Common use of Technical Briefing/Collaboration Clause in Contracts

Technical Briefing/Collaboration. The parties agree to promptly meet to discuss in detail the function and general manner of operation of such proposed API, and any substantially similar API that Palm may be researching and/or developing in the same area of functionality, if any. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to release a uniform API, either by way Palm developing such API and including it in the Palm Software, or licensing such API from, or co-developing the API with, Licensee on terms to be agreed upon by the parties, including, without limitation, the parties respective intellectual property rights in such APIs and responsibilities for costs, support and maintenance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee shall not be required to obtain Palm’s approval prior to the release of any new API, subject to Section 2.3 (Compatibility and Trademark License) above.