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1 PARTIES TO AGREEMENT
2 DEFINITIONS
3 WITNESS
3.1 WHEREAS, Distributor has the capability of acting as a marketing,
maintenance, project management, end-user training, application software
developer and technical support representative for ABC; and
3.2 WHEREAS ABC desires that Distributor performs the services cited above
on its behalf, the Distributor and ABC have accordingly agreed to enter
into this Agreement.
5 TERRITORIAL COVERAGE
5.1 The Distributor shall sell the Products in the Territory, on a non-exclusive
basis. Although ABC does not currently plant to appoint any other
distributors in the Territory, it may do so in the future. Prior to
appointing other distributors, ABC will notify the Distributor.
5.2 In the normal course of business, ABC intends to solicit orders from the
Territory, for delivery to the Territory, from the Distributor. ABC does not
intend to accept orders from end users for installation in the Territory
except as noted below.
5.2.3 In the event that the Distributor is not providing adequate sales
follow-up of any particular market segment, and/or specific
customer sales opportunities made known to the Distributor by
ABC, as reasonably determined by objective criteria, then ABC
reserves the right to cover such markets in an alternative manner
provided that the Distributor fails to correct the situation 60 days
after receiving notice from ABC as to the particulars of how the
Distributor is not adequately conducting sales follow-up.
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Distributor’s services (but not the Products) as agent prior to
execution of a sales agreement by ABC with the prospective
purchaser.
5.3 In the event that those situations referred to in Section 5.2 develop, where
applicable, ABC will assist the Distributor in obtaining the on-going
maintenance support for such Products sold in the Territory. Price for
maintenance will be determined jointly.
5.4 The Distributor shall not solicit orders from outside the Territory for
delivery of Products outside the Territory.
6 TERM OF AGREEMENT
7 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS
7.2 ABC may elect not to renew the Agreement unless, within twenty four
(24) months of the Commencement Date and thereafter throughout the
Term, the Distributor shall acquire and maintain at all times, no less than
_______________ for inventory, rental or consignment (loan) to
prospective customers.
7.3 Prior to delivery of the initial customer Product system, the Distributor
must purchase and take delivery of the recommended spare parts list or a
spare system.
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7.4.1 During the period from _________ 1996 to __________ 199__ ……
7.5 The above orders are defined as the placement of written, faxed or
telexed orders with delivery as cited above unless a delay in delivery is
the fault of ABC. (See Section 8 for additional details related to order
placement.)
7.6 If the Distributor fails to comply with any of the provisions of Section 7.1,
7.2 or 7.3 ABC may, at its option, terminate this Agreement by serving the
Distributor with thirty (30) days prior written notice of termination.
7.7 ABC shall have the right to increase the minimum performance level
stipulated in Section 7.7 with respect to any calendar year after January
1997 by no more than 50% of the previous year’s minimum performance
level. ABC shall give the Distributor not less than 3 months prior written
notice of such an increase.
Estimated orders removed from the prior forecasts shall be listed with the
reason for removal as follows:
1) Won.
2) Lost to (competitor’s name).
3) Lost to (type of alternative solution).
4) Delayed.
5) No project.
The first Forecast Report shall be submitted concurrent with the execution
of this Agreement.
The Distributor agrees that all orders placed with ABC are final and
binding and no Products may be returned to ABC without the prior
written authorization of ABC, which shall not be unreasonably withheld,
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if the Products are defective, or the shipments do not conform to the
Distributor’s order.
In no event shall the delivery date of any Products (regardless of when delivery
was requested) be less than sixty (60) days from the written acceptance date from
ABC for any order unless ABC shall have agreed in advance and in writing to
such earlier delivery.
The acceptance date of an order from the Distributor, sent to ABC, shall be the
date of the delivery of such an order to ABC, and ABC shall notify the
Distributor of the acceptance in writing for the confirmation.
The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern the business
relationship between the parties hereto to the exclusion of any other term or
condition of any other document.
8.3.3 In case the Distributor cancels an order for any Products the
Distributor shall pay ABC cancellation charges in accordance with the
following schedule:
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Cancellation more than 91 days prior to the scheduled delivery
date - no charge.
8.3.6 In the event that ABC is unable to deliver standard products within
the scheduled delivery date, ABC will notify Distributor of delay
and rescheduled/estimated delivery date. If this delay is 45 days
after scheduled delivery, Distributor may cancel the affected order
without charge. The value of the canceled order will be credited
towards the performance targets in Section 7.7.
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9.2 From time to time, ABC further reserves the right, without prior approval
from the Distributor, to make additions, deletions or changes to the
Products listed and identified in the Guidelines. ABC shall give written
notice to the Distributor of its intention to make such additions, deletions
or changes and these changes shall become effective seventy-five (75) days
from the date of service of such notice.
Such changes shall not affect any orders transmitted by the Distributor
and accepted by ABC, provided that the Letter of Credit, or Wire Transfer,
for such orders has been opened with a Makati City bank, or received by
ABC if payment is by Wire Transfer, in accordance with the requirements
cited in Section 12 and that the scheduled delivery date of such order is
within 120 days from the date of the order.
Spare parts purchased are eligible for the cited discount and will be
applied to the cited performance levels in Section 7.4.
9.4 The discount does not apply to such charges as training, technical
assistance (per Section 13), custom software, software license (per Section
16) transportation costs, insurance, taxes, freight, export and/or import
charges or duties and other similar costs. Such charges shall not be
applied to the cited performance levels.
10 SHIPMENT DETAILS
11 TRANSFER OF TITLE
11.1 The Products (other than the items referred to in Section 11.5) delivered by
ABC to the Distributor shall remain the sole and absolute property of ABC
as legal and equitable owner until such time as all monies due with
respect to the Products have been paid to ABC.
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11.3 The Distributor’s right to possession of such Products shall cease
immediately upon the happening of any event set out in Section 18.2.1.
11.4 The provisions of Section 11.1 relating to the passing of title shall not
apply to any software supplied by ABC under the terms of this
Agreement. Title to all software supplied shall NOT pass to the
Distributor at any time, but shall be governed by the provisions of Section
16.1.
12 PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS
12.1 The Distributor shall pay ABC in Philippine Pesos, free of all remission
charges or other bank charges or fees, at a Makati City bank designated or
agreed to by ABC, the purchase price specified in the Guidelines or as
may be modified as specified below for Products. Payment shall be by a
confirmed, irrevocable and divisible Letter of Credit (confirmed by the
Makati City bank) in ABC’s favor.
12.5 In addition to payment of the purchase price, the Distributor shall pay or
reimburse ABC through Wire Transfer or the Letter of Credit
arrangements described in this paragraph for all insurance,
transportation, special duties, loading charges, sales, and/or use taxes,
and excises and other charges payable to any national, state or local
government upon or measured by the price or value of the Products sold
pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, the Distributor shall not
be liable for any taxes, excises or charges levied or made before the
Products leave ABC’s plant or which are in the nature of an income tax or
a corporate franchise tax imposed or levied on ABC.
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Any unusual or extraordinary charges will not be reimbursed by the
Distributor unless ABC obtains the prior written permission of the
Distributor as to the particular extraordinary charges.
12.6 Orders may be paid for by Wire Transfer of 100% of order price upon
prior written, fax or telex approval/confirmation by ABC, said Wire
Transfer to be made to a Makati City bank, approved or argreed to by
ABC, and deposited to ABC’s account prior to shipment.
12.7 If any sums payable under this contract are overdue more than 15 days,
then ABC reserves the right to charge interest on a day-to-day basis from
the original due date at the rate of __% of the unpaid balance per month or
the maximum rate allowed by law, whichever is lower.
13.1 ABC agrees to assist where possible in the training efforts related to the
sales and marketing programs of the Distributor. This will include
support by ABC’s personnel and use of ABC-related sales promotional
material.
13.2 ABC agrees for the duration of the Term to train the Distributor’s
software/systems support personnel at ABC’s regular training sessions, in
software and hardware capabilities of the Products and in configuration
requirements. This training will be provided only to full-time permanent
employees of Distributor who meet the qualifications described in
Attachment 5. Said training shall be conducted at _______________.
13.3 ABC agrees to train, during the Term, maintenance and installation
personnel or agents of the Distributor at ABC’s regular training sessions in
the maintenance, installation and commission of the Products. Such
training will be performed at ABC’s training facility at a cost of
P_________ per individual per week.
13.4 ABC shall use its reasonable endeavors to provide systems and technical
support personnel for the Products in the Territory. The fee shall be
P_________ for a standard eight-hour working day. The Distributor shall
be responsible for travel, accommodation and related living expenses of
such personnel. This fee shall be valid until _________ and thereafter may
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be increased annually by ABC but not by a percentage greater than the
increase, in the corresponding period, in the Consumer Price Index
published by _____________.
13.8 ABC shall provide the Distributor its Spare Parts List, at the then
prevailing system/spare parts prices, with spare and replacement parts
necessary for successful maintenance and repair of the Products. ABC
shall provide a list of recommended tools and test equipment required to
perform diagnostics on the Products. ABC shall (on a best-efforts basis)
notify the Distributor at least six (6) months in advance, by written notice
of any planned termination of any Product and/or spare parts so that the
Distributor will have an opportunity to order spare parts sufficient to
fulfill contractual commitments.
14.1 The Distributor shall be responsible for the total hardware and software
maintenance support of any Products purchased hereunder and shall use
its best efforts to provide a prompt and reliable maintenance service to
end users.
14.3 The Distributor shall order spare and replacement parts as required
subject to ninety (90) days delivery lead time. Emergency orders will be
fulfilled on a best-effort basis once the Distributor notifies ABC of the
malfunction condition, and ABC shall use all reasonable efforts to insure
fastest possible delivery.
14.5 The Distributor agrees to provide a trained sales and marketing team
sufficient in size and competent to give effect to the requirements of
Section 7.1. At least one full-time sales representative/product manager
must be dedicated exclusively to selling ABC’s products (without any
other responsibilities).
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customers and the Products. The assigned staff must, at all times, include
at least one person who has successfully completed ABC’ss training
program. The assigned staff must possess the qualifications listed in
Attachment 5.
14.7 The Distributor shall throughout the Term act in good faith and act loyally
towards ABC.
14.8 The Distributor shall conduct its business in an orderly and business-like
manner.
14.9 The Distributor agrees to pass on inquiries from customers outside the
Territory and to pass on information which may prove beneficial or
prejudicial to sales of the Products.
15.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, ABC shall retain all
proprietary rights (of any nature whatsoever throughout the world and
for the duration of their term and any renewals thereof) in and to all
designs, engineering details, technical, manufacturing, marketing and
other data pertaining to the Products (and all equipment and components
therein) and to all discoveries, inventions, patent rights, trade secrets,
know-how or other data arising out of work done by ABC in connection
with manufacturing, installing, testing and operating the Products and in
respect of any components or equipment developed as a result thereof,
including the sole right to manufacture any of the Products.
15.2 The Distributor agrees that it shall afford access to ABC’s proprietary data
and all other confidential information only to those of its customers,
employees, agents or consultants having a need to know, and shall
employ reasonable measures (not less diligent than it employs to protect
its own proprietary information) to prevent existing or former customers,
employees, agents or consultants or any other persons who have had
access to such proprietary data (as a consequence of their employment or
involvement with, or retention by the Distributor or unauthorized release
of information to them by the Distributor) from using, copying,
publishing, reproducing or disclosing any of ABC’s proprietary data or
other confidential information. The Distributor shall promptly notify ABC
of any unauthorized copying or use of ABC’s proprietary data or other
confidential information of which the Distributor may become aware, and
shall fully cooperate with ABC in any legal action appropriate under the
circumstances, whether civil or criminal.
15.3 The obligations of the Distributor under the two preceding paragraphs
shall be imposed by the Distributor upon any sub-distributors properly
appointed hereunder.
