Notice from MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION (INDIA) PRIVATE
LIMITED to its Suppliers:
These terms, conditions, and instructions shall be applicable to
all current purchase orders, received by you (“Seller”) from Mead Johnson Nutrition (India) Private Limited (“Buyer”), whether received by mail, by telephone, or by electronic means (each a “Purchase Order”), from the date of your receipt of these terms until such time as you receive a revised edition of these terms and conditions is made available at Buyer’s supplier website or you received notice of revocation of the same. By accepting a Purchase Order, you represent and are deemed to have accessed, read, fully understood and accepted these terms and conditions as posted at Buyer’s supplier website on the date that you accept the Purchase Order. These terms, conditions, and instructions shall apply to all transactions between you and Buyer until such further notice, unless your written objections are received by Buyer within thirty (30) days after you receive this document.
Additional or different terms, conditions, or instructions
applicable to a particular order may be agreed to in writing and specified in the body of the Purchase Order, or in an exhibit thereto, and, in the event of a conflict, shall take precedence over these terms, conditions, and instructions with the exception of Section 2, ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS, below.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if
Seller and Buyer have executed a master purchase or supply agreement which governs the purchase and sale of the goods in issue, the terms of such master agreement shall be controlling and shall take precedence over these terms, conditions, and instructions and any additional or different terms contained in any document generated by Seller. Please retain this document in your company files for future reference.
that such records remain complete,
1. ACCEPTANCE: Buyer’s order expressly limits secure, unaltered, and reliable; and acceptance to the terms and conditions set forth in this document and the applicable Purchase Order. (iii) That the records maintained by Buyer Any terms and conditions contained in a proposal, regarding EDI purchase orders issued quotation, invoice, purchase order by Buyer shall be controlling. acknowledgment, or any similar document of Seller shall not constitute a part of the contract of sale resulting from Seller’s acceptance of Buyer’s B. If Seller and Buyer have mutually agreed order unless such terms and conditions are to an Automated Clearing House to specifically and expressly incorporated in Buyer’s facilitate purchase and sale transactions, order. Any purported acceptance containing the payment term in the Purchase Order additional or different terms shall be deemed to be shall be extended by five (5) days. an acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in this document, notwithstanding such 3. PRICE: Buyer’s order shall be filled at the price additional or different terms. Seller’s shipment of specified on the Purchase Order, or at any lower goods or commencement of services in response to price. If no price is specified, the order shall be Buyer’s order shall constitute acceptance of the filled at the lowest of (a) the price last quoted by terms and conditions set forth in this document and seller, (b) the price last paid by Buyer to Seller, or any additional or different terms contained in any (c) the prevailing market price, unless a higher acknowledgment or invoice form submitted by price is approved in writing by an authorized Seller shall not constitute any part of the contract representative of Buyer’s procurement department. of sale resulting from Seller’s acceptance and are The price shall be exclusive of value added taxes hereby rejected. Prior courses of dealing, trade (if any) and all other taxes due on such price. usage, and verbal agreements not reduced to a writing signed by Buyer, to the extent they differ 4. INVOICE: invoicing must be rendered in duplicate from, modify, add to, or detract from, the terms and promptly/within 90 days from the date of delivery conditions herein, shall not be binding upon Buyer. or acceptance of goods/completion of service in respect of each Purchase Order and the 2. ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS: VAT/Service Tax registration number of the Seller is to be shown on the invoice. A. If the Seller and Buyer have mutually agreed to the use of an Electronic Data 5. PAYMENT TERMS: Unless otherwise specified in Interchange (“EDI”) system to facilitate the Purchase Order, payment terms are 90 days purchase and sale transactions., Seller credit and effective from the date of invoice or agrees: other performance conforming with the terms of (i) That it shall not contest (a) the validity Purchase Order. or enforceability of any contract of sale or any terms or conditions thereof 6. MODIFICATION: Modification, rescission, or resulting from an EDI transaction under amendment of Buyer’s order or the contract of sale the provisions of any law relating to resulting from the acceptance of the applicable whether agreements must be in writing Purchase Order by the Seller shall be ineffective or signed by the party to be bound unless approved in writing by an authorized thereby; or (b) the admissibility of representative of each party. printed copies of EDI records as documents under Section 65B of the 7. INSPECTION: All goods furnished pursuant to Evidence Act, 1872 Purchase Order