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Following the Closing, Buyers shall: (i) cause the Transferred Entities to, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date, change their names, including making any necessary legal filings with the appropriate Governmental Authority to effectuate such change, and cause their certificates of incorporation (or equivalent Organizational Documents), as applicable, to be amended to remove any reference to \u201cWestRock,\u201d \u201cWRK,\u201d \u201cMeadWestvaco,\u201d \u201cMWV,\u201d \u201c\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u201d or any other Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, and provide Seller with such documents and materials that Seller may reasonably request to evidence such filings; and (ii) cause the Transferred Entities to, no later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date, cease to use or instruct any third party to use any Seller Marks, and remove, strike over or otherwise obliterate all Seller Marks from all assets and other materials owned or possessed by the Transferred Entities, including vehicles, business cards, schedules, stationery, packaging materials, displays, signs, promotional materials, manuals, forms, websites, email, Software and other materials and systems; provided, that Seller hereby grants Buyers and the Transferred Entities (solely to the extent they remain an Affiliate of any Buyer) a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, non-sublicensable right to continue temporarily to use the Seller Marks following the Closing: (i) in connection with the continued operation of the Business in a manner substantially consistent with the operation of the Business as of immediately prior to the Closing; (ii) in each mold owned or used by the Transferred Entities in the Business immediately prior to the Closing on the products of the Business for the life of such mold; and (iii) in connection with the sale of any inventory of the Transferred Entities that exists as of immediately prior to the Closing and any products made from such molds referred to in the preceding clause (ii), in each case at any time following the Closing. 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At the end of the Transition Period, Buyer shall cease, and shall cause its Affiliates to cease, all further use or display of the Seller Marks in connection with the Business. Buyer agrees that its and its Affiliates\u2019 use of the Seller Marks pursuant to the license this Section 6.15 shall be solely in connection with goods and services that reflect the high levels of quality and goodwill associated with the Seller Marks as of the Closing Date. Nothing in this Section 6.15 shall prohibit Buyer and its Affiliates from using the Seller Marks after the Transition Period: (a) for uses that are required by applicable Law, (b) for internal uses that are not visible to the public, until such items are replaced in the ordinary course of business, (c) on historical legal and business agreements and documents, (d) to describe the history of or current state of the relationship between the Business and Seller and its other Affiliates, and (e) in any other manner that would not constitute trademark infringement or that would constitute \u201cfair use\u201d of the Seller Marks under applicable Law. The term \u201cSeller Marks\u201d means all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names owned by Seller or any of its Affiliates that are not included in the Purchased Assets, including those containing or comprising \u201cNOVABAY,\u201d and any confusingly similar variations, translations, transliterations, abbreviations or derivatives thereof, whether used alone or in combination with other words or logos.", "size": 12, "samples": [{"hash": "ivxjlxp0NRm", "uri": "/contracts/ivxjlxp0NRm#seller-marks", "label": "Asset Purchase Agreement (NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)", "score": 35.847366333, "published": true}, {"hash": "jfjQ1C3R6lK", "uri": "/contracts/jfjQ1C3R6lK#seller-marks", "label": "Asset Purchase Agreement (NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)", "score": 35.7186851501, "published": true}, {"hash": "72fuK6KXbdw", "uri": "/contracts/72fuK6KXbdw#seller-marks", "label": "Asset Purchase Agreement (NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)", "score": 35.7186851501, "published": true}], "snippet_links": [{"key": "on-behalf-of", "type": "definition", "offset": [22, 34]}, {"key": "to-the-buyer", "type": "clause", "offset": [62, 74]}, {"key": "a-limited", "type": "clause", "offset": [76, 85]}, {"key": "fully-paid", "type": "clause", "offset": [102, 112]}, {"key": "following-the-closing", "type": "clause", "offset": [196, 217]}, {"key": "in-the-business", "type": "definition", "offset": [293, 308]}, {"key": "prior-to-the-closing", "type": "clause", "offset": [309, 329]}, {"key": "consistent-with-past-practice", "type": "clause", "offset": [342, 