies and constitute all of the intellectual property rights which are necessary for the operation of its business; there is no objection to or pending challenge to the validity of any such patent, trademark, copyright, design rights, tradename, trade secret or license and no Borrower is aware of any grounds for any challenge, except as set forth in Schedule 5.9 hereto. Each patent, patent application, patent license, trademark, trademark application, trademark license, service xxxx, service xxxx application, service xxxx license, design rights, copyright, copyright application and copyright license owned or held by any Borrower and all trade secrets used by any Borrower consist of original material or property developed by such Borrower or was lawfully acquired by such Borrower from the proper and lawful owner thereof. Each of such items has been maintained so as to preserve the value thereof from the date of creation or acquisition thereof. With respect to all software used by any Borrower, such Borrower is in possession of all source and object codes related to each piece of software or is the beneficiary of a source code escrow agreement, each such source code escrow agreement being listed on Schedule 5.9 hereto.
