Ownership of Materials and Confidentiality A. Documents & Data; Licensing of Intellectual Property. This Agreement creates a nonexclusive and perpetual license for WESTERN to copy, use, modify, reuse, or sublicense any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in plans, specifications, studies, drawings, estimates, and other documents or works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to, physical drawings or data magnetically or otherwise recorded on computer diskettes, which are prepared or caused to be prepared by CONSULTANT under this Agreement (“Documents & Data”). CONSULTANT shall require all subcontractors to agree in writing that WESTERN is granted a nonexclusive and perpetual license for any Documents & Data the subcontractor prepares under this Agreement. CONSULTANT represents and warrants that CONSULTANT has the legal right to license any and all Documents & Data. CONSULTANT makes no such representation and warranty in regard to Documents & Data which were prepared by design professionals other than CONSULTANT or provided to CONSULTANT by WESTERN. WESTERN shall not be limited in any way in its use of the Documents and Data at any time, provided that any such use not within the purposes intended by this Agreement shall be at WESTERN's sole risk.
Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality (a) BMC, its Affiliates or licensors retain all right, title and interest to the Technology and all related intellectual property and proprietary rights. The Product and all third party software provided with the Product are protected by applicable copyright, trade secret, industrial and other intellectual property laws. User may not remove any product identification, copyright, trademark or other notice from the Product. BMC reserves any rights not expressly granted to User in this Agreement. (b) “Confidential Information” means all proprietary or confidential information that is disclosed to User by BMC, and includes, among other things (i) any and all information relating to products or services, including, without limitation, software code, flow charts, techniques, specifications, development and marketing plans, strategies, forecasts, and proposal related documents and responses; (ii) as to BMC, and its licensors, the Product (excluding portions of the Documentation that BMC makes publicly available) and any third party software provided with the Product; and (iii) the terms of this Agreement. Confidential Information does not include information that User can show: (a) was rightfully in User’s possession without any obligation of confidentiality before receipt from BMC; (b) is or becomes a matter of public knowledge through no fault of User; (c) is rightfully received by User from a third party without violation of a duty of confidentiality; or (d) is independently developed by or for User. User may not disclose Confidential Information of BMC to any third party or use the Confidential Information in violation of this Agreement. User (i) will exercise the same degree of care and protection with respect to the Confidential Information of BMC that it exercises with respect to its own Confidential Information and (ii) will not, either directly or indirectly, disclose, copy, distribute, republish, or allow any third party to have access to any Confidential Information of BMC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, User may disclose BMC’s Confidential Information to User’s employees and agents who have the need to know provided that such employees and agents have legal obligations of confidentiality substantially the same (and in no case less protective) as the provisions of this Agreement. (c)