371]}, {"key": "packaging-and", "type": "clause", "offset": [386, 399]}, {"key": "tangible-materials", "type": "clause", "offset": [419, 437]}, {"key": "at-the-end-of-the", "type": "clause", "offset": [439, 456]}, {"key": "buyer-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [476, 487]}, {"key": "of-the-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [563, 576]}, {"key": "in-connection-with", "type": "clause", "offset": [583, 601]}, {"key": "buyer-agrees", "type": "clause", "offset": [616, 628]}, {"key": "the-license", "type": "definition", "offset": [694, 705]}, {"key": "goods-and-services", "type": "definition", "offset": [759, 777]}, {"key": "associated-with", "type": "definition", "offset": [831, 846]}, {"key": "as-of-the-closing-date", "type": "clause", "offset": [864, 886]}, {"key": "nothing-in-this-section", "type": "clause", "offset": [888, 911]}, {"key": "after-the-transition-period", "type": "clause", "offset": [985, 1012]}, {"key": "required-by", "type": "definition", "offset": [1036, 1047]}, {"key": "applicable-law", "type": "definition", "offset": [1048, 1062]}, {"key": "to-the-public", "type": "definition", "offset": [1107, 1120]}, {"key": "in-the-ordinary-course-of-business", "type": "definition", "offset": [1152, 1186]}, {"key": "agreements-and-documents", "type": "clause", "offset": [1225, 1249]}, {"key": "state-of", "type": "definition", "offset": [1293, 1301]}, {"key": "relationship-between-the", "type": "clause", "offset": [1306, 1330]}, {"key": "other-affiliates", "type": "definition", "offset": [1359, 1375]}, {"key": "other-manner", "type": "clause", "offset": [1392, 1404]}, {"key": "trademark-infringement", "type": "clause", "offset": [1431, 1453]}, {"key": "fair-use", "type": "clause", "offset": [1480, 1488]}, {"key": "the-term", "type": "definition", "offset": [1532, 1540]}, {"key": "service-marks", "type": "definition", "offset": [1578, 1591]}, {"key": "trade-dress", "type": "definition", "offset": [1593, 1604]}, {"key": "trade-names", "type": "definition", "offset": [1613, 1624]}, {"key": "corporate-names", "type": "definition", "offset": [1629, 1644]}, {"key": "by-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [1651, 1660]}, {"key": "not-included", "type": "clause", "offset": [1695, 1707]}, {"key": "the-purchased-assets", "type": "definition", "offset": [1711, 1731]}, {"key": "in-combination", "type": "definition", "offset": [1917, 1931]}], "hash": "3de4520ee071b60922f13082590068c1", "id": 2}, {"snippet": "After the Closing, Buyer, for itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges and agrees that neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall have any rights in any of the Seller Marks and neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall contest the ownership or validity of any rights of Sellers or any of their Affiliates in or to the Seller Marks. 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Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that neither it nor any of its Affiliates (including, as of the Closing, the Company) shall acquire any goodwill, rights or benefits arising from the Seller Marks and that all such goodwill, rights and benefits shall inure solely to Seller.\n(c) Within 90 days of the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause the Company Group to (i) cease any and all use of the Seller Marks, (ii) destroy and dispose of all materials in its possession or subject to its control, bearing any Seller Marks, and (iii) cause their names to be changed to such other names that do not include the Seller Marks and make all necessary filings and use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to cause all applicable Governmental Authorities to change all applications, registrations and filings, including corporate names, seals and certificates of the Company Group members such that they will not include any Seller Marks. From and after the Closing, none of Buyer, Buyer\u2019s Affiliates or the Company Group members shall challenge the ownership, validity or enforceability of any Seller Marks.\n(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that this Agreement does not, and shall not, convey, transfer or assign any right, title or interest in any trademark, name or logo of any third party.", "size": 10, "samples": [{"hash": "it7WZ8OeNhZ", "uri": "/contracts/it7WZ8OeNhZ#seller-marks", "label": "Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC)", "score": 32.433265686, "published": true}, {"hash": "936ytYaeFR", "uri": "/contracts/936ytYaeFR#seller-marks", "label": "Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (United States Steel Corp)", "score": 32.433265686, "published": true}], "snippet_links": [{"key": "prior-to-the-closing", "type": "clause", "offset": [4, 24]}, {"key": "seller-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [26, 38]}, {"key": "applicable-affiliates", "type": "definition", "offset": [60, 81]}, {"key": "the-company-group", "type": "definition", "offset": [119, 