Background definition

Background means any information, documentation, designs, technical drawings, software (system and application software), algorithms, elaborated design data, technical or industrial data, tools, knowledge, know-how, trade secrets, equipment and services process, methodology, and any intellectual property therein, regardless of their support and whether or not protected by an intellectual property right, developed, created or acquired by one Party independently of the execution of the Contract. The Background shall remain at all times the property of the said Party and its affiliate(s).
Background means information which is held by beneficiaries prior to their accession to this agreement, as well as copyrights or other intellectual property rights pertaining to such information, the application for which has been filed before their accession to this agreement, and which is needed for carrying out the project or for using foreground;
Background means any data, know-how or information whatever its form or nature, tangible or intangible, including any rights such as intellectual property rights, that is: (i) held by beneficiaries prior to their accession to the action; and (ii) identified by the beneficiaries in a written agreement as needed for implementing the action or for exploiting its results;

Examples of Background in a sentence

  • The Disclosing Party's Background Data, if any, will be identified in a separate technical document.

  • All Background, Third Party Proprietary and Controlled Government Data provided by Disclosing Party shall be identified in the Annex under which it will be provided.

  • Any improvements, developments, adaptations and/or modifications to the Foreground Intellectual Property, and any and all new inventions or discoveries, based on or resulting from the use of Transnet’s Background Intellectual Property and/or Confidential Information shall be exclusively owned by Transnet.

  • For the avoidance of doubt all the Supplier/Service Provider’s Background Intellectual Property shall remain vested in the Supplier/Service Provider.

  • However, the Vendor will have up to five (5) business days after the initial start date of Contingent Worker to complete the Background Investigation component of the Background Services.


More Definitions of Background

Background means all Technical Output that is not Foreground and that is proprietary to or the confidential information of the Consultant, the Consultant’s Sub-Consultants, or any other entity engaged by the Consultant in the performance of the Services;
Background means all Technical Output that is not Foreground and that is proprietary to or the confidential information of the Contractor, the Contractor's Subcontractors, or any other entity engaged by the Contractor in the performance of the Design Services;
Background means all information, know-how and material, whatever its form or nature, owned or controlled by a Participant prior to its participation to this Consortium Agreement, as well as any intellectual property rights pertaining to such data, that is Needed to implement the Project or to exploit the Foreground. Participants may identify the Background in Annex 1 to this Consortium Agreement, together with any (legal) restrictions or limits to the use thereof;
Background means any data, know-how or information — whatever its form or nature (tangible or intangible), including any rights such as intellectual property rights — that:
Background means information which is held by participants prior to their accession to the grant agreement, as well as copyrights or other intellectual property rights pertaining to such information, the application for which has been filed before their accession to the grant agreement, and which is needed for carrying out the indirect action or for using the results of the indirect action;
Background means all information or material held by a Party prior to its participation to this Consortium Agreement or that has been developed or obtained by a Party after the Effective Date of this Consortium Agreement independently from the Project, as well as any intellectual property rights pertaining to such information or material;
Background means any data, know-how or information whatever its form or nature, tangible or intangible, including any rights such as intellectual property rights, which is: (i) held by participants prior to their accession to the action; (ii) needed for carrying out the action or for exploiting the results of the action; and (iii) identified by the participants in accordance with Article 45;