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DocuSign Envelope ID:05EFDA32-4C8F-4F23-93BC-D19E217654E0 <br /> (b) Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, COMPANY and CONTRACTOR acknowledge <br /> that an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade <br /> secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (i) is made in confidence to a government <br /> official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or <br /> investigating a suspected violation of law; or(ii) is made in a document filed in a lawsuit or other <br /> proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. <br /> 11 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY <br /> 11.1 COMPANY's IP RIGHTS <br /> (a) Except for IP RIGHTS vested in CONTRACTOR as provided below, all ownership rights, title, and <br /> interest in and to SCOPE and WORK PRODUCT, including IP RIGHTS, will vest with and be assigned <br /> to COMPANY or its nominee promptly upon creation or generation. This CONTRACT does not <br /> grant CONTRACTOR GROUP any rights, title, or interest in or to COMPANY GROUP's IP RIGHTS, <br /> other than those set out in the CONTRACT. <br /> (b) CONTRACTOR, warranting that it is entitled to do so, grants to COMPANY GROUP the irrevocable, <br /> non-exclusive, perpetual,worldwide, royalty-free right and licence, with the right to grant sub- <br /> licences,to possess, use and modify any of CONTRACTOR's IP RIGHTS embodied in SCOPE and <br /> WORK PRODUCT to the extent necessary to allow COMPANY GROUP to possess, use, exploit, and <br /> modify SCOPE and WORK PRODUCT, including the right to import, export, operate, sell, maintain, <br /> and repair SCOPE. CONTRACTOR warrants that any possession or use of SCOPE or of <br /> CONTRACTOR's IP RIGHTS will not infringe the IP RIGHTS of any third party. <br /> 11.2 IP RIGHTS derived from COMPANY's IP RIGHTS <br /> (a) IP RIGHTS created by modifications, amendments, enhancements, or improvements (including <br /> tailor-made to the specifications of COMPANY)to COMPANY GROUP's IP RIGHTS, or made using <br /> COMPANY GROUP's CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: <br /> (i) will vest with COMPANY or its nominee when created; and <br /> (ii) are assigned, along with all rights,title, and interest in those IP RIGHTS by CONTRACTOR to <br /> COMPANY or assignee. <br /> (b) CONTRACTOR irrevocably waives, and will cause other members of CONTRACTOR GROUP to <br /> irrevocably waive, any related moral or similar, non-transferable rights that it or its employees or <br /> other members of CONTRACTOR GROUP may have. <br /> (c) CONTRACTOR will execute, and will cause any other member of CONTRACTOR GROUP to execute <br /> documents, and take all other steps as may reasonably be necessary to document the ownership <br /> of COMPANY or its nominee in the IP RIGHTS to allow COMPANY to secure, protect, and enforce <br /> those rights for the benefit and full use of COMPANY GROUP. <br /> 11.3 CONTRACTOR's IP RIGHTS <br /> (a) COMPANY's ownership rights in SCOPE under this article will not extend to CONTRACTOR <br /> GROUP's IP RIGHTS that: <br /> (i) pre-existed performance under the CONTRACT; <br /> Purchase Contract—GOODS and SERVICES <br /> Ver.2016a 19 <br />