Use of Duke Name. (a) The Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that neither the Buyer nor any affiliate, successor, assignee or designee of the Buyer shall be entitled to use the names “Duke Realty”, “Duke”, “BremnerDuke” or any xxxx thereof, or any Seller’s name or xxxx (collectively, the “Duke Names and Marks”), in any way whatsoever, except to the extent permitted under this Agreement. (b) The Buyer and its Affiliates shall (i) immediately upon the Closing Date cease all use of any of the Duke Names and Marks on or in connection with all stationery, business cards, purchase orders, lease agreements, warranties, indemnifications, invoices and other similar correspondence and other documents of a contractual nature, (ii) promptly, and in any event no later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, complete the removal of the Duke Names and Marks from all marketing and promotional brochures and (iii) with respect to Transferred Assets bearing any Duke Names and Marks, use their commercially reasonable efforts to re-label such Transferred Assets or remove such Duke Names and Marks from such Transferred Assets as promptly as practicable, and in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing Date. (c) The Buyer, for itself and its Affiliates, agrees that after the Closing Date the Buyer and its Affiliates (i) will not expressly, or by implication, do business as or represent themselves as the Sellers or their Affiliates, (ii) with respect to assets managed, operated or leased after the Closing Date, will represent in writing to the owners or lessors of such assets that such assets are those of the Buyer and its Affiliates and not those of the Sellers and their Affiliates and (iii) will cooperate with the Sellers or any of their Affiliates in terminating any contracts pursuant to which any Seller licenses any Duke Names and Marks to customers. The Buyer and its Affiliates shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that other users of any Duke Names and Marks, whose rights terminate upon the Closing pursuant to this Section 14.1, shall cease use of the Duke Names and Marks, except as expressly authorized thereafter by Sellers. (d) The Buyer, for itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent expressly provided in this Section 14.1, neither the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall have any rights in any of the Duke Names and Marks and neither the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall contest the ownership or validity of any rights of the Sellers or any of their Affiliates in or to any of the Duke Names and Marks.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Duke Realty Limited Partnership/), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Duke Realty Limited Partnership/), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Duke Realty Limited Partnership/)
Use of Duke Name. (a) The Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that neither the Buyer nor any affiliate, successor, assignee or designee of the Buyer shall be entitled to use the names “Duke Realty”, “Duke”, “BremnerDuke” or any xxxx thereof, or any Seller’s name or xxxx (collectively, the “Duke Names and Marks”), in any way whatsoever, except to the extent permitted under this Agreement.
(b) The Buyer and its Affiliates shall (i) immediately upon the applicable Closing Date cease all use of any of the Duke Names and Marks on or in connection with all stationery, business cards, purchase orders, lease agreements, warranties, indemnifications, invoices and other similar correspondence and other documents of a contractual nature, (ii) promptly, and in any event no later than sixty (60) days after the applicable Closing Date, complete the removal of the Duke Names and Marks from all marketing and promotional brochures and (iii) with respect to Transferred Assets bearing any Duke Names and Marks, use their commercially reasonable efforts to re-label such Transferred Assets or remove such Duke Names and Marks from such Transferred Assets as promptly as practicable, and in any event no later than six (6) months after the applicable Closing Date.
(c) The Buyer, for itself and its Affiliates, agrees that after the applicable Closing Date the Buyer and its Affiliates (i) will not expressly, or by implication, do business as or represent themselves as the Sellers or their Affiliates, (ii) with respect to assets managed, operated or leased after the applicable Closing Date, will represent in writing to the owners or lessors of such assets that such assets are those of the Buyer and its Affiliates and not those of the Sellers and their Affiliates and (iii) will cooperate with the Sellers or any of their Affiliates in terminating any contracts pursuant to which any Seller licenses any Duke Names and Marks to customers. The Buyer and its Affiliates shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that other users of any Duke Names and Marks, whose rights terminate upon the applicable Closing pursuant to this Section 14.1, shall cease use of the Duke Names and Marks, except as expressly authorized thereafter by Sellers.
(d) The Buyer, for itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent expressly provided in this Section 14.1, neither the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall have any rights in any of the Duke Names and Marks and neither the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall contest the ownership or validity of any rights of the Sellers or any of their Affiliates in or to any of the Duke Names and Marks.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Duke Realty Limited Partnership/), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP)