Background IP definition

Background IP means all IP and IP Rights owned or controlled by Seller prior to the effective date or outside the scope of this Contract.

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Background IP means all Intellectual Property, information, data, software and materials belonging to a Party that are provided by that Party to the other for use in the Project (whether before or after the date of this Agreement), and including, but not limited to such Background IP as is set out in the Application but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Foreground IP.

Background IP means all Intellectual Property and Patents belonging to or controlled by either Party, (i) developed, conceived, obtained or acquired prior to the Effective Date of the Agreement or (ii) developed, conceived, obtained or acquired independently of the Agreement or not as part of the approved Project Statement.

Examples of Background IP in a sentence

• For the avoidance of doubt, as between the Parties, (i) the Manufacturing Process and the Product shall be deemed to be the Background IP of the Collaboration Partners and (ii) Provider Operating Documents will be deemed to be the Background IP of Provider.

• All copyrightable works, whether published or unpublished, that are deemed to be owned by the Collaboration Partners pursuant to the operation of Sections 13.1 (Background IP) through Section 13.6 (No Implied License or Transfer) (“Collaboration Partner Works”) shall be considered a “work made for hire” for Collaboration Partners to the fullest extent permitted by law.

• Each of Company, Legend and Provider (in each case, together with its respective Affiliates) owns all right, title and interest in and to its Background IP.

• The foregoing shall not be deemed to include any right or license to use any Company Background IP, Legend Background IP, Collaboration Partner Foreground IP, Confidential Information, the Product or the Manufacturing Process.

More Definitions of Background IP

Background IP means any intellectual property and Intellectual Property Rights existing before the date of the Acceptance, and any Intellectual Property Rights generated after the date of Acceptance but outside the scope of these Terms;

Background IP means the Intellectual Property Rights either;

Background IP of a party means any and all intellectual property rights that such party either (i) owned, controlled, or had rights with respect to prior to the Effective Date; or (ii) develops, or acquires ownership, control, or rights with respect to, during the term of this Agreement but which is not Collaboration IP.

Background IP means IP which is created prior to or independently of this Contract.

Background IP means the Intellectual Property Rights either: (a) owned by either of the Parties; (b) created, developed or invented by directors, managers, employees or consultants of either of the Parties; (c) to which the Party has licensed rights instead of ownership and the right to grant a sublicense prior to the execution of this Service Agreement, and any Intellectual Property Rights developed or otherwise acquired independently of this Service Agreement.

Background IP means Intellectual Property that is (i) in existence prior to the effective date of the Order or (ii) is designed, developed, or licensed after the effective date of the Order independently of both the work undertaken or in connection with the Order and the proprietary information and IP of the other party to the Order.

Background IP means all Intellectual Property Rights owned by you and in existence prior to you first providing the Goods or Services to us;