Ownership of the background Clause Samples

The 'Ownership of the background' clause defines which party retains rights to intellectual property, materials, or knowledge that existed prior to the commencement of a contract or collaboration. Typically, this clause clarifies that any pre-existing inventions, software, documents, or know-how brought into the project by a party remain the property of that party, regardless of their use during the collaboration. Its core function is to prevent disputes over pre-existing assets by ensuring that only new developments or results created during the project are subject to shared ownership or other contractual terms.
Ownership of the background. 1. Without prejudice to Paragraph 4, the beneficiary shall remain the exclusive owner of its background. 2. The beneficiary shall remain free to license, assign or otherwise dispose of its ownership rights in background, subject to any rights and obligations under the present grant agreement. 3. Where the beneficiary transfers ownership of background, it shall pass on its obligations regarding that background, as defined in the present grant agreement, to the assignee including the obligation to pass those obligations on to any subsequent assignee. 4. In accordance with Article 20 of the Statutes of Fusion for Energy, where the beneficiary is a national fusion organisation of a Member of Fusion for Energy, it shall offer free of charge to Fusion for Energy any title, rights and obligations arising under the contracts and orders placed by or with the support of Euratom in relation to the activities of Fusion for Energy prior to his establishment.
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  • Ownership of Technology As between the Parties, each Party shall own and retain all right, title, and interest in and to any and all Inventions and Information that are conceived, discovered, developed, or otherwise made solely by or on behalf of such Party (or its Affiliates or Sublicensees) under or in connection with this Agreement, whether or not patented or patentable, and any and all Patents and other intellectual property rights with respect thereto.

  • Ownership of Content 4.1 All materials including paper based resources, and all materials displayed on the Site and the Apps, including without limitation all information, text, materials, graphics, software, tools, results derived from the use of software and tools, advertisements, names, logos and trade marks on the paper based version, the Site and the Apps (Content) are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws unless otherwise indicated. 4.2 Copyright in the Site (including text, graphics, logos, icons, sounds recordings, computer code and software) and the Content is owned or licensed by Maths Circle Ltd (Company Number 09861676). Except as expressly authorised by these General Conditions, or by legislation or statute, Users must not in any form or by any means: 4.2.1 adapt, copy, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of the Content; or 4.2.2 commercialise any information, products, or services obtained from any part of the Content. 4.3 Users must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, frame, download onto a computer, upload to a third party, post, transmit, share or distribute this Content in any way except as expressly provided for in these General Conditions or with our express prior written consent. 4.4 Users must not use the Content for commercial purposes without first obtaining our prior written consent.

  • Ownership of Results Any interest of Contractor or its subcontractors, in the Deliverables, including any drawings, plans, specifications, blueprints, studies, reports, memoranda, computation sheets, computer files and media or other documents prepared by Contractor or its subcontractors for the purposes of this Agreement, shall become the property of and will be transmitted to City. However, unless expressly prohibited elsewhere in this Agreement, Contractor may retain and use copies for reference and as documentation of its experience and capabilities.

  • Ownership of Materials All reports, documents or other materials developed or received by Consultant or any other person engaged directly by Consultant to perform the services required hereunder shall be and remain the property of City without restriction or limitation upon their use.

  • Ownership of Rights 6. 1. Licensed Material remains the property of either Licensor or the relevant third party and any rights not explicitly granted herein are expressly reserved.