Common use of PROPERTY RIGHTS; PROHIBITIONS AS TO LICENSED PROPERTY Clause in Contracts

PROPERTY RIGHTS; PROHIBITIONS AS TO LICENSED PROPERTY. Property Rights. AvePoint or its licensors retain all ownership and intellectual property rights to the Software and Licensed Property. Trade Secrets. Customer agrees that the Software and all associated trade secrets, including but not limited to the Licensed Property, its configurations, architecture, communications and performance benchmarks, are the exclusive property of AvePoint. Customer agrees not to disclose, disseminate, transmit via any medium whatsoever, or make available the Software, Licensed Property or any associated trade secrets to any third party without AvePoint’s prior written consent. User Compliance Check. AvePoint may, with reasonable notice and at any time during reasonable business hours, not more than once every twelve months either on its own or through its duly authorized representative, conduct a review of the use by Customer of the Software to ensure that Customer is complying with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AvePoint may use technical measures to conduct compliance checks on an ongoing basis for its SaaS Services and Hosted Licensed Property as defined in the SaaS Addendum.