R2022-190 Resolution Authorizing Sponsored Research Agreement with the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for Hydrologic, Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring Upper Sangamon River Watershed

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means (a) all works of authorship created outside the scope of this Agreement and (b) potentially patentable discoveries, including pending patent applications and issued patents, conceived or first reduced to practice outside the scope of this Agreement. Any Background Intellectual Property that is reasonably anticipated by the Principal Investigator to be required to perform the Research or to practice the results thereof will be specified in an exhibit to this Agreement. 6.6. CREATE ACT. The Parties agree by marking this box ❑ that this Agreement constitutes a "joint research agreement" as that term is defined by the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act of 2004, pre-America Invents Act ("AIA") 35 U.S.C. § 103(c) and/or AIA USC 102(c) and 100(h). In the event of any Inventions, the Parties will reasonably cooperate in invoking the CREATE Act and its companion regulations to overcome an obviousness or novelty rejection of a patent application. 6.7 COPYRIGHTS AND SOFTWARE 6.7.1. OWNERSHIP. Title to all original works of authorship created in performance of the Research and in which copyright may be claimed ("Copyrightable Works") shall vest initially in the author, subject to the policies of the Party that employs the author. Any joint work, as that term is defined by the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101, as amended, shall be jointly owned, but co-owners shall have no duty of accounting for any profits. 6.7.2. INTERNAL USE LICENSE. UNIVERSITY grants to SPONSOR a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works, display, distribute and perform all UNIVERSITY-owned Copyrightable Works (including any computer software and its documentation and/or databases first developed and delivered) for SPONSOR's non-commercial purposes, provided that SPONSOR shall not have the right to market or sublicense the Copyrightable Works or distribute copies or derivative works to third parties unless such rights are provided for in a separate distribution or licensing agreement. 7.0. DELIVERABLES. "Deliverables" are those tangible (corporeal) items, as distinguished from intangible (intellectual) property, produced in performance of the Research and identified as a Deliverable in Exhibit A. UNIVERSITY shall hold title to all original data, information and results generated by UNIVERSITY in performance of the Research along with all corresponding intellectual property rights; provided however, that title to tangible items will vest in SPONSOR upon delivery by UNIVERSITY. SPONSOR shall retain ownership of all tangible items supplied by SPONSOR to UNIVERSITY to perform the Research. UNIVERSITY retains the right to use the Deliverables for research and academic purposes. To be clear, all methodologies, technologies and know-how described in the Deliverables or used by UNIVERSITY to create the Deliverables shall be considered intellectual property and subject to ownership and licensing rights under Article 6. 8.0. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. UNIVERSITY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, USE OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WITH REGARD TO DATA, INVENTIONS, COPYRIGHTABLE WORKS, DELIVERABLES, OR OTHER RESEARCH RESULTS PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY. 9.0. LIMITATION OF/RELEASE FROM LIABILITY 9.1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. UNIVERSITY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO SPONSOR FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS OR DAMAGE) HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THEORY SPA Form Updated 06012018 Page 6 of 10