shall be subject to Buyer’s (ii) That it shall use proper security inspection and approval at the point of destination, procedures to protect its EDI records notwithstanding prior receipt and payment, and, if from improper access; and shall ensure unsatisfactory or defective or not in requirements of the Purchase Order or in Buyer’s design & limiting any of the foregoing, Seller specifically quality, the Buyer will be at the liberty not to represents and warrants that: accept the goods and the same may be returned, transportation both ways and all the other expenses A. No article supplied under Purchase Order incidental thereto will be at Seller’s expense. subject to the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006, as amended and the Rules made 8. CHARGES: Seller shall box, crate, or package as there-under (“FSSA”) is unsafe, sub- necessary for shipment without charge unless standard, adulterated or misbranded as otherwise specified in the applicable Purchase defined under FSSA and is an article which Order. may not, under the provisions of the FSSA be manufactured, imported, distributed, 9. TERMINATION: Notwithstanding any contrary stored, sold or introduced into the market terms contained above, Buyer shall have the right except under license specified under FSSA at its absolute discretion, one (1) day following Buyer’s written notice to Seller, to cancel, in whole B. No article supplied under Purchase Order or part, Buyer’s Purchase Order or any contract subject to the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, resulting from its acceptance. In the event of such 1940, as amended and the Rules made cancellation, Buyer shall have no obligation to there-under (“DCA”) is sub-standard, Seller except the obligation to pay all costs actually adulterated, misbranded or spurious as incurred by Seller prior to the date of termination, defined under DCA and is an article which provided, however, that in no event shall Buyer be may not, under the provisions of the DCA obligated to pay an amount in excess of the amount be manufactured, imported, distributed, set out in Purchase Order for the services; advance stored, sold or introduced into the market payments will be refunded accordingly. If Buyer’s except under license specified under DCA order or any resulting contract is cancelled as a C. No article supplied under Purchase Order result of the default of Seller, Buyer shall have no is produced in violation either the FSSA or obligation to reimburse Seller for any services the DCA (FSAA and DCA collectively performed by Seller pursuant to Purchase Order or referred to as “Acts”), that Seller has the any resulting contract. valid license and regulatory approvals, and has not been prohibited, to manufacture, 10. GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS AND store, market, distribute or sell such article WARRANTIES: Seller represents and warrants under the applicable Acts and that Seller that all articles supplied under Buyer’s Purchase has not, to its knowledge, used in any Order have been produced, sold, delivered, and capacity in connection with the filling of furnished in strict compliance with all applicable the Buyer’s Purchase Order the services of national and local laws, rules, regulations, and any individual or person (as defined in the orders pertaining to applicable product and service applicable Acts) who is not approved, quality and safety standards; manufacturer, licensed or otherwise prohibited by the importer, distributor, or supplier licensing and relevant Authority/ies under the provisions registration requirements; warranties required by of the applicable Acts or any other statute national and local laws, rules, regulations, and in India. If at any time Seller learns that orders for the goods or services in issue; and this warranty is no longer accurate, Seller employment or labor standards. Seller shall shall immediately notify Buyer of such execute and deliver such documents as may be changed circumstances; required by the central or any state or local governing body to effect compliance. Seller shall D. No article, software, services, or product also deliver to Buyer such documents as Buyer supplied under the Purchase Order is requests as evidence of compliance. All laws and produced in violation of the Minimum regulations required in agreements of this character Wages Act 1948 and that the price of any are hereby incorporated by this reference. Seller article supplied under Purchase Order does shall defend and hold Buyer harmless from any not violate any provision of the action which may be instituted against Buyer or Competition Act, 2002 any liability which may be imposed or threatened E. No article, software, services, or product against Buyer as a result of Seller’s failure to so supplied under the Purchase Order, comply with such laws and regulations. Without including Work Product (hereafter defined), infringes the claim of any trademark, copyright, patent, or other proprietary right of a third party; however, Seller warrants that all of the articles and all Seller does not warrant against of the material furnished under a Purchase infringement to the extent caused by the Order are free and clear of all liens and use of the article in combination with other encumbrances whatsoever and that Seller material except that if Seller has has a good and marketable title to same and knowledge of such intended combination, Seller agrees to hold Buyer free from defects Seller warrants, to its best knowledge, no in materials