136]}, {"key": "registered-company-intellectual-property-rights", "type": "definition", "offset": [141, 188]}, {"key": "by-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [195, 204]}, {"key": "company-group-members", "type": "definition", "offset": [235, 256]}, {"key": "no-right", "type": "clause", "offset": [329, 337]}, {"key": "united-states", "type": "clause", "offset": [371, 384]}, {"key": "u-s-steel", "type": "definition", "offset": [406, 417]}, {"key": "names-and-trademarks", "type": "clause", "offset": [419, 439]}, {"key": "in-connection-with", "type": "clause", "offset": [489, 507]}, {"key": "similar-to", "type": "definition", "offset": [631, 641]}, {"key": "rights-or-benefits", "type": "clause", "offset": [850, 868]}, {"key": "rights-and-benefits", "type": "clause", "offset": [927, 946]}, {"key": "to-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [966, 975]}, {"key": "the-closing-date", "type": "clause", "offset": [999, 1015]}, {"key": "buyer-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [1017, 1028]}, {"key": "of-the-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [1082, 1095]}, {"key": "dispose-of", "type": "definition", "offset": [1120, 1130]}, {"key": "subject-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [1166, 1176]}, {"key": "other-names", "type": "clause", "offset": [1266, 1277]}, {"key": "necessary-filings", "type": "clause", "offset": [1328, 1345]}, {"key": "use-commercially-reasonable-efforts", "type": "clause", "offset": [1350, 1385]}, {"key": "applicable-governmental-authorities", "type": "definition", "offset": [1399, 1434]}, {"key": "registrations-and-filings", "type": "clause", "offset": [1463, 1488]}, {"key": "corporate-names", "type": "definition", "offset": [1500, 1515]}, {"key": "certificates-of-the-company", "type": "clause", "offset": [1527, 1554]}, {"key": "from-and-after-the-closing", "type": "clause", "offset": [1619, 1645]}, {"key": "none-of-buyer", "type": "clause", "offset": [1647, 1660]}, {"key": "notwithstanding-the-foregoing", "type": "clause", "offset": [1793, 1822]}, {"key": "the-parties-acknowledge", "type": "clause", "offset": [1824, 1847]}, {"key": "this-agreement", "type": "clause", "offset": [1853, 1867]}, {"key": "transfer-or-assign", "type": "clause", "offset": [1901, 1919]}, {"key": "name-or-logo", "type": "clause", "offset": [1967, 1979]}, {"key": "third-party", "type": "definition", "offset": [1987, 1998]}], "hash": "2ffdc3a9d04530b4733bc5df7035bb42", "id": 4}, {"snippet": "No later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cease using any names, marks, trade names, trademarks and corporate symbols and logos incorporating \u201cSouthern Union\u201d, \u201cSouthern,\u201d \u201cSU\u201d and \u201cSUG\u201d (collectively and together with all other names, marks, trade names, trademarks and corporate symbols and logos owned by Seller or any of its Affiliates, other than those included in the Assets, the \u201cSeller Marks\u201d) and shall remove from the Assets any and all Seller Marks. Thereafter, except as required by Legal Requirement or with the prior written consent of Seller, Buyer shall not use any Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 or any name or term confusingly similar to any Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 in connection with the sale of any products or services, in the corporate or doing business name of any of its Affiliates or otherwise in the conduct of its or any of its Affiliates\u2019 businesses or operations. In the event that Buyer breaches this Section 6.4, Seller shall be entitled to specific performance of this Section 6.4 and to injunctive relief against further violations, as well as any other remedies at law or in equity available to Seller.", "size": 8, "samples": [{"hash": "hYIZT0FhEKr", "uri": "/contracts/hYIZT0FhEKr#seller-marks", "label": "Purchase and Sale Agreement", "score": 26.5961666107, "published": true}, {"hash": "9MEGCi9bE8F", "uri": "/contracts/9MEGCi9bE8F#seller-marks", "label": "Purchase and Sale Agreement", "score": 26.1704311371, "published": true}, {"hash": "bvfMlu806wj", "uri": "/contracts/bvfMlu806wj#seller-marks", "label": "Purchase and Sale Agreement (Southern Union Co)", "score": 23.9596176147, "published": true}], "snippet_links": [{"key": "after-the-closing-date", "type": "clause", "offset": [44, 66]}, {"key": "buyer-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [68, 79]}, {"key": "trade-names", "type": "definition", "offset": [110, 121]}, {"key": "southern-union", "type": "definition", "offset": [181, 195]}, {"key": "other-names", "type": "clause", "offset": [261, 272]}, {"key": "by-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [343, 352]}, {"key": "the-assets", "type": "clause", "offset": [408, 418]}, {"key": "as-required-by", "type": "clause", "offset": [518, 532]}, {"key": "legal-requirement", "type": "clause", "offset": [533, 550]}, {"key": "consent-of-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [577, 