definiens: shall mean ( a ) all Intellectual Property Rights in technology that is developed jointly ( as determined byinventorship with respect to any patents and patent applications ) by [COMPANY] and MRC ( as may be agreed by MRC andOmeros ) during the Sponsored Research Term ( as that term is defined in Section 2.2 herein ), and ( b ) all IntellectualProperty Rights arising from and as the direct result of the Sponsored Research . Joint IP may or may not also be jointlydeveloped with Leicester or other third party, which will not change the nature of the Intellectual Property Rights as JointIP so long as the first sentence of this Section applies . Should any MRC employee enter into a consulting agreement withOmeros for general scientific consulting such as in the field of inflammation, then to the extent that such scientificconsulting services may pertain to MASP-2, the results of such scientific consulting services will be treated as part of theJoint IP . However, the parties acknowledge herein that research by MRC employees on behalf of [COMPANY] related to MASP-2 will be carried out in major part through the Sponsored Research