GPS » Topics » 22.2 Gap Owned Intellectual Capital

This excerpt taken from the GPS 10-Q filed Jun 9, 2009.

22.2 Gap Owned Intellectual Capital

A. The Gap Owned Intellectual Capital shall be and will remain the exclusive property of Gap (or the applicable Third Party Vendor) as appropriate and subject to Section 22.3 (Joint Patent and Patent License Rights) below. In consideration of the payments made pursuant to Section 27 (Invoices and Payments) and in addition to Gap’s rights under Section 22.10 (Works Made for Hire), Supplier hereby assigns and agrees to assign, and Gap accepts and agrees to accept, all *. Notwithstanding the two proceeding sentences or any other provision(s) in this Agreement, Gap acknowledges and agrees that the Gap Owned Intellectual Capital may include *, all of the preceding which will be or remain the exclusive property of Supplier, and the sole rights of Gap to such items will be the applicable licenses from Supplier to Gap set forth in Section 22.4 (Supplier Embedded Items and Supplier Modified Items) below.

B. At Gap’s expense, Supplier further agrees to provide, and agrees to cause its employees, Affiliates, Subcontractors and agents to provide, to Gap, assistance to enable Gap to perfect, for the benefit of Gap, * that is granted in the second sentence of this Section 22.2 and in Section 22.10 (Works Made for Hire). Such assistance shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) signing patent and copyright applications, oaths or declarations, grants, assignments, and acknowledgments, in favor of Gap, as well as such ancillary and confirmatory documents as may be required or appropriate, to enable title in the Gap Owned Intellectual Capital to be clearly and, subject to Supplier’s ownership rights in Supplier Embedded Items, exclusively vested in Gap, within the United States and any and all foreign countries; provided, however, Gap is responsible for preparing such documentation, and

(2) upon the request of Gap, furnishing all relevant information and documentation in the possession of Supplier and not otherwise reasonably available to Gap, including information and documentation required by Gap for submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or to the United States Copyright Office.

C. Upon adequate notice by Gap and at Gap’s expense, Supplier also shall make commercially reasonable efforts to make available to Gap at reasonable times and places for interviewing purposes, necessary employees or agents of Supplier, in order that Gap might obtain information relating to the application for and prosecution of such right, title and interest in Gap Owned Intellectual Capital. Supplier also agrees to secure from each of its employees, Affiliates, Subcontractors or agents, to the extent necessary and upon the request of Gap, the assignment of the above-mentioned right, title and interests in Gap Owned Intellectual Capital, as well as the execution of all papers submitted relating to the application for and prosecution of such rights.

 

 

* Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions.

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D. During the Term, Gap hereby grants to Supplier, solely to perform the Services (and * in Deliverables, Gap Intellectual Property, Gap Software, and/or Gap Documentation), a *. Supplier shall be entitled to grant to Supplier Affiliates and Subcontractors and their respective agents, solely to assist Supplier in the provision of, or to provide, the Services, a *. Unless a separate agreement relating to Supplier’s use of the Gap Owned Intellectual Capital is entered into between the Parties, upon expiration of this Agreement or termination of this Agreement for any reason, the rights granted to Supplier in this Section 22.2 (Gap Owned Intellectual Capital) shall terminate, subject to Section 34 (Termination/Expiration Assistance Services) and subject to Supplier’s rights in Gap Customer Intellectual Property, Gap Customer Documentation, and Gap Customer Software, and Supplier shall (i) deliver to Gap, at no cost to Gap, a current copy of all such Gap Owned Intellectual Capital in the form in use by Supplier in connection with the performance of the Services as of the date of such expiration or termination and (ii) destroy or erase all other copies of the Gap Owned Intellectual Capital which is and will remain the exclusive property of Gap and any related documentation in Supplier’s possession; provided that Supplier may retain one (1) archival copy solely as a record of its services or for use as evidence in the event of a dispute between the Parties. Supplier’s obligations herein shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason.

Gap hereby grants to Supplier for its internal use only, a *.

E. In the event any rights, title or interests of Gap to Gap Owned Intellectual Capital granted by Supplier to Gap pursuant to this Section 22.2 (Gap Owned Intellectual Capital) are Finally Determined to be invalid, Supplier grants to Gap, during the Term and upon termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, a *, provided, however, nothing in this Section requires Supplier to grant a license to Gap to which it does not have the underlying rights to grant such license.

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