“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property rights, as they exist anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered, including all: (i) patents, patent applications, rights in patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and analogous rights in trade names, taglines, social media identifiers (such as a Twitter® Handle) and related social media accounts, brand names, logos and corporate names, together with all goodwill related thereto; (iii) copyrights, mask work rights and any other equivalent rights in works of and any other related rights of authors; (iv) internet domain names, internet addresses and other computer identifiers; (v) trade secret rights, and analogous rights in know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases and database compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, confidential business information and other proprietary information (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); and (vi) intellectual property rights in Software.
“IT Systems” means all computers, Software, databases, hardware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, circuits, networks, data communications lines and all other information technology equipment (including communications equipment, terminals and hook-ups that interface with third-party software or systems) owned, licensed, leased or otherwise used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and used in the operation of the business.
“Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, easement, right of way, purchase option, right of first refusal, covenant, restriction, security interest, title defect, encroachment or other survey defect, or other lien or encumbrance of any kind, except for (a) any restrictions arising under any applicable Securities Laws, and (b) immaterial non-monetary easements, rights of way, covenants, encumbrances or restrictions that do not materially detract the value of the underlying asset or the use of the asset.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, circumstance or development that has a material adverse effect on (I) the assets, business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or the effect of any of the following), alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a “Material Adverse Effect” under this clause (I) (except in the case of clause (a), (b), (d), (f) and (g), in each case, to the extent that such change disproportionately affects the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated Persons operating in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate): (a) any change or development in applicable Laws or GAAP or any official interpretation thereof, (b) any change or development in interest rates or economic, political, legislative, regulatory, business, financial, commodity, currency or market conditions generally affecting the economy or the industry in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate, (c) the announcement or the execution of this Agreement, the pendency or consummation of the Mergers or the performance of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers and employees (provided, that the exceptions in this clause (c) shall not be deemed to apply to references to “Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.04 and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 9.02(a)), (d) any change generally affecting any of the industries or markets in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate or the economy as a whole, (e) the compliance with the terms of this Agreement (other than Section 6.01(i)) or the taking of any action, or failure to take action, required or contemplated by this Agreement (other than Section 6.01(i)) or with the prior written consent of SPAC (provided, that the exceptions in this clause (e) shall not be deemed to apply to references to “Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.04 and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 9.02(a)), (f) any earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, flood, mudslide, wild fire or other natural disaster, epidemic, disease outbreak, pandemic (including the COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 virus (or any mutation or variation thereof or related health condition)),
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