1. DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the capitalized terms defined throughout this Agreement the following terms when used herein, have the respective meanings assigned to them below:
“Acquired Patents” means Patents acquired by any IPCo Entity from a third party pursuant to a Patent purchase or the acquisition of a Person, at any time between the Effective Date and the end of the Term, where the transaction or series of related transactions under which such Patents are acquired is for less than [***] (a) which are owned by any IPCo Entity; or (b) under which any IPCo Entity has or obtains, at any time between the Effective Date and the end of the Term, the contractual right to grant licenses or sublicenses to third parties, but in each of case (a) and (b), only to the extent that such rights are available for license or sublicense by any IPCo Entity to the ProductCo Entities within the scope set forth in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the definition of Acquired Patents does not include any claim of any Patent in which any IPCo Entity acquires rights after the Effective Date if a grant of a license or the exercise of rights thereunder would result in (i) the payment of fees, royalties or other consideration by any IPCo Entity to a third party (other than payments between or among the IPCo Entities or except when a ProductCo Entity is willing to pay the applicable fees, royalties or other consideration to such third party), or (ii) the loss of such rights in such acquired Patent by any IPCo Entity.
“Action” means any demand, action, claim, cause of action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, case, litigation, subpoena, proceeding or investigation (whether civil, criminal or administrative) by or before any court or grand jury, any Governmental Entity or any arbitration or mediation tribunal or authority.
“Advertising” means the ProductCo Entities’ data and advertising products as further described in Schedule 4.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who, as of the relevant time for which the determination of affiliation is being made, directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, but such Person shall be an “Affiliate” only for so long as such control exists. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) with respect to Adeia Media, Affiliates shall be limited to Subsidiaries of Adeia Media, (b) with respect to Adeia Media Holdings, Affiliates shall be limited to Subsidiaries of Adeia Media Holdings other than Adeia Media and its Subsidiaries, and (c) with respect to Adeia, Adeia Media and its Affiliates and Adeia Media Holdings and its Affiliates shall at no time be considered Affiliates of Adeia.
“Agreement Year” shall mean a period of twelve (12) months commencing on [__________]1 and ending on [__________] during the Term.
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“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, state, or local law (statutory, common, or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated, or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.
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