definiens: shall mean any corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership or other entity, which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Party to this Agreement . For the purposes of this Section 1.1, means ownership, directly or through one or more Affiliates, of fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, in the case of a corporation, or fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the equity interests in the entity, in the case of any other type of legal entity, status as a general partner in any partnership, or any other arrangement whereby a party controls or has the right to control the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED otherwise . For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that a company is deemed to be under another company if the two companies are owned or controlled by the same group of individuals . ' 1.2 shall mean any inventions ( whether patentable or not ) and Know - How owned or controlled by ALTUS prior to the Effective Date