8. Indemnification. Consultant will defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the Company, and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, “the Company Indemnified Parties”), from and against any allegation or claim based on, or any loss, damage, settlement, cost, expense and any other liability (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively, “Claims”), arising from or related to: (i) any act or omission by Consultant and/or its personnel, including without limitation, any breach or alleged breach of any of its representations, warranties or obligations contained in this Agreement, or (ii) Consultant’s violation of any applicable law or regulation in performing the Consulting Services under the Agreement. Consultant’s duty to defend is independent of its duty to indemnify. Consultant’s obligations under this section are independent of all of its other obligations under this Agreement. The Company will defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the Consultant, and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, “the Consultant Indemnified Parties”), from and against any Claims arising from or related to (i) any act or omission by the Company and/or its personnel, including without limitation, any breach or alleged breach of any of its representations, warranties or obligations contained in this Agreement, or (ii) the Company’s violation of any applicable law or regulation, or (iii) any injury or death of a Consultant employee or representative while on site at the Company or its designated locations.
9. Consultant’s Obligation to Keep Records. Consultant shall (and shall require its personnel to) make and maintain adequate and current written records of all Inventions, and shall disclose all Inventions promptly, fully and in writing to the Company immediately upon development of the same and at any time upon request.
10. Consultant’s Obligation to Cooperate. The Consultant will, at any time during or after the term of this Agreement, upon request of the Company, execute all documents and perform all lawful acts which the Company considers necessary or advisable to secure its rights hereunder and to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant will, and will require its personnel to, at Company’s expense: (i) assist the Company in any reasonable manner to obtain for the Company’s benefit patents or copyrights in any and all countries with respect to all Inventions assigned pursuant to Section 7, and the Consultant will, and will require its personnel to, execute, when requested, patent and other applications and assignments thereof to the Company, or Persons (as defined in Section 14(j)) designated by it, and any other lawful documents deemed necessary by the Company to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; and (ii) assist the Company in every way to enforce any patents and copyrights obtained, including testifying in any suit or proceeding involving any of said patents or copyrights or executing any documents deemed necessary by the Company.
11. Authority. The Consultant hereby represents and warrants that it has the full power and authority to carry out its obligations hereunder.
12. [Omitted]
13. Return of Property. Upon termination of the Consultant’s engagement with the Company, or at any other time upon request of the Company, the Consultant shall, and shall require its personnel to, return promptly any and all Confidential Information, including customer or prospective customer lists, other customer or prospective customer information or related materials, computer programs, software, electronic data, specifications, drawings, blueprints, medical devices, samples, reproductions, sketches, notes, notebooks, memoranda, reports, records, proposals, business plans, or copies of them, other documents or materials, tools, equipment, or other property belonging to the Company or its customers which the Consultant or its personnel may then possess or have under its control. The Consultant further agrees that upon termination of its engagement neither it nor its personnel shall take with them any documents or data in any form or of any description containing or pertaining to Confidential Information or any Inventions.