definiens: means any and all intellectual and industrial propertyrights and other similar proprietary rights, in any jurisdiction throughout the world, whether registered or unregistered, including all rights pertaining 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, supplementalprotection certificates, re - examinations, post - grant confirmations or amendments, counterparts claiming priority from, or reissues of, any of the foregoing ; and anypatents or patent applications that claim priority to or from any of the foregoing ) and allrights to claim priority arising from or related to any of the foregoing ( collectively, ) ; ( b ) inventions, invention disclosures, discoveries and improvements, whether or not patentable ; ( c ) copyrights and works of authorship, whether or notcopyrightable ( ) ; ( d ) computer software and firmware, including datafiles, source code, object code and software - related specifications anddocumentation ; ( e ) trademarks, trade names, service marks, certification marks, service names, brands, trade dress and logos, applications therefore, and thegoodwill associated therewith ( collectively, ) ; ( f ) trade secrets ( includingthose trade secrets defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and undercorresponding foreign statutory Law and common law ), non - public information, andconfidential information, know - how