15.4.1 not cause or permit any thing which may damage or endanger the
said proprietary rights or other confidential information referred to in
Section 15.1 or assist others to do so;
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15.4.2 promptly notify ABC of any suspect infringement of the said
proprietary rights or confidential information;
15.4.4 indemnify ABC for any liability incurred or loss suffered as a result
of the Distributor not using such proprietary rights or confidential
information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
15.4.5 not use any trade names or marks or other such property capable of
being confused with those of ABC;
15.4.6 not make use of the said proprietary rights and confidential
information except for the purposes of giving effect to this Agreement;
15.5 The parties hereto recognize that in order for the Distributor successfully
to market, sell and service the Products, it will be necessary for ABC to
impart to the Distributor significant confidential information, data, new
products, and other matters constituting trade secrets of ABC. To protect
the integrity thereof, the Distributor shall not without one hundred and
twenty (120) days prior written notification to ABC, handle, during the
Term for resale within the Territory, products which are competitive with
the Products. The phrase “competitive products” includes
_____________________.
Each year the Distributor shall confirm in writing to ABC that the
Distributor has on file signed Non-Disclosure Agreements from its
employees and customers. All Non-Disclosure Agreements shall contain
identical or substantially similar clauses to those contained in the Non-
Disclosure Agreement.
16 SOFTWARE LICENSES
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compliance with this Section shall justify termination of this Agreement
under the terms of Section 18.
16.2 The Distributor shall acquire only such rights in and to the Software as are
accorded herein, or by a specific license.
16.3 The Distributor shall insure that any end-user shall return to the
Distributor all documentation relating to the Software upon termination
of any sub-license arrangement referred to in Section 16.1 above.
16.4 The Distributor shall insure that any end-user shall in all cases sign an
agreement embodying all sub-license terms set forth in Attachment 4 to
this Agreement.
16.5 In the event that the Distributor orders Custom Application Software from
ABC, all original written material identified as Custom Application
Software, and prepared for the Distributor pursuant to this Agreement
and for which the Distributor pays the total direct development cost
thereof shall jointly belong to Distributor and ABC, and shall be jointly
copyrighted by ABC.
17 WARRANTY CONDITIONS
17.1 ABC hereby represents and warrants that each Product sold to the
Distributor under this Agreement shall be free from manufacturing and
material defects for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days from the
date of shipment, FCA Makati City, contingent upon proper and normal
use and application of the Products.
17.2 In the event that any sub-assembly or component of the Products are
found to have a manufacturing and/or material defect under proper and
normal use and service, the Distributor shall return such defective sub-
assemblies or components of the Products to ABC by pre-paid freight
(obtaining written shipping instructions from ABC prior to returning the
items to ABC) with information as to the defects within the scope of this
warranty, and ABC shall, at its option, repair or replace said items. If
ABC determines that the items are defective within the scope of this
warranty, ABC shall bear all outbound transportation costs and cost of
repair or replacement.
17.3.1 does not cover Products or Software which have been modified
(except those components which the Distributor has modified in
agreement with ABC to address local safety regulations), removed,
installed or reinstalled by someone other than ABC’s
authorized representatives, which term includes such of the
Distributor’s personnel who have been fully trained by ABC;
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17.3.2 does not apply if adjustment, repair or replacement of parts, or
components is required because of accident, neglect, misuse, failure
of electrical power, air conditioning or humidity control; and
17.3.3 does not cover Product malfunctions caused by defects in the user’s
host computer or telecommunications systems.
17.4 ABC’s liability to the Distributor arising out of supplying the Products or
their use, whether on warranty, contract or otherwise, shall not in any case
exceed either:
17.4.2 the price paid by the Distributor for any defective component in the
Products, whichever is less.
17.6 The parties agree that subject to Sections 17.1 to 17.6, all guarantees,
warranties, conditions and representations, either expressed or implied,
whether arising under any statute, the common law, commercial usage or
otherwise, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for
a particular purpose, are excluded and shall not apply to the Products.
