Protection and Registration of Intellectual Property Rights Borrower shall: (a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of any and all of its intellectual property that (individually or in the aggregate) is material to Borrower’s business (individually and collectively, “Material Intellectual Property”); (b) promptly advise Bank in writing of known material infringements of its Material Intellectual Property; and (c) not allow any Material Intellectual Property to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Bank’s written consent. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date, Borrower does not own any maskworks, computer software, or other copyrights of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of an application for registration) with the United States Copyright Office (collectively, the “Registered Copyrights”). Borrower will NOT register with the United States Copyright Office (or apply for such registration of) any of Borrower’s maskworks, computer software, or other copyrights, unless Borrower: (x) provides Bank with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of its intent to register such copyrights or mask works together with a copy of the application it intends to file with the United States Copyright Office (excluding exhibits thereto); (y) executes and delivers a security agreement or such other documents as Bank may reasonably request to maintain the perfection and priority of Bank’s security interest in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) records such security agreement with the United States Copyright Office contemporaneously with or promptly (but in no event more than 10 days) after filing the copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States Copyright Office. Borrower shall promptly provide to Bank a copy of the application(s) actually filed with the United States Copyright Office together with evidence of the recording of the security agreement necessary for Bank to maintain the perfection and priority of its security interest in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date, the IP Security Agreement identifies all patents (constituting Material Intellectual Property) and trademarks (constituting Material Intellectual Property) of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of an application for registration) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. From and after the Effective Date, Borrower shall provide written notice to Bank of any application filed by Borrower in the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent (constituting Material Intellectual Property) or to register a trademark (constituting Material Intellectual Property) or service xxxx (constituting Material Intellectual Property) within 30 days after any such filing, and, upon the request of Bank, Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver a security agreement or such other documents as Bank may reasonably request with respect to such additional patents (constituting Material Intellectual Property) and/or trademarks (constituting Material Intellectual Property) of Borrower that are registered (or the subject of an application for registration) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The foregoing notwithstanding, Bank shall not acquire any interest in any intent to use a federal trademark application for a trademark, servicemark, or other xxxx filed on Borrower’s behalf prior to the filing under applicable law of a verified statement of use (or equivalent) for such xxxx that is the subject of such application.
Registration of Intellectual Property Rights (a) Within 30 days of the last day of each fiscal quarter, Borrower shall promptly give Lender written notice of any applications or registrations it files or obtains with respect to Intellectual Property filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, including the date of any such filing and the registration or application numbers, if any. (b) Within 30 days of the last day of each fiscal quarter, Borrower shall (i) give Lender written notice of the filing of any applications or registrations with the United States Copyright Office, including the title of such intellectual property rights to be registered, as such title will appear on such applications or registrations, and the date such applications or registrations will be filed; (ii) execute such documents as Lender may reasonably request for Lender to maintain its perfection in the Intellectual Property rights to be registered by Borrower; (iii) upon the request of Lender, either deliver to Lender or file such documents simultaneously with the filing of any such applications or registrations; (iv) promptly provide Lender with a copy of such applications or registrations together with any exhibits, evidence of the filing of any documents requested by Lender to be filed for Lender to maintain the perfection and priority of its security interest in such Intellectual Property rights. (c) Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of the Intellectual Property, (ii) detect infringements of the Intellectual Property, and (iii) not allow any material Intellectual Property to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without the written consent of Lender, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. (d) Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, to take, at Borrower’s sole expense, any actions that Borrower is required under this Section 5.8 to take but which Borrower fails to take, after 15 days’ notice to Borrower. Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify Lender for all reasonable costs and reasonable expenses incurred in the reasonable exercise of its rights under this Section.
Domain Names Licensee represents that it does not own any Internet domain names containing Citi Marks.
Filings, Registrations and Recordings Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc The Company or its Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, authorizations and other rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except to the extent any such conflict could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or threatened, and no patent, invention, device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, proposed, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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.
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.
Trademarks, Patents, Etc Schedule 2.1
Trademark Rights Any and all past, present or future rights in, to and ---------------- associated with the Trademarks throughout the world, whether arising under federal law, state law, common law, foreign law or otherwise, including the following: all such rights arising out of or associated with the Trademark Registrations; the right (but not the obligation) to register claims under any state, federal or foreign trademark law or regulation; the right (but not the obligation) to xxx or bring opposition or cancellation proceedings in the name of the Assignor or the Agent for any and all past, present and future infringements or dilution of or any other damages or injury to the Trademarks, the Trademark Rights, or the Associated Goodwill, and the rights to damages or profits due or accrued arising out of or in connection with any such past, present or future infringement, dilution, damage or injury; and the Trademark License Rights.
Patent and Copyright Registrations I agree to assist the Company, or its designee, at the Company’s expense, in every proper way to secure the Company’s rights in the Inventions and any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating thereto in any and all countries, including the disclosure to the Company of all pertinent information and data with respect thereto, the execution of all applications, specifications, oaths, assignments and all other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary in order to apply for and obtain such rights and in order to assign and convey to the Company, its successors, assigns, and nominees the sole and exclusive rights, title and interest in and to such Inventions, and any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating thereto. I further agree that my obligation to execute or cause to be executed, when it is in my power to do so, any such instrument or papers shall continue after the termination of this Agreement. If the Company is unable because of my mental or physical incapacity or for any other reason to secure my signature to apply for or to pursue any application for any United States or foreign patents or copyright registrations covering Inventions or original works of authorship assigned to the Company as above, then I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in my behalf and stead to execute and file any such applications and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of letters patent or copyright registrations thereon with the same legal force and effect as if executed by me.