Common use of IPG Clause in Contracts

IPG. on behalf of itself and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and other Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives, including, without limitation, its and their attorneys, and their respective predecessors, successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives, hereby releases, acquits, and forever absolutely discharges JDSU, its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and other Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives, including, without limitation, its and their attorneys, and their respective predecessors (including SDL), successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives, of and from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, demands, damages, theories, affirmative defenses, judgments, liens, indebtedness, losses, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements) and liabilities of every kind and character, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, certain or speculative, existing or prospective, liquidated or unliquidated, whether under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or any other country, which exist as of the date of this Settlement or may have come into existence at any time prior to the date of this Settlement.