and workmanship will conform third party rights will be infringed by such to applicable specifications, drawings, use; samples or other descriptions given, and F. All articles, software, or product supplied shall be free from defect. The aforesaid under Purchase Order shall be shipped in express warranty shall be in addition to any full compliance with packaging, labeling, standard warranty or service guarantee given shipping, and documentation requirements, to Buyer by Seller. including requirements concerning hazardous materials, substances, and waste All warranties shall be construed as of all national, state or local government conditions as well as warranties and shall agencies or authorities and applicable not be deemed to be exclusive. Seller international authorities regulating any represents and warrants that it will comply, segments or modes of transportation at all times, with Buyer’s Supplier Code of employed to effect delivery of such articles Conduct. to Buyer, and all hazardous materials, substances, and waste shall be packaged, I. REMEDY FOR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY: marked, and labeled in accordance with the Where there is a breach of warranty by the Seller or where the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Buyer is compelled to treat any breach of a condition on the Handling) Rules, 1989, as amended and part of the Seller as a breach of warranty, the Buyer is not by other applicable statutes rules, regulations, reason only of such breach of warranty entitled to not to directions and orders issued by relevant accept the goods; but he may set up against the Seller the Government Authorities, including without breach of warranty in diminution or extinction of the price or limitations, the Indian Customs sue the seller for damages for breach of warranty. Department and the relevant Pollution 11. SECURITY: Seller shall observe all facilities Control Boards, as well as International access, safety, and security measures required by Civil Aviation Organization, and the Buyer. Seller shall assure that its employees International Maritime Organization; follow buyer policies while at any Buyer site or G. any third party site designed by Buyer. H. Without limiting Seller’s liability to Buyer 12. NONDISCLOSURE: Except to the extent or third parties hereunder, Seller shall provided in Section 14, neither party shall disclose maintain Commercial General Liability any information pertaining to any transactions Insurance to include contractual and between the parties, including, but not limited to, products/completed operations coverages Purchase Order(s), or the contract of sale resulting to meet its indemnification obligations from the acceptance of Purchase Order(s), under this Purchase Order or loss as including its existence, without the prior written required by applicable international, consent of the other party. country, national state, or local laws, 13. CONFIDENTALITY: Each party shall preserve as regulations or orders. All such insurance confidential all, and shall not disclose any, shall be primary and not contributory with proprietary or confidential information of the other regard to any other available insurance to party (including information of a third party which Buyer. Seller represents and warrants that a party is under an obligation to maintain in it shall promptly file all claims made under confidence) to which each party may have access this Purchase Order with its insurance as a result of these terms and conditions, the carriers, Seller agrees to defend, Buyer’s order, the contract of sale resulting from indemnify, and hold harmless Buyer its acceptance or the presence of a party’s against all liability, costs, expenses employees at the other party’s site. This (including attorney fees), damages and confidentiality obligation shall apply to all such judgments occasioned by or resulting from proprietary or confidential information of each breach of any of the foregoing warranties. party, whether in its original form or a derivative form, including work product resulting from Seller’s performance of any Purchase Order. Neither party shall take photographs of any portion If this order involves software, the of any work performed pursuant to any order or following terms shall apply in addition to duplicate any drawings or specifications without the prior approval of the other party. Nothing any applicable terms set out above: herein shall prevent the communication to others of any proprietary or confidential information which the receiving party can show was known to it or its representatives prior to its receipt from the disclosing party hereunder, was lawfully obtained 18. LICENSE. Seller hereby grants to Buyer, and by the receiving party or its representatives other Buyer hereby accepts, on the following terms and than by disclosure from the disclosing party, or conditions, a nonexclusive and nontransferable, became public knowledge through no fault of the fully paid-up irrevocable, world-wide, perpetual receiving party. license (unless otherwise specified in the Purchase 14. PUBLICITY: Neither party may advertise or Order) to use the software for the number of users promote using the name or description of the other or copies of the software provided on the Purchase party (including, but not limited to, disclosing the Order (the “License”). Seller and Buyer expressly existence of these terms and conditions), without in agree that any software shrink-wrap and click- each instance the express