o Background definition
o Background. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ allegedly died as a result of a cardiac arrest suffered during surgery to remove a cyst on his shoulder at Columbia TOPS Surgical Specialty Hospital. o Status: Litigation being handled through malpractice carrier, Health Care Indemnity, Inc. (policy #HCII-10197; file #23063)
o Background. ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, a man in his 70's, complains he was administered an unknown drug which allegedly caused his blood pressure to drop dangerously low during a surgical procedure at NTC to remove in-grown eyelashes. o Status: Claim currently being pursued through Article 4590i of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes by AIG Technical Services, the insurance carrier (File #394-003068). The insurance company has assigned the defense and investigation of the claim to ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. As of June 24, 1999, depositions had been taken. Current reserve for this claim is $25,000. Instituto Policlinico Santa ▇▇▇▇▇▇, S.A.
o Background means any and all, data, information, know-how– whatever its form or nature (tangible or intangible), including any rights such as intellectual property rights – listed in Annex 1 “TRUSTCHAIN Specific Contract” – that is Needed to implement the Project or exploit the Results and that is: • owned or controlled by a Party or a TRUSTCHAIN Beneficiary prior to the date of signature of the Specific Contract (Annex 1); or • developed or acquired by a Party or a TRUSTCHAIN Beneficiary independently from the work in the Research even if in parallel with the performance of the Research, but solely to the extent that such data, information, know-how and/or intellectual property rights are introduced into the Industrial Experiment by the owning Party.