Patents and Marks Clause Samples

The "Patents and Marks" clause defines the rights and responsibilities of the parties regarding intellectual property, specifically patents, trademarks, and service marks. It typically clarifies which party owns existing or newly developed patents and marks, and may outline permissions for use, obligations to protect these rights, and procedures for addressing infringement. This clause ensures that intellectual property ownership is clearly established and protected, reducing the risk of disputes over usage or ownership during and after the contractual relationship.
Patents and Marks. (a) All of the Company's issued Patents are currently in compliance with formal legal requirements (including payment of filing, examination and maintenance fees and proofs of working or use) and are valid and enforceable. None of them is or has been involved in any interference, reissue, reexamination or opposition proceeding, and to the Company's Knowledge, none is Threatened. There is no potentially interfering Patent of any other Person, and none of the Company's issued Patents is being or has been infringed or is being or has been challenged or threatened in any way, except for any
Patents and Marks. Schedule 3.24(d) sets forth a list of all United States and foreign Patents, registered and material unregistered Marks, registered copyrights and applications therefor owned by the Company (the “Patent and Trademark Rights”). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.24(d), and except for agreements set forth on Schedule 3.24(b), the Patent and Trademark Rights are all the Patent and Trademark Rights that are material to the operation of the business of the Company as currently being conducted. The Company is the owner of all title and interest in and to each of the Patent and Trademark Rights, free and clear of all Encumbrances. There are no material claims or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Threatened against the Company asserting that its use of any of the Patent and Trademark Rights infringes the rights of any other person. To the Company’s Knowledge, there are no third parties infringing upon the Company’s Patent and Trademark Rights in any material respect.
Patents and Marks. The Patents and Marks identified on Schedule 2.1.2 hereof.
Patents and Marks. (a) All of the Company's issued Patents are currently in compliance with formal legal requirements (including payment of filing, examination and maintenance fees and proofs of working or use) and are valid and enforceable. None of them is or has been involved in any interference, reissue, reexamination or opposition proceeding, and to the Company's Knowledge, none is Threatened. There is no potentially interfering Patent of any other Person, and none of the Company's issued Patents is being or has been infringed or is being or has been challenged or threatened in any way, except for any interferences or infringements that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, either individually or in the aggregate. (b) All of the respective Marks of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are currently in compliance with formal legal requirements (including the timely post-registration filing of affidavits of use and incontestability and renewal applications) and are valid and enforceable. None of them is or has been involved in any opposition, invalidation or cancellation and, to the Company's Knowledge, none is Threatened. To the Company's Knowledge, (i) there is no potentially interfering Mark ▇▇ any other Person and (ii) none of the Marks of the Company and its Subsidiaries is being or has been infringed or is being or has been challenged or threatened in any way.
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  • Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks (i) Schedule 5.17 to the Credit Agreement includes all Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses owned by any Grantor in its own name, or to which any Grantor is a party, as of the date hereof (other than with respect to off-the-shelf software) and registered in the name of such Grantor. (ii) Each Copyright, Patent and Trademark that is material to the business of the Grantors is valid, subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has not been abandoned as of the date hereof. (iii) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.17 to the Credit Agreement, none of the Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks that is material to the business of the Grantors is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement as of the date hereof (other than with respect to off-the-shelf software). (iv) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority that would limit, cancel or question the validity of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark that is material to the business of the Grantors. (v) No action or proceeding is pending seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark that is material to the business of the Grantors, or that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark that is material to the business of the Grantors. (vi) All applications pertaining to the Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks that is material to the business of the Grantors of each Grantor have been duly and properly filed, and all registrations or letters pertaining to such Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks have been duly and properly filed and issued, and all of such Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks are valid and enforceable. (vii) No Grantor has made any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security interest in the Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks of any Grantor hereunder.

  • Trademarks, Patents Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries possesses or has the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights, and applications therefor, and all technology, know-how, processes, methods and designs used in or necessary for the conduct of its business, without known conflict with the rights of others.

  • Patents and Trademarks The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  • Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights (a) Section 4.14(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and accurate list (in all material respects) of all material United States and foreign: (i) patents and patent applications; (ii) trademark registrations and applications; (iii) copyright registrations and applications; and (iv) internet domain name registrations, in each case owned by Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof. Such registrations for Intellectual Property Rights owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries are in effect and subsisting and, to the Knowledge of Parent, valid. (b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, to the Knowledge of Parent, Parent and its Subsidiaries own or have all Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the respective businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted. (c) To the Knowledge of Parent as of the date hereof, the conduct of the respective businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and in the last three (3) years, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any written notice (including any cease and desist letter or invitation to license) alleging that Parent or any Subsidiary is infringing, misappropriating or violating any Intellectual Property Rights. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no such claim pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened, except as would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Parent, no other Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the respective businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except as would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, and in the last three (3) years, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have sent any written notice to any Person alleging that such Person is infringing, misappropriating or violating any Parent IPR. To the Knowledge of Parent, no Parent IPR are or have been the subject of any Proceeding, Law or any Order that bars or limits the use of such rights (excluding rejections, orders or rulings issued in the context of the application for registration of Parent IPR). Parent and its Subsidiaries are not and have not been party to any Proceeding relating to their use of Intellectual Property Rights, including any Proceeding involving any claim that Parent and its Subsidiaries infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Section 4.14(c) constitutes the only representation and warranty of Parent with regard to any actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person. (d) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ practices with regard to the collection, dissemination and use of Parent Data have at all times since January 1, 2019 complied in all material respects with Applicable Law relating to data protection or Personal Data, applicable contractual commitments of Parent and its Subsidiaries and applicable privacy policies. Parent and its Subsidiaries have in place and, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, are in compliance with commercially reasonable written internal information security policies, which include guidelines for the use, processing, confidentiality and security of Parent Data consistent with Applicable Law relating to data protection or Personal Data, applicable contractual commitments of Parent and its Subsidiaries and applicable privacy policies. Parent and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain commercially reasonable technical, physical and organizational measures and security systems and technologies in material compliance with all data security requirements under Applicable Law relating to data protection or Personal Data, applicable contractual commitments of Parent and its Subsidiaries and applicable privacy policies, that are designed to protect Parent Data against accidental or unlawful access, processing or use. For the thirty six (36) months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date: (i) Parent and its Subsidiaries have not received any written notification or allegation from any competent authority (including any information or enforcement notice, or any transfer prohibition notice) alleging that Parent and its Subsidiaries have not complied in any respect with Applicable Law relating to data protection or Personal Data and (ii) to the Knowledge of Parent, there has been no loss of, or unauthorized access to or use, disclosure or modification of, any Parent Data. No individual has received compensation (or an offer for compensation) from or on behalf of Parent or its Subsidiaries for breaches of applicable data protection Laws or for loss or unauthorized disclosure of Personal Data.

  • Patents and Inventions The Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the Department any discovery or invention arising out of or developed in the course of performance of this Agreement. If the services under this Agreement are supported by a federal grant of funds, the Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the federal government for the federal government to make a determination as to whether patent protection on such invention shall be sought and how the rights in the invention or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereon, shall be disposed of and administered in order to protect the public interest.