Common use of Technology and Intellectual Property Rights Clause in Contracts

Technology and Intellectual Property Rights. (i) Except for the corporate names of each of the members of the Onshore Group, it has no registered Intellectual Property in any part of the world. (ii) It owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property used or held for use in the conduct of its business without any conflict with the rights of others. All products and technology that have been or currently are published and/or offered by it or are under development by it, and all products and/or technology underlying any and all services that have been or currently are offered by it or are under development by it is either: (1) owned by it, (2) in the public domain, or (3) rightfully used by the it pursuant to a valid written license or other agreement. (iii) It is not, as a result of the execution or delivery of this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the performance of its obligations under them of under the Internal Control Agreements will cause it to be in violation of any license, sublicense or other agreement relating to the Intellectual Property or of any non-disclosure agreement to which it is a party or otherwise bound. (iv) It is not obligated to provide any financial consideration or other consideration to any third party, nor is any third party otherwise entitled to any financial consideration or other consideration, with respect to any exercise of rights by it or its successors in the Intellectual Property. (v) Its use, reproduction, modification, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or any other exercise of rights in any Owned Intellectual Property by it or its licensees does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service ▇▇▇▇, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, database right, other intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right in personal or other data of any person. Further, the use, reproduction, modification, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or any other exercise of rights in any Licensed Intellectual Property or any other authorized exercise of rights in or to Licensed Intellectual Property by it or its licensees does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service ▇▇▇▇, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, moral right, database right, other intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right in personal or other data of any person. Further, the distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or other provision of products and services by it or its resellers or licensees does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service ▇▇▇▇, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, moral right, database right, other intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right of any person. (vi) No action, suit or proceeding, pending or otherwise, (i) challenging the validity, enforceability, or ownership by it of any of Owned Intellectual Property or (ii) to the effect that the use, reproduction, modification, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or any other exercise of rights in any Owned Intellectual Property by it or its licensees infringes, misappropriates or violates any intellectual property or other proprietary or personal right of any person is pending or is threatened by any person. Further, no claim to the effect that the distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or other provision of products and services by it or its resellers or licensees infringes, misappropriates or violates any intellectual property or other proprietary or personal right of any person is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Vendor, is threatened by any person. There is no unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any of Owned Intellectual Property by any third party, employee or former employee. (vii) No other party has any security interest in any Intellectual Property. (viii) It has secured from all parties who have created any portion of, or otherwise have any rights in or to, Owned Intellectual Property, other than employees of itself whose work product was created by them entirely within the scope of their employment by it and constitutes work made for hire owned by it, valid written assignments or licenses of any such work or other rights to it that are enforceable by it and has made available true and complete copies of such assignments or licenses to the Purchaser. (ix) It owns all right, title and interest in and to all data it collects from or discloses about users of its products and services. Its practices regarding the collection and use of consumer personal information are in accordance in all respects with applicable laws and regulations of all jurisdictions in which it operates. (x) No officer, director, stockholder or employee of it, nor any spouse, or relative thereof, owns directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Intellectual Property.

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Sources: Share Purchase Agreement (Xinhua Finance Media LTD)

Technology and Intellectual Property Rights. (i) Except for the corporate names of each of the members of the Onshore GroupOffshore Companies, it has no registered Intellectual Property in any part of the world. (ii) It owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property used or held for use in the conduct of its business without any conflict with the rights of others. All products and technology that have been or currently are published and/or offered by it or are under development by it, and all products and/or technology underlying any and all services that have been or currently are offered by it or are under development by it is either: (1) owned by it, (2) in the public domain, or (3) rightfully used by the it pursuant to a valid written license or other agreement. (iii) It is not, as a result of the execution or delivery of this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the performance of its obligations under them of under the Internal Control Agreements will cause it to be in violation of any license, sublicense or other agreement relating to the Intellectual Property or of any non-disclosure agreement to which it is a party or otherwise bound. (iv) It is not obligated to provide any financial consideration or other consideration to any third party, nor is any third party otherwise entitled to any financial consideration or other consideration, with respect to any exercise of rights by it or its successors in the Intellectual Property. (v) Its use, reproduction, modification, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or any other exercise of rights in any Owned Intellectual Property by it or its licensees does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service ▇▇▇▇, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, database right, other intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right in personal or other data of any person. Further, the use, reproduction, modification, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or any other exercise of rights in any Licensed Intellectual Property or any other authorized exercise of rights in or to Licensed Intellectual Property by it or its licensees does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service ▇▇▇▇, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, moral right, database right, other intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right in personal or other data of any person. Further, the distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or other provision of products and services by it or its resellers or licensees does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service ▇▇▇▇, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, moral right, database right, other intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right of any person. (vi) No action, suit or proceeding, pending or otherwise, (i) challenging the validity, enforceability, or ownership by it of any of Owned Intellectual Property or (ii) to the effect that the use, reproduction, modification, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or any other exercise of rights in any Owned Intellectual Property by it or its licensees infringes, misappropriates or violates any intellectual property or other proprietary or personal right of any person is pending or is threatened by any person. Further, no claim to the effect that the distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or other provision of products and services by it or its resellers or licensees infringes, infringes misappropriates or violates any intellectual property or other proprietary or personal right of any person is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Vendor, is threatened by any person. There is no unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any of Owned Intellectual Property by any third party, employee or former employee. (vii) No other party has any security interest in any Intellectual Property. (viii) It has secured from all parties who have created any portion of, or otherwise have any rights in or to, Owned Intellectual Property, other than employees of itself whose work product was created by them entirely within the scope of their employment by it and constitutes work made for hire owned by it, valid written assignments or licenses of any such work or other rights to it that are enforceable by it and has made available true and complete copies of such assignments or licenses to the Purchaser. (ix) It owns all right, title and interest in and to all data it collects from or discloses about users of its products and services. Its practices regarding the collection and use of consumer personal information are in accordance in all respects with applicable laws and regulations of all jurisdictions in which it operates. (x) No officer, director, stockholder or employee of it, nor any spouse, or relative thereof, owns directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Intellectual Property.

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Sources: Share Purchase Agreement (Xinhua Finance Media LTD)