written consent of the through software licensing agreements shall not other party, except as required by law. If required apply to any software purchased under the by law, the party seeking to disclose shall provide Purchase Order unless the Buyer expressly agrees copies of the disclosure for the prior review and in writing to such shrink-wrap or click-through comment by the other party’s external corporate software licensing agreement. communications (public relations) department, 19. USE OF SOFTWARE AND which shall have a minimum of five (5) business DOCUMENTATION. days to review the materials. The Mead Johnson logo may not be used under any circumstance. A. Buyer may, as part of the License, make 15. ASSIGNMENT: Except as otherwise provided additional copies of the software and herein, neither party shall in any manner delegate documentation to support the licensed its duty of performance or assign its rights or software and documentation. Buyer may obligations herein, under Purchase Order or the also make one (1) backup and archival contract of sale resulting from its acceptance copies of the software and documentation. without the other party’s prior written consent. Unless otherwise provided on the Purchase Any attempted assignment in violation of the Order, Buyer shall have the right to use the preceding sentence shall be of no force or effect. software on, or in connection with, any 16. GOVERNMENT INSPECTION: Seller CPU that it utilized to fulfill its data acknowledges that certain material(s) purchased processing needs. Buyer reserves the right hereunder may be incorporated into products which to use the software at one or more sites, will be purchased by an agency or branch of the and to transfer such software, upon the central or state government . In the event of prior written consent of Seller, which shall request for inspection by concerned agency of the not be unreasonably withheld. government of the manufacturing facilities and B. Buyer, its agents, contractors, assignees records relative to the materials purchased and employees shall have the right to use hereunder, Seller hereby agrees that such the software and to operate and use the inspection shall be permitted, and Seller shall software within the scope of the License immediately notify Buyer when it learns such an for Buyer’s internal business purposes inspection is scheduled or is occurring. only. 17. GOVERNING LAW: Purchase Order and any C. The License granted pursuant to Section 18 agreement of sale resulting from its acceptance above or the Purchase Order shall shall be governed by and construed according to commence upon execution of the Purchase the laws of India. Order.
20. SOFTWARE REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES: A. Seller represents and warrants that at and warrants that maintenance services for delivery and for no less than ninety (90) the current version and the two days following receipt of the software (or immediately preceding versions of a any update thereto) by Buyer (the Product shall always be available from “Warranty Period”) the software shall Seller, and maintenance services for any conform to and will operate in accordance other prior versions of the Product shall be with the Purchase Order and all available for a minimum of two (2) years documentation and specifications supplied from the date such Product was purchased by Seller to Buyer. Seller shall not be by Buyer or, in the case of new versions responsible to the extent failures are caused provided under maintenance, for at least by (a) Buyer’s failure to use the software in two (2) years from the date that Buyer accordance with instructions included in received such new version. Seller shall the documentation provided to Buyer by provide to Buyer as part of maintenance Seller, or (b) the modification of the services, updates and upgrades to the software by any person other than Seller, Product at no additional cost to Buyer. The its employees, agents, affiliates or provisions contained in these Terms shall subcontractors (unless such medication control over any conflicting provisions was authorized or approved by any of the contained in any maintenance agreement of foregoing). Seller. B. Seller represents and warrants that it shall E. Seller represents and warrants that the at all times document the operation of the occurrence in or use by any Product software in a manner consistent with the supplied by Seller of any dates will not best practices of the software development adversely affect its performance with industry, and shall use reasonable effort to respect to date-dependent data, ensure that such documentation shall computations, output, or other functions accurately reflect the operation of the (including, without limitation, calculating, software and enable a person reasonably comparing, and sequencing). At Buyer’s skilled in computer programming and in request, Seller will provide sufficient possession of the software source code to evidence to demonstrate the adequate use and maintain the software fully and testing of the Product to meet the foregoing completely. requirements. C. Seller will pass through or assign to Buyer F. Seller represents and warrants (i) unless any third party’s warranty obtained by authorized in writing by Buyer or (ii) Seller in connection with any product necessary to perform valid duties under the provided to Buyer. Notice regarding software documentation, any software warranty claims raised by Buyer due to provided to Buyer by Seller for use by defects