definiens: means any and all intellectual and industrial property rights and other similarproprietary rights, in any jurisdiction throughout the world, whether registered or unregistered, including all rightspertaining to or deriving from : ( a ) patents and patent applications, ( including any and all provisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, continued prosecution, divisionals and patents of addition ; requests for, and grants of, continued examination, extensions, supplemental protection certificates, re - examinations, post - grant confirmations oramendments, counterparts claiming priority from, or reissues of, any of the foregoing ; and any patents or patentapplications that claim priority to or from any of the foregoing ) and all rights to claim priority arising from or related toany of the foregoing ( collectively, ) ; ( b ) inventions, invention disclosures, discoveries and improvements, whether or not patentable ; ( c ) copyrights and works of authorship, whether or not copyrightable ( ) ; ( d)computer software and firmware, including data files, source code, object code and software - related specificationsand documentation ; ( e ) trademarks, trade names, service marks, certification marks, service names, brands, tradedress and logos, applications therefore, and the goodwill associated therewith ( collectively, ) ; ( f ) tradesecrets ( including those trade secrets defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and under corresponding foreignstatutory Law and common law ), non - public information, and confidential information, know - how, business andtechnical information, and rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any Person ( collectively ) ; ( g ) mask works ; ( h ) domain names ; ( i ) proprietary databases and data compilations and all documentation relating tothe foregoing ; and, including in each case any and all ( 1 ) rights under which an employee, inventor, author or otherperson is obligated to assign ownership any of the foregoing ; ( 2 ) registrations of, applications to register, andrenewals of, any of the foregoing with or by any Governmental Body in any jurisdiction throughout the world, ( 3 ) rightsof action arising from the foregoing, including all claims for damages by reason of present, past and futureinfringement, misappropriation, violation misuse or breach of contract in respect of the foregoing, and present, pastand future rights to sue and collect damages or seek injunctive relief for any such infringement, misappropriation, violation, misuse or breach ; and ( 4 ) income, royalties and any other payments now and hereafter due and/or payablein respect of the foregoing