17.7 The Distributor shall indemnify ABC against all losses costs or demands
arising out of the Distributor’s failure to meet its obligation as set out in
this Agreement.
17.8 ABC shall (subject to the provisions of Section 11) transfer and convey to
the Distributor good and marketable title to the Products (but not the
Software) purchased by Distributor.
18 TERMINATION
18.1 This Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual consent of ABC
and the Distributor, such agreement to be evidenced in writing and signed
by both parties.
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business or assets; or if there is any substantial change in the
Distributor’s business or conduct thereof. The Distributor shall
promptly and fully inform ABC of the imminence or occurrence of
any event described in this Section.
18.2.2 By the Distributor, in the event that ABC shall have a receiver or
administrator appointed or execution levied upon all or any part of
its business or assets, goes into liquidation (other than for the
purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction) or dissolution under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, or if ABC is unable to
fulfill its obligations under this Agreement. ABC shall promptly
and fully inform Distributor of the imminence or occurrence of any
event described in this Section.
18.2.4 By ABC, if the Distributor fails to comply with the payment terms
of Section 12, 13.6 and 16.1.
18.2.6 By either party if the other party fails to observe or perform and/or
breaches any term or condition of this Agreement to be observed or
performed by it, following ninety (90) days written notice of default
fully describing the breach and the acts believed necessary to
remedy the same and the recipient failing to remedy the default or
breach within the said ninety (90) days.
18.3 Upon termination of this Agreement, the rights, duties and responsibilities
of the parties arising under this Agreement prior to such termination
under Sections 15, 16, 18, and 25 of this Agreement and the Non-
Disclosure Agreement shall survive and be enforceable in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and the said Non-Disclosure Agreement.
18.4 In the event of termination of this Agreement, ABC reserves the right to
ship to the Distributor all Products covered by orders which have been
accepted by ABC prior to the termination date.
19 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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accordance with written guidelines issued by ABC. If required the
Distributor shall execute any document in this regard that ABC shall
require.
21 FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable to the other for any delay in performance or
failure to perform any term or condition of this Agreement or otherwise
agreed to by the parties herein caused directly or indirectly by fire,
explosion, accident, flood, labor trouble or shortage; any regulation, rule
or act of any government or governmental agency; inability to obtain or
shortage of suitable material, components, parts, equipment, machinery,
fuel, power, or transportation, act of God, armed conflicts, civil
commotion, or any other cause of similar or dissimilar character which is
beyond reasonable control. The time for completion of any such delayed
performance shall be extended for a period equal to the duration of such
delay.
22 NOTICES
ABC Corporation
_________________________
_________________________
Attn : ___________________
or if to the Distributor, to :
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Attn : ___________________
22.2 Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement any
notice, demand, consent, order or request shall :
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22.2.3 if sent by telex or facsimile be deemed to have been delivered upon
acknowledgment by ABC.
23. JURISDICTION
Neither the whole nor any part of this Agreement shall be deemed in any
way transferrable or assignable by the Distributor to any other person or
entity, and the Distributor shall neither assign nor delegate all or any part
of its rights or obligations under this Agreement except or provided in
16.1. However, ABC may assign its rights under any payment to be made
by the Distributor under this Agreement, to a bank or institutional lender
in connection with any financial arrangements between ABC and such
bank or lender. Further, ABC may assign this agreement to a successor in
title to substantially all of its business or assets.
25 GENERAL ELEMENTS
25.1 The Distributor shall not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
ABC, which shall have complete discretion as to the same.
25.2 Paragraph headings are included for convenience only and are not to be
used to construe or interpret this Agreement.
25.3 No delay or failure of either party in exercising any right hereunder, and
no partial or single exercise thereof, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver
of such right or any other rights hereunder.
25.4 In their respective performance of this Agreement, the parties hereunto act
and shall act at all times as independent contractors, and nothing
contained herein shall be construed or implied to create the relation of
partners, or of agency or of joint venture or employer and employee.
