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 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;

Examples of Background IP in a sentence

For the Period of Performance and for at least ten (10) years after the Period of Performance, the Awardee or one of its controlled affiliates that is a Domestic Entity shall maintain its rights to Project Background IP owned or licensed by it for so long as it is necessary for the execution of the Project.
The Department agrees that it shall treat all disclosures of unpublished Background IP hereunder as confidential, shall not disclose such information to persons outside the U.S. Government without permission of the Awardee (unless required by law), and shall use reasonable efforts to protect such information from unauthorized use and disclosure.
The Awardee certifies that to the best of the Awardee’s knowledge as of the date of this Agreement, the Awardee has not granted licenses or options for licenses to Background IP or IP that may be developed under this Agreement that may impede Research and Development Activities funded by this Agreement or obligations set forth in this Agreement, including but not limited to the requirements of Attachment 5 (Domestic Control and Production).
The decision to disclose Background IP that is not Project Background IP is at the discretion of the Awardee; provided, however, that any election by the Awardee not to disclose Background IP that is not Project Background IP shall not impact the Awardee’s ownership or rights to, or be deemed to grant to U.S. Government or any departments, agencies, or instrumentalities thereof any rights to, such Background IP.
In the event the Awardee becomes aware of an impedance to its obligations under this Agreement due to licenses or options for licenses to Background IP or to future IP, the Awardee shall promptly provide notice to the Department and the Parties shall take efforts to identify any necessary mitigations or remedies to resolve the impediment.

More Definitions of Background IP

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 the Intellectual Property Rights either;

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

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 or licensed by a party (a) before the effective date of the applicable Order Form or (b) independent of the Services.

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