and/or nonconformities in the Seller or Buyer shall: (a) contain no equipment or in the operation of the hidden files, (b) not replicate, transmit or equipment shall be given to Seller, and activate itself without control of a person upon receipt of such a notice, Seller shall operating computing equipment on which take all reasonable steps necessary to effect it resides; (c) not alter, damage, or erase prompt repair of the equipment. any data or computer programs without D. If maintenance services are elected by control of a person operating the Buyer, the maintenance services agreement computing equipment on which it resides; shall become effective at the end of the and (d) contain no key, node lock, time-out Warranty Period of the Products by Buyer, or other function, whether implemented by and shall renew annually unless otherwise electronic, mechanical or other means, terminated by Buyer, provided Seller which restricts or may restrict use or access notifies Buyer in writing thirty (30) days in to any programs or data developed under a advance of such renewal date. Purchase Order, based on residency on a Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer’s specific hardware configuration, frequency failure to install or utilize any of duration of use, or other limiting criteria improvements, enhancement or newly (“Illicit Code”). Provided and to the extent released versions of the Product shall have any program has any of the foregoing no effect on Seller’s provision of attributes, and notwithstanding anything maintenance services. Seller represents elsewhere in this Purchase Order to the contrary, Seller shall be in default of this terminate the licenses subject to such Purchase Order. material breach, upon thirty (30) days G. EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTIES SET advance written notice to Buyer, provided FORTH ABOVE, THE SOFTWARE IS that Buyer has not cured the breach within LICENSED “AS IS”, AND SELLER such notice period. Thirty (30) days after DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER termination of this Purchase Order WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS pursuant to this Section 22(A), Buyer shall OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT discontinue further use of terminated LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED licenses. Buyer shall provide Seller with WARRANTIES OF written certification indicating the MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS destruction of such copies of the software FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. in Buyer’s possession or under its custody EACH PARTY’S CUMULATIVE or control. LIABILILTY TO THE OTHER PARTY B. In the event of a breach by Seller of any of OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR its representations, warranties or ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES obligations under the applicable Purchase RESULTING FROM ANY CLAIMS, Order, these Terms and Conditions or the DEMANDS, OR ACTIONS ARISING maintenance agreement, Buyer may OUT OF OR RELATING TO SECTIONS terminate either the License, as well as any 20-22 OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL associated maintenance services, or the NOT EXCEED THE FEE PAID TO maintenance services (if any) alone, upon SELLER FOR THE USE OF THE thirty (30) days notice to Seller, provided SOFTWARE OR OTHER APPLICABLE that Seller has not cured the breach within PRODUCT (AS PER THE PURCHASE such notice period. ORDER). IN NO EVENT SHALL A (i) If Buyer terminates the PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER License and the maintenance services PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 20-22 FOR based on such breach, Seller shall refund ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTIAL, on a pro rata basis any and all amounts CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR paid hereunder by Buyer for the license EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOST fee as well as the maintenance services. PROFITS, EVEN IF THAT PARTY HAS Thirty (30) days after termination of the BEEN ADVISED OF THE Purchase Order pursuant to this Section POSSIBILILTY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 23(B)(i), Buyer shall discontinue further SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE use of such licenses. Buyer shall provide LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF Seller with written certification indicating LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTIAL OR the destruction of such copies of the CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO software in Buyer’s possession or under THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND its custody or control. EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. (ii) If Buyer terminates only the maintenance NEITHER THIS LIMITATION OF services, seller shall refund on a pro rata LIABILITY CLAUSE NOR ANY OTHER basis any and all amount paid hereunder PROVISION THAT LIMITS SELLER’S by Buyer for maintenance services. Buyer OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER SHALL shall retain all of its rights under the BE APPLICABLE TO ANY CLAIM License. ASSERTED BY ANYONE OTHER C. The other provisions of the Purchase Order THAN BUYER. BUYER RESERVES and these Terms and Conditions shall ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE AGAINST survive termination of any License. SELLER IN THE EVENT OF ANY CLAIMS BROUGHT BY A PERSON OR ENTITY OTHERS THAN BUYER.