At no time shall either party make any commitments or incur any charges
or expenses or pledge any credit for or in the name of the other party.
25.5 This instrument, together with its atttachments and addenda, represents
the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereto. No modifications, amendments, revisions, waiver or other
changes shall be binding unless and until made in writing and signed and
approved by an authorized representative of both parties.
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26 SIGNATURE SECTION
By : ______________________ By : ___________________
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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
1 PARTIES
2 RECITALS
2.1 ABC and the Distributor wish to enter into discussions and negotiation in
order to assess whether they wish to enter into a binding contractual
relationship whereby the Distributor will become a distributor in the
Territory for certain products supplied by ABC.
2.3 In order to protect such confidential information ABC and the Distributor
have agreed to enter into this Agreement.
3. DEF INITIONS
The following terms shall have the meanings set against them :
Territory : Philippines
4. CONFIDENTIALITY
4.2 Such authorization shall not be given by any person other than the Senior
Executive referred to in Section 5.
4.3 ABC and the Distributor shall ensure that their employees are aware and
comply with the provisions of this Agreement.
4.4 ABC and the Distributor shall only allow access to Confidential
Information to their respective employees on a need to know basis, that is
to say to employees actively involved in discussions and negotiations and
the assessment of whether a contractual relationship should be created
between ABC and the Distributor.
4.5 The Distributor shall procure that its employees or any other third party,
having authorized access to Confidential Information via the Distributor,
shall enter into a non-disclosure agreement incorporating and imposing
obligations set out in the Agreement.
4.6 Both parties agree to destroy all documents or other records containing
Confidential Information belonging to the other not later than nine
months after the date of this Agreement if no distributor’s agreement has
been entered into between the parties and/or negotiations have ceased
between the parties, or at any time thereafter on the written request of
either party. ABC and the Distributor shall each be entitled on written
request, to a written statement from the authorized person of the other
confirming that the provisions of this Section have been complied with.
4.7 If ABC and the Distributor shall enter into a distributor’s agreement then,
this Agreement shall, in addition, apply in respect of all Confidential
Information of any nature whatsoever in whatever format passed by one
party to the other pursuant to such distributor agreement.
4.8 The obligations imposed upon ABC and the Distributor by this
Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement or any
distributor’s agreement entered into between ABC and the Distributor.
5. AUTHORIZED PERSON
The authorized person for the purposes of Section 4.2 shall for ABC be
_________________, Mr. ____________ and for the Distributor shall be its
_________________, Mr. ____________ or such other person as either party
shall notify to the other in writing.
6. NOTICES
ABC Corporation
_______________________
_______________________
Attention: ______________
or if to the Distributor to :
_______________________
_______________________
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Attention: ______________
6.2 Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in this agreement any
notice, demand, consent, or request shall :
6.2.2 if sent by registered air mail and correctly addressed and pre-paid
be deemed to have been delivered on the expiry of 96 hours from
the time of sending;
7. JURISDICTION
8. GENERAL
8.1 Paragraph headings are included for convenience only and are not to be
used to construe or interpret this agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
2. Neither party shall have any obligations with respect to any Confidential
Information which :
2.1 was rightfully and properly in the possesion of the parties prior to
their entering into this Agreement;
Except in connection with its authorized use with the System, the Customer
agrees that data (including software) furnished it by the Distributor marked
“Confidential Information” will be accepted by it in confidence and will not be
directly or indirectly used, published, reproduced (except a reasonable number
of backup copies), disseminated or otherwise disclosed without the prior written
consent of a Director of ABC. The Customer agrees to include ABC’s proprietary
notice on all copies of ABC’s Confidential Information made by the Customer’s
restrictions, ABC or Distributor may terminate the license at any time by written
notice to the Customer.
ABC reserves for itself all proprietary rights in all designs, engineering details
and other data pertaining to the equipment (and all components included
therein) and software and to all discoveries, inventions, patent rights, trade
secrets, know-how, and other proprietary data arising out of work done in
connection with designing, manufacturing, servicing, installing and testing the
equipment and software subject to such reservations.