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10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNIFICATION
<br />Contractor shall defend and indemnify the City, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees
<br />against any and all liability, including costs, for infringement of any United States' letters patent,
<br />trademark, or copyright infringement, including costs, contained in the work product or documents
<br />provided by Contractor to the City pursuant to this Agreement.
<br />11. RECORDS
<br />Contractor shall keep records and invoices in connection with the work to be performed under this
<br />Agreement. Contractor shall maintain complete and accurate records with respect to the costs incurred
<br />under this Agreement and any services, expenditures, and disbursements charged to the City for a
<br />minimum period of three (3) years, or for any longer period required by law, from the date of final payment
<br />to Contractor under this Agreement. All such records and invoices shall be clearly identifiable, Contractor
<br />shall allow a representative of the City to examine, audit, and make transcripts or copies of such records
<br />and any other documents created pursuant to this Agreement during regular business hours. Contractor
<br />shall allow inspection of all work, data, documents, proceedings, and activities related to this Agreement
<br />for a period of three (3) years from the date of final payment to Contractor under this Agreement.
<br />12. CONFIDENTIALITY
<br />If Contractor receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is
<br />reasonably understood to be confidential and/or proprietary, Contractor agrees that it shall not use or
<br />disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, and further agrees to exercise the
<br />same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of like importance, but in no event less than
<br />reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall include all nonpublic information. Confidential
<br />information includes not only written information, but also information transferred orally, visually,
<br />electronically, or by other means. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary
<br />and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement, The foregoing obligations of non-use and
<br />nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources;
<br />(b) is, through no fault of the Contractor disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightful
<br />possession of the Contractor without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be disclosed by
<br />operation of law; or (e) is independently developed by the Contractor without reference to information
<br />disclosed by the City.
<br />13. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CLAUSE
<br />Contractor covenants that it presently has no interests and shall not have interests, direct or indirect,
<br />which would conflict in any manner with performance of services specified under this Agreement.
<br />14, DISCRIMINATION
<br />Contractor shall not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, sexual
<br />orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, or disability, as defined and prohibited by applicable law, in the
<br />recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, termination or other employment related activities,
<br />Contractor affirms that it is an equal opportunity employer and shall comply with all applicable federal,
<br />state and local laws and regulations.
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