(e) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (A) has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or its subsidiaries) under Treasury RegulationsSection 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law, (B) is a party to or bound by any material Tax sharing agreement, Tax allocation agreement or Tax indemnity agreement (other than Taxgross-ups to employees, employeeex-patriate agreements, any other commercial agreements or contracts not primarily related to Tax or any agreement among or between only the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries) or any “gain recognition agreement” within the meaning of Treasury RegulationsSection 1.367(a)-8, or (C) has been either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code in thetwo-year period ending on the date of this Agreement.
(f) No written claim has been made by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns such that it is or may be subject to taxation by, or required to file any Tax Return in, that jurisdiction.
(g) No closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda, advance rulings or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Tax authority with respect to the Company or any subsidiary.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code during the period as set forth in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II).
(i) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Taxes” means all federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, customs duty, capital stock, severance, stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise, license, production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions; and
(ii) “Tax Return” means all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority.
Section 3.16 Intellectual Property and Information Technology. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the Company and its subsidiaries exclusively own their trademark registrations, copyright registrations and patents, including any applications therefor (collectively, “Registered IP”), free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens, and own or have the right to use all patents, inventions, processes, copyrights and copyrighted works, software, trademarks, service marks, domain names, corporate names, logos, social media names, trade dress, trade secrets and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights of any kind or nature (“Intellectual Property”) as are necessary to conduct their businesses as currently conducted; (b) the Company and its subsidiaries’ conduct of their businesses has not, in the past three (3) years (or earlier, if not resolved), and does not, infringe, dilute, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property of any third
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