Company Background Intellectual Property definition

Company Background Intellectual Property means Background Intellectual Property under the control of Company.

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Company Background Intellectual Property means those elements of the Company Intellectual Property with broad potential application within and outside the Field including the Company Combination Patent Rights and the Company Intellectual Property specified in Annexes 1A, 2A and 3A.

Company Background Intellectual Property means Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company prior to the date hereof that is applied to the Research Project at any time together with any modifications or enhancements to such Intellectual Property Made in the course of the conduct, or resulting from the performance, of the Research Project or the term of this Agreement, whichever is longer.

Examples of Company Background Intellectual Property in a sentence

• The Company owns or has the right to use pursuant to a valid and enforceable, written license, sublicense, agreement, or other permission, all Company Background Intellectual Property existing as of the date hereof.

• The Company shall own all Company Background Intellectual Property and all Non-HD Intellectual Property.

• In clarification of the foregoing, the Foundation acknowledges and understands (i) the sensitive nature of the Company Background Intellectual Property and (ii) the extent to which the Company seeks to protect Company Background Intellectual Property and confidential information.

• The Parties further agree that any such license shall (A) contain appropriate and reasonable restrictions under the circumstances designed to safeguard the integrity and proprietary nature of the Company Background Intellectual Property and (B) be for a term no longer than is necessary to commercially exploit the HD Intellectual Property.

• For clarity, this Section 8(c)(i) will apply to (A) all Project Intellectual Property and (B) all Company Background Intellectual Property and Foundation Background Intellectual Property that was conceived, discovered, invented, made or first reduced to practice in the course of the performance of the Research in the conduct of the Project.

• For the avoidance of doubt, the Foundation hereby agrees that the Company shall not be required to share or otherwise disclose or distribute any Company Background Intellectual Property (as defined in SECTION 7).

• For the avoidance of doubt, the use of any Company Background Intellectual Property pursuant to this Section 11(b)(i) shall be solely for HD Research and Development and for no other purposes.

• Except for the Required Third Party Intellectual Property Rights, the Company Background Intellectual Property existing as of the date hereof constitutes all Intellectual Property necessary or useful to conduct and perform the Research Project and the other obligations of the Company under this Agreement.

• Except for the Specialized Third Party Licenses, the Company Background Intellectual Property existing as of the date hereof constitutes all Intellectual Property necessary or useful to conduct and perform the Research Project and the other obligations of the Company under this Agreement.

• As between the Foundation and the Company, the Company shall own all Company Background Intellectual Property.

More Definitions of Company Background Intellectual Property

Company Background Intellectual Property means the meanings set forth in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.

Company Background Intellectual Property means those elements of the Company Intellectual Property with broad potential application

Company Background Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property conceived, developed, reduced to practice or otherwise made or owned by the Company, its/his/her respective employees or agents, prior to the coming into force of this Agreement.

Company Background Intellectual Property means, with respect to a particular Project, the Intellectual Property Controlled by COMPANY or any of its Affiliates prior to and independent from any participation in the Project.

Company Background Intellectual Property means (i) all Intellectual Property (A) owned by, or licensed to, the Company as of the Effective Date or (B) acquired by, or licensed to, the Company from a Third Party after the Effective Date; (ii) all Intellectual Property conceived, discovered, invented, made or first reduced to practice by, or on behalf of, the Company on or after the Effective Date outside the Company's exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) all Intellectual Property conceived, discovered, invented, made or first reduced to practice pursuant to the Project, regardless of inventorship, that is (A) not Foundation Background Intellectual Property and (B) the practice of which by a Third Party would (absent ownership or a license) infringe the Company Background Intellectual Property described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition. [PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION OF AGREEMENT CONSIDER IF MODIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED TO COMPANY BACKGROUND IP, FOUNDATION BACKGROUND IP AND PROJECT IP DEFINITIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR NATURE OF COMPANY'S PLATFORM IP AND SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT (EG, DELETION OF CLAUSE (III) IN CASES WHERE THE COMPANY HOLDS SUBSTANTIAL BLOCKING IP IN THE AREA IN WHICH THE PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED]