COPYRIGHT, PATENTS AND OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS 16.1 Except as is otherwise expressly provided in writing in the Contract, UNDP shall be entitled to all intellectual property and other proprietary rights including, but not limited to, patents, copyrights, and trademarks, with regard to products, processes, inventions, ideas, know-how, or documents and other materials which the Contractor has developed for UNDP under the Contract and which bear a direct relation to or are produced or prepared or collected in consequence of, or during the course of, the performance of the Contract. The Contractor acknowledges and agrees that such products, documents and other materials constitute works made for hire for UNDP.
16.2 To the extent that any such intellectual property or other proprietary rights consist of any intellectual property or other proprietary rights of the Contractor: (i) that pre-existed the performance by the Contractor of its obligations under the Contract, or (ii) that the Contractor may develop or acquire, or may have developed or acquired, independently of the performance of its obligations under the Contract, UNDP does not and shall not claim any ownership interest thereto, and the Contractor grants to UNDP a perpetual license to use such intellectual property or other proprietary right solely for the purposes of and in accordance with the requirements of the Contract.
16.3 At the request of UNDP, the Contractor shall take all necessary steps, execute all necessary documents and generally assist in securing such proprietary rights and transferring or licensing them to UNDP in compliance with the requirements of the applicable law and of the Contract.
16.4 Subject to the foregoing provisions, all maps, drawings, photographs, mosaics, plans, reports, estimates, recommendations, documents, and all other data compiled by or received by the Contractor under the Contract shall be the property of UNDP, shall be made available for use or inspection by UNDP at reasonable times and in reasonable places, shall be treated as confidential, and shall be delivered only to UNDP authorized officials on completion of work under the Contract.
Inventions and Other Intellectual Property (A) The parties foresee that the Employee may make inventions or create other intellectual property in the course of his duties and agree that in this respect the Employee has a special responsibility to further the interests of the Company and the Group Companies.
(B) Any invention, improvement, design, process, information, copyright work, trade xxxx or trade name or get-up made, created or discovered by the Employee in the course of the Employment (whether capable of being patented or registered or not and whether or not made or discovered in the course of the Employment) in conjunction with or in any way affecting or relating to the business of the Company or of any Group Company or capable of being used or adapted for use in or in connection with such business ("Intellectual Property Rights") shall -be disclosed immediately to the Company and shall (subject to Sections 39 to 43 Patents Act 1977) belong to and be the absolute property of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct.
(C) If and whenever required so to do by the Company the Employee shall at the expense of the Company or such Group Company as the Company may direct: apply or join with the Company or such Group Company in applying for letters patent or other protection or registration for an other Intellectual Property Rights in the United Kingdom and in any other part of the world; and execute all instruments and do all things necessary for vesting all such right, title and interest in such letters patent or other Intellectual Property Rights in the Company or such Group Company or such other person as the Company may specify absolutely as sole beneficial owner.
(D) The Employee irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights under Chapter IV of Part 1 of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Xxx 0000 in connection with his authorship Copyright of any existing or future copyright work in the course of the Employment, in whatever part of the world such rights may be enforceable including, without limitation:
(i) the right conferred by section 77 of that Act to be identified as the author of any such work., and
(ii) the right conferred by section 80 of that Act not to have any such work subjected to derogatory treatment.
(E) The Employee irrevocably appoints the Company to be his Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute any such instrument or do any such thing and generally to use his name for the purpose of giving to the Company the full benefits of this clause 13. A certificate in writing in favour of any third party signed by any director or by the Secretary of the Company that any, instrument or act falls within the authority conferred by this Agreement shall be conclusive evidence that such is the case.
(F) Nothing in this clause 13 shall be construed as restricting the rights of the Employee or the Company under sections 39 to 43 Patents Xxx 0000.
PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INDEMNITY CONTRACTOR represents that it knows of no allegations, claims, or threatened claims that the materials, services, hardware or software (“CONTRACTOR Products”) provided to COUNTY under this Agreement infringe any patent, copyright or other proprietary right. CONTRACTOR shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless COUNTY of, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs expenses and amounts (collectively, “Losses”) arising out of or in connection with an assertion that any CONTRACTOR Products or the use thereof, infringe any patent, copyright or other proprietary right of any third party.
a. COUNTY will: (1) notify CONTRACTOR promptly of such claim, suit or assertion; (2) permit CONTRACTOR to defend, compromise, or settle the claim; and, (3) provide, on a reasonable basis, information to enable CONTRACTOR to do so. CONTRACTOR shall not agree without COUNTY’s prior written consent, to any settlement, which would require COUNTY to pay money or perform some affirmative act in order to continue using the CONTRACTOR Products.
b. If CONTRACTOR is obligated to defend COUNTY pursuant to this Section 38 and fails to do so after reasonable notice from COUNTY, COUNTY may defend itself and/or settle such proceeding, and CONTRACTOR shall pay to COUNTY any and all losses, damages and expenses (including attorney’s fees and costs) incurred in relationship with COUNTY’s defense and/or settlement of such proceeding.
c. In the case of any such claim of infringement, CONTRACTOR shall either, at its option, (1) procure for COUNTY the right to continue using the CONTRACTOR Products; or (2) replace or modify the CONTRACTOR Products so that that they become non-infringing, but equivalent in functionality and performance.
d. Notwithstanding this Section 38, COUNTY retains the right and ability to defend itself, at its own expense, against any claims that CONTRACTOR Products infringe any patent, copyright, or other intellectual property right.
PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INDEMNIFICATION a. The Contractor, at its expense, shall defend, indemnify, and hold DSHS harmless from and against any claims against DSHS that any Product or Work Product supplied hereunder, or DSHS’s use of the Product or Work Product within the terms of this Contract, infringes any patent, copyright, utility model, industrial design, mask work, trade secret, trademark, or other similar proprietary right of a third party worldwide. Product shall mean any Contractor-supplied equipment, Software, or documentation. The Contractor shall pay all costs of such defense and settlement and any penalties, costs, damages and attorneys’ fees awarded by a court or incurred by DSHS provided that DSHS:
(1) Promptly notifies the Contractor in writing of the claim, but DSHS’s failure to provide timely notice shall only relieve the Contractor from its indemnification obligations if and to the extent such late notice prejudiced the defense or resulted in increased expense or loss to the Contractor; and
(2) Cooperates with and agrees to use its best efforts to encourage the Office of the Attorney General of Washington to grant the Contractor sole control of the defense and all related settlement negotiations.
b. If such claim has occurred, or in the Contractor’s opinion is likely to occur, DSHS agrees to permit the Contractor, at its option and expense, either to procure for DSHS the right to continue using the Product or Work Product or to replace or modify the same so that they become non-infringing and functionally equivalent. If use of the Product or Work Product is enjoined by a court and the Contractor determines that none of these alternatives is reasonably available, the Contractor, at its risk and expense, will take back the Product or Work Product and provide DSHS a refund. In the case of Work Product, the Contractor shall refund to DSHS the entire amount DSHS paid to the Contractor for the Contractor’s provision of the Work Product. In the case of Product, the Contractor shall refund to DSHS its depreciated value. No termination charges will be payable on such returned Product, and DSHS will pay only those charges that were payable prior to the date of such return. Depreciated value shall be calculated on the basis of a useful life of four (4) years commencing on the date of purchase and shall be an equal amount per year over said useful life. The depreciation for fractional parts of a year shall be prorated on the basis of three hundred sixty- five (365) days per year. In the event the Product has been installed less than one (1) year, all costs associated with the initial installation paid by DSHS shall be refunded by the Contractor.
c. The Contractor has no liability for any claim of infringement arising solely from:
(1) The Contractor’s compliance with any designs, specifications or instructions of DSHS;
(2) Modification of the Product or Work Product by DSHS or a third party without the prior knowledge and approval of the Contractor; or
(3) Use of the Product or Work Product in a way not specified by the Contractor; unless the claim arose against the Contractor’s Product or Work Product independently of any of these specified actions.
d. This Section, Patent and Copyright Indemnification, is intended to survive the expiration or termination of the agreement.
Intellectual Property Rights and Indemnification Any intellectual property which originates from or is developed by a Party shall remain in the exclusive ownership of that Party. No license in patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret, or other proprietary or intellectual property right now or hereafter owned, controlled or licensable to a Party, is granted to the other Party or shall be implied or arise by estoppel. It is the responsibility of each Party to ensure at its own cost that it has obtained any necessary licenses in relation to intellectual property of third Parties used by it to receive any service or to perform its respective obligations under this Agreement.
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 RIGHTS AND INDEMNITY 42.1 Save as granted under this Framework Agreement, neither the Authority nor the Supplier shall acquire any right, title or interest in the other's Pre-Existing Intellectual Property Rights.
42.2 The Supplier shall ensure and procure that the availability, provision and use of the Services and the performance of the Supplier's responsibilities and obligations hereunder shall not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights of any Third party.
