Common use of Suggestions, Joint Efforts Clause in Contracts

Suggestions, Joint Efforts. To the avoidance of doubt, Customer has no obligation to provide Suggestions to RIB; however, if Customer (or Customer Users or anyone providing Suggestions through or on behalf of Customer) suggests, or provides its findings, inventions, improvements, discoveries, or ideas or know-how in any form (collectively the “Suggestions”) for new or improved functionality of a product, service or an Application to RIB, then RIB, at its sole option, has the right to use the Suggestion without obligation to attribute the Suggestion or pay compensation to Customer. Customer (and anyone providing Suggestions through Customer) acknowledges and agrees that RIB may make, use, reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transmit, and otherwise exploit or commercialize the Suggestions (including by combining or interfacing products, services or technologies that depend on or incorporate Suggestions with other products, services or technologies of RIB or others) for any purpose, and do so without attribution in any way or expectation of payment or other compensation. Any further development conducted by RIB solely or jointly with Customer based on the Suggestions will be and remain the sole property of RIB and may be used, sold, licensed, or otherwise provided by RIB to third parties, or published or otherwise publicly disclosed, in RIB’s sole discretion without notice, attribution, payment of royalties, or liability to Customer.

Suggestions, Joint Efforts. To the avoidance of doubt, Customer has no obligation to provide Suggestions to RIB; however, if Customer (or Customer Users or anyone providing Suggestions through or on behalf of Customer) suggests, or provides its findings, inventions, improvements, discoveries, or ideas or know-how in any form (collectively the “Suggestions”) for new or improved functionality of a product, service or an Application to RIB, then RIB, at its sole option, has the right to use the Suggestion without obligation to attribute the Suggestion or pay compensation to Customer. Customer warrants that 1) the Suggestion or RIB’s use of it will not infringe any rights of a third party, or be subject to any restriction or requirement on RIB to grant a license to a third party; and 2) to the best of Customer’s knowledge and belief, the Suggestion is not subject to any third-party rights (including any personality or publicity rights). Customer (and anyone providing Suggestions through Customer) acknowledges and agrees that RIB may make, use, reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transmit, and otherwise exploit or commercialize the Suggestions (including by combining or interfacing products, services or technologies that depend on or incorporate Suggestions with other products, services or technologies of RIB or others) for any purpose, and do so without attribution in any way or expectation of payment or other compensation. Any further development conducted by RIB solely or jointly with Customer based on the Suggestions will be and remain the sole property of RIB and may be used, sold, licensed, or otherwise provided by RIB to third parties, or published or otherwise publicly disclosed, in RIB’s sole discretion without notice, attribution, payment of royalties, or liability to Customer.