21. LICENSE TERMINATION.
A. In the event of a material breach by Buyer
of any of its obligations under the applicable Purchase Order, seller may of the non-conformity, seller shall either correct the If this order involves performance by non-conformity at no additional charge in a timely, professional manner, or, at Buyer’s sole discretion, seller of installation, maintenance or refund monies paid by Buyer for the services other services, the following terms attributable to or affected by the non-conforming shall apply in addition to any deliverable. applicable terms set out above: 26. LIABILITY INSURANCE: If Seller will perform services on Buyer’s property, Seller shall maintain in force during the performance of such services complete and adequate liability insurance for the 22. LABOR FURNISHED BY SELLER: Seller following: acknowledges and agrees that in performing services, Seller will be acting solely as an General Liability – Bodily Injury independent contractor, and neither Seller nor any or Property Damage of its employees, associated consultants, (per occurrence) -USD 200,000 subcontractors or employees of such consultants or Bodily Injury or Property Damage subcontractors shall be deemed to be employees or (in aggregate) -USD 500,000 agents of Buyer for any purpose. Subject to Professional Liability - USD 100,000 Section 26 below, all persons employed by Seller in the performance of the services are employees of Seller. Seller shall carry such employees on the 27. INDEMNIFICATION: Seller agrees to defend, payrolls of Seller and make all required payments indemnify, and hold harmless Buyer, its directors, and contributions to the concerned state, central officers, agents, and employees from and against and local authorities covering payroll taxes and any any and all claims, demands, losses, and expenses, other payments and contributions relating to such including attorney fees and costs and expert persons’ employment. witness fees and costs, arising out of suits, claims and demands by reason of injury or death of any 23. APPROVALS: If Seller will perform services on person(s) or damage to any property to the extent Buyer’s property or any other establishment which attributable to the acts, errors, or omissions of is under the control and supervision of the Buyer, Seller, its subcontractors, and their officers, agents Seller shall obtain from the concerned authorities or employees. Seller shall have no liability to licenses, registrations or approvals which may be Buyer to the extent such claims or losses are due to applicable under any statute, including without the gross negligence or willful misconduct of limitations the Contract Labour Act (Regulation & Buyer, its employees or agents. Abolition), 1970, and shall maintain such licenses, 28. LIENS: Seller agrees and warrants that no registrations, approvals for the duration of the mechanics liens shall attach to Buyer’s property by contract. virtue of Seller’s default in paying its employees, suppliers or subcontractors. Buyer may withhold 24. SUBCONTRACTORS: Seller shall not use any any and all payments due to the Seller under the subcontractor without obtaining Buyer’s written Purchase Order until Seller, if reasonably requested approval in advance. Subject to the foregoing, if by the Buyer, has furnished to the Buyer Seller should use a subcontractor, Seller shall be satisfactory evidence that all the bills for labour, fully responsible for services performed by the materials etc. supplied to the Seller and referable in subcontractor to the same extent as if the services any way to the Buyer’s Purchase Order have been were performed directly by Seller. paid in full by the Seller. 25. VERIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICES: Seller shall document each maintenance call with a work ticket, which shall be 29. OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS: Buyer signed by Buyer’s representative and submitted acknowledges that the services provided by Seller with Seller’s invoice. Each deliverable under the herein are proprietary to Seller. All rights to such Purchase Order shall be subject to acceptance Services not granted to Buyer hereunder are testing by Buyer to verify that the deliverable expressly reserved to Seller. Without limiting the satisfies all requirements of the deliverable foregoing, Seller shall retain and reserve all conveyed by Buyer to Seller. If Buyer discovers a intellectual property rights, title, and interest in the non-conformity within ninety (90) days following following: (a) all ideas, concepts, know-how, delivery of a deliverable and Buyer notifies Seller methodologies or techniques which Seller owned previously or independently of the performance of services herein, or which were conceived by -- Name of Manufacturer Services performed solely by Seller without the -- Buyer’s Product Title input or assistance of Buyer during the -- Net Weight performance of services herein; and (b) any -- Parcel Number of Total materials developed by or on behalf of Seller Parcels Shipped previously or independently of the performance of -- Country of Origin Marking services herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all reports, plans, information, data, drawings, computer software, renditions, mock- ups, prototypes or other works created by Seller for Buyer in connection with the services provided hereunder shall be owned by Buyer. 30. Seller shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that the services will be executed in accordance with Purchase Order and all applicable state, local, national, and international laws, rules, regulations and guidelines. Seller shall procure all its own expense all permits and licenses required for the performance of the services and shall arrange for all required inspections. Unless Buyer directs otherwise, Seller further warrants that all materials utilized in the services will be new. Seller warrants that all Work Product produced under this Purchase Order shall be of original development and all Seller property shall be of original development or licensable by Seller, as the case may be, and all Work Product and property licensed or owned by Seller and used in the performance of any work under this Purchase Order shall not infringe or violate any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, or other third party intellectual property right. Seller shall perform all services under this Purchase Order on a professional reasonable basis and in a diligent, workmanlike, and expeditious manner. Seller warrants that it has enforceable written agreements with all of its employees and all subcontractors (i) assigning to Seller ownership of all patents, copyrights and other proprietary rights created in the course of their employment or engagement; and (ii) obligating such employees upon terms and conditions no less restrictive than contained herein, not to use or disclose any proprietary rights or information learned or acquired during the course of such employment or engagement, including without limitations, any Work Product, and any other information.
Instructions:
Markings: • Show Purchase Order Number on all Packages.