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§414. Federal, State and Local Taxes
<br />Federal, State and local taxes shall be the responsibility of SUB - RECIPIENT as
<br />an independent party and not as a CITY employee.
<br />§415. Inventions, Patents and Copyrights
<br />A. Reporting Procedure for Inventions
<br />If any project produces any invention or discovery (Invention) patentable or
<br />otherwise under title 35 of the U.S. Code, including, without limitation,
<br />processes and business methods made in the course of work under this
<br />Agreement, the SUB - RECIPIENT shall report the fact and disclose the
<br />Invention promptly and fully to the CITY. The CITY shall report the fact and
<br />disclose the Invention to the Grantor. Unless there is a prior agreement
<br />between the CITY and the Grantor, the Grantor shall determine whether to
<br />seek protection on the Invention. The Grantor shall determine how the rights in
<br />the Invention, including rights under any patent issued thereon, will be
<br />allocated and administered in order to protect the public interest consistent
<br />with the policy ( "Policy ") embodied in the Federal Acquisition Regulations
<br />System, which is based on Ch. 18 of title 35 U.S.C. Sections 200, et seq.
<br />(Pub. L. 95 -517, Pub. L. 98 -620, 37 CFR part 401); Presidential Memorandum
<br />on Government Patent Policy to the Heads of the Executive Departments and
<br />Agencies, dated 2/18/1983); and Executive Order 12591, 4/10/87, 52 FR
<br />13414, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 220 (as amended by Executive Order 12618,
<br />12/22/87, 52 FR 48661, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 262). SUB - RECIPIENT
<br />hereby agrees to be bound by the Policy, and will contractually require its
<br />personnel to be bound by the Policy.
<br />B. Rights to Use Inventions
<br />CITY shall have an unencumbered right, and a non - exclusive, irrevocable,
<br />royalty- free license, to use, manufacture, improve upon, and allow others to
<br />do so for all government purposes, any Invention developed under this
<br />Agreement.
<br />C. Copyright Polic
<br />Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the Grantor or of this
<br />Agreement, when copyrightable material ( "Material ") is developed
<br />under this Agreement, the author or the CITY, at the CITY'S
<br />discretion, may copyright the Material. If the CITY declines to
<br />copyright the Material, the CITY shall have an unencumbered right,
<br />and a non - exclusive, irrevocable, royalty- free license, to use,
<br />manufacture, improve upon, and allow others to do so for all
<br />government purposes, any Material developed under this Agreement.
<br />2. The Grantor shall have an unencumbered right, and a non - exclusive,
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