594]}, {"key": "similar-to", "type": "definition", "offset": [664, 674]}, {"key": "in-connection-with", "type": "clause", "offset": [691, 709]}, {"key": "sale-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [714, 721]}, {"key": "products-or-services", "type": "clause", "offset": [726, 746]}, {"key": "business-name", "type": "clause", "offset": [774, 787]}, {"key": "conduct-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [833, 843]}, {"key": "in-the-event", "type": "clause", "offset": [900, 912]}, {"key": "section-64", "type": "clause", "offset": [938, 949]}, {"key": "seller-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [951, 963]}, {"key": "specific-performance", "type": "definition", "offset": [979, 999]}, {"key": "injunctive-relief", "type": "clause", "offset": [1027, 1044]}, {"key": "remedies-at-law-or-in-equity", "type": "clause", "offset": [1094, 1122]}, {"key": "to-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [1133, 1142]}], "hash": "0580ac5c6eb65c50be38f38829438ad7", "id": 5}, {"snippet": "Purchaser agrees that Seller, the Property Manager, or any of their respective affiliates, are the sole owners of all right, title and interest in and to the Seller Marks (or have the right to use such Seller Marks pursuant to license agreements with third parties) and that no right, title or interest in or to the Seller Marks is granted, transferred, assigned or conveyed as a result of this Contract. 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Within ten (10) Business Days after each Closing Date, Buyer shall make such filings with Governmental Authorities as are necessary to formally change the name of any Company or Purchased Subsidiary which was transferred to Buyer at such Closing and which has a name using one or more of the Seller Marks, to a name not using a Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587.", "size": 5, "samples": [{"hash": "gxfCuF1La5w", "uri": "/contracts/gxfCuF1La5w#seller-marks", "label": "Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.)", "score": 24.8685836792, "published": true}, {"hash": "8XyOhrQhn6H", "uri": "/contracts/8XyOhrQhn6H#seller-marks", "label": "Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc)", "score": 24.8685836792, "published": true}, {"hash": "ed56RRNgWEJ", "uri": "/contracts/ed56RRNgWEJ#seller-marks", "label": "Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.)", "score": 24.7316913605, "published": true}], "snippet_links": [{"key": "buyer-agrees", "type": "clause", "offset": [0, 12]}, {"key": "each-closing", "type": "clause", "offset": [46, 58]}, {"key": "the-companies", "type": "definition", "offset": [68, 81]}, {"key": "purchased-subsidiaries", "type": "clause", "offset": [96, 118]}, {"key": "to-buyer", "type": "definition", "offset": [137, 145]}, {"key": "the-names", "type": "clause", "offset": [211, 220]}, {"key": "inland-american", "type": "definition", "offset": [232, 247]}, {"key": "real-estate", "type": "definition", "offset": [270, 281]}, {"key": "service-marks", "type": "definition", "offset": [291, 304]}, {"key": "trade-names", "type": "definition", "offset": [318, 329]}, {"key": "the-foregoing", "type": "definition", "offset": [430, 443]}, {"key": "modifications-or-alterations", "type": "clause", "offset": [472, 500]}, {"key": "purchased-subsidiary", "type": "clause", "offset": [637, 657]}, {"key": "at-any-closing", "type": "clause", "offset": [679, 693]}, {"key": "no-right-to-use", "type": "clause", "offset": [705, 720]}, {"key": "applicable-closing-date", "type": "definition", "offset": [748, 771]}, {"key": "buyer-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [780, 791]}, {"key": "hold-itself-out", "type": "definition", "offset": [986, 1001]}, {"key": "days-after", "type": "definition", "offset": [1119, 1129]}, {"key": "filings-with-governmental-authorities", "type": "clause", "offset": [1171, 1208]}, {"key": "of-the-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [1379, 1392]}], "hash": "179ad853b0486a7a039298efa95111e7", "id": 7}, {"snippet": "As soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event more than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall, and shall cause its Affiliates, including the Companies, to: (i) cease using any names, marks, trade names, trademarks and corporate symbols and logos incorporating \u201cDynegy\u201d, including those listed in Schedule 6.10 and any word or expression similar thereto or constituting an abbreviation or extension thereof (collectively and together with all other names, marks, trade names, trademarks and corporate symbols and logos owned by Seller or any of its Affiliates, the \u201cSeller Marks\u201d); and (ii) remove from the Stations (and other assets of the Companies) and any Specified Assets any and all Seller Marks and amend the relevant organizational documents of the Companies to change the names of the Companies to names that do not include any Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 