42.3 With respect to the Supplier's obligations under this Framework Agreement, the Supplier warrants and represents that:
42.3.1 it owns, has obtained or shall obtain valid licences for all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary to perform its obligations under this Framework Agreement and/or any Call-Off Contract which may be entered with the Authority or Other Contracting Bodies and shall maintain the same in full force and effect;
42.3.2 it has and shall continue to take all steps, in accordance with Good Industry Practice, to prevent the introduction, creation or propagation of any disruptive elements (including any virus, worms and/or Trojans, spyware or other malware) into systems, data, software or Authority Confidential Information (held in electronic form (owned by or under the control of, or used by the Authority and/or Other Contracting Bodies;
42.4 The Supplier shall during and after the Term of this Framework Agreement indemnify and keep indemnified the Authority on demand from and against all claims, proceedings, suits, demands, actions, costs, expenses (including legal costs and disbursements on a solicitor and client basis), losses and damages and any other liabilities whatsoever arising from, out of, in respect of or incurred by reason of any infringement or alleged infringement (including the defence of such alleged infringement) of any Intellectual Property Right by the:
42.4.1 availability, provision or use of the Services (or any parts thereof); and
42.4.2 performance of the Supplier's responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
42.5 The Supplier shall promptly notify the Authority if any claim or demand is made or action brought against the Supplier for infringement or alleged infringement of any Intellectual Property Right that may affect the availability, provision or use of the Services (or any deliverables or parts thereof) and/or the performance of the Supplier's responsibilities and obligations hereunder.
42.6 If a claim or demand is made or action brought to which Clauses 42.3 and/or 42.4 may apply, or in the reasonable opinion of the Supplier is likely to be made or brought, the Supplier may (subject to Approval) at its own expense and within a reasonable time either:
42.6.1 modify any or all of the affected Services without reducing the performance and functionality of the same, or substitute alternative services of equivalent performance and functionality for any or all of the affected Services, so as to avoid the infringement or the alleged infringement, provided that the terms herein shall apply mutatis mutandis to such modified or substituted services and such substitution shall not increase the burden on Contracting Bodies to a Call-Off Contract; or
42.6.2 procure a licence to use the Services on terms that are reasonably acceptable to the Authority and in relation to the performance of the Supplier’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder, promptly re-perform those responsibilities and obligations; and
42.7 Subject to full compliance with the Branding Guidance, the Supplier shall be entitled to use the Authority’s logo exclusively in connection with the provision of the Services during the Term and for no other purpose.
RIGHTS IN WORK PRODUCT AND OTHER INFORMATION A. Work Product Contractor assigns to the Purchasing Entity and its successors and assigns, the entire right, title, and interest in and to all causes of action, either in law or in equity, for past, present, or future infringement of intellectual property rights related to the Work Product and all works based on, derived from, or incorporating the Work Product under an Order. Whether or not Contractor is under contract with the State at the time, Contractor shall execute applications, assignments, and other documents, and shall render all other reasonable assistance requested by the State, to enable the Purchasing Entity to secure patents, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights related to the Work Product. To the extent that Work Product would fall under the definition of “works made for hire” under 17 U.S.C.S. §101, the parties intend the Work Product to be a work made for hire.
Intellectual Property Warranty and Indemnification Contractor represents and warrants that any materials or deliverables, including all Deliverable Materials, provided under this Contract are either original, or not encumbered, and do not infringe upon the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights of any third party, or are in the public domain. If Deliverable Materials provided hereunder become the subject of a claim, suit or allegation of copyright, trademark or patent infringement, City shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require Contractor to produce, at Contractor’s own expense, new non-infringing materials, deliverables or works as a means of remedying any claim of infringement in addition to any other remedy available to the City under law or equity. Contractor further agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, costs, judgments or damages, of any type, alleging or threatening that any Deliverable Materials, supplies, equipment, services or works provided under this contract infringe the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third party (Third Party Claim of Infringement). If a Third Party Claim
Intellectual Property Infringement Indemnification 1.1 We will defend you against any third party claim(s) that the Tyler Software or Documentation infringes that third party’s patent, copyright, or trademark, or misappropriates its trade secrets, and will pay the amount of any resulting adverse final judgment (or settlement to which we consent). You must notify us promptly in writing of the claim and give us sole control over its defense or settlement. You agree to provide us with reasonable assistance, cooperation, and information in defending the claim at our expense.
1.2 Our obligations under this Section G(1) will not apply to the extent the claim or adverse final judgment is based on your use of the Tyler Software in contradiction of this Agreement, including with non-licensed third parties, or your willful infringement.
1.3 If we receive information concerning an infringement or misappropriation claim related to the Tyler Software, we may, at our expense and without obligation to do so, either: (a) procure for you the right to continue its use; (b) modify it to make it non-infringing; or (c) replace it with a functional equivalent, in which case you will stop running the allegedly infringing Tyler Software immediately. Alternatively, we may decide to litigate the claim to judgment, in which case you may continue to use the Tyler Software consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
1.4 If an infringement or misappropriation claim is fully litigated and your use of the Tyler Software is enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction, in addition to paying any adverse final judgment (or settlement to which we consent), we will, at our option, either: (a) procure the right to continue its use; (b) modify it to make it non-infringing; or (c) replace it with a functional equivalent. This section provides your exclusive remedy for third party copyright, patent, or trademark infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims.