or any name or term confusingly similar to any Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587. Thereafter, Buyer shall not use any Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 or any name or term confusingly similar to any Seller \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 in connection with the sale of any products or services, in the corporate or doing business name of any of its Affiliates or otherwise in the conduct of its or any of its Affiliates\u2019 businesses or operations. In the event that Buyer breaches this Section 6.10, Seller shall be entitled to specific performance of this Section 6.10 and to injunctive relief against further violations, as well as any other remedies at law or in equity available to Seller.", "size": 5, "samples": [{"hash": "aTvyiLG6OuL", "uri": "/contracts/aTvyiLG6OuL#seller-marks", "label": "Merger Agreement (Dynegy Inc.)", "score": 21.6132793427, "published": true}, {"hash": "6aUjSUS3jKb", "uri": "/contracts/6aUjSUS3jKb#seller-marks", "label": "Purchase and Sale Agreement (NRG Energy, Inc.)", "score": 21.6132793427, "published": true}], "snippet_links": [{"key": "in-no-event", "type": "clause", "offset": [39, 50]}, {"key": "after-the-closing-date", "type": "clause", "offset": [78, 100]}, {"key": "buyer-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [102, 113]}, {"key": "the-companies", "type": "definition", "offset": [157, 170]}, {"key": "trade-names", "type": "definition", "offset": [210, 221]}, {"key": "other-names", "type": "clause", "offset": [462, 473]}, {"key": "by-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [544, 553]}, {"key": "the-stations", "type": "clause", "offset": [622, 634]}, {"key": "other-assets", "type": "definition", "offset": [640, 652]}, {"key": "specified-assets", "type": "clause", "offset": [679, 695]}, {"key": "the-relevant", "type": "clause", "offset": [731, 743]}, {"key": "documents-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [759, 771]}, {"key": "names-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [800, 808]}, {"key": "similar-to", "type": "definition", "offset": [900, 910]}, {"key": "in-connection-with", "type": "clause", "offset": [1035, 1053]}, {"key": "sale-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [1058, 1065]}, {"key": "products-or-services", "type": "clause", "offset": [1070, 1090]}, {"key": "business-name", "type": "clause", "offset": [1118, 1131]}, {"key": "conduct-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [1177, 1187]}, {"key": "in-the-event", "type": "clause", "offset": [1244, 1256]}, {"key": "seller-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [1296, 1308]}, {"key": "specific-performance", "type": "definition", "offset": [1324, 1344]}, {"key": "injunctive-relief", "type": "clause", "offset": [1373, 1390]}, {"key": "remedies-at-law-or-in-equity", "type": "clause", "offset": [1440, 1468]}, {"key": "to-seller", "type": "clause", "offset": [1479, 1488]}], "hash": "82b50f00fd66937c8ef539c153db01a2", "id": 8}, {"snippet": "Buyer shall obtain no right, title, interest, license or any other right whatsoever to use the word \u201cOGE\u201d or \u201cEnogex\u201d or any trademarks containing or comprising the foregoing, or any trademark confusingly similar thereto or dilutive thereof (collectively, the \"Seller Marks\u201d). From and after the Closing, Buyer agrees that it shall (a) cause EAPC to change its name, and will cease to use the name \u201cEnogex Arkansas Pipeline Corporation\u201d or any other name used by EAPC or any derivative or abbreviation thereof in any manner, or any name similar to any of the foregoing names, (b) cause EAPC and NOARK to cease using the Seller Marks in any manner, directly or indirectly, except for such limited uses as cannot be promptly terminated (e.g., signage, e-mail addresses, and as a referral or pointer to the acquired website), and to cease such limited usage of the Seller Marks as promptly as possible after the Closing and in any event within 90 days following the Closing Date and (c) remove, strike over or otherwise obliterate all Seller Marks from all assets and all other materials owned, possessed or used by the NOARK Group. The Parties agree, because damages would be an inadequate remedy, that a Party seeking to enforce this Section 7.6 shall be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for any breach thereof in addition to other remedies available at law or in equity. 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Typically, this clause specifies whether and how the buyer or other parties may use these marks, such as for marketing, resale, or co-branding purposes, and may require prior written consent or adherence to brand guidelines. Its core practical function is to protect the seller's intellectual property by ensuring that their marks are used appropriately and not in a way that could harm their reputation or dilute their brand."}, "json": true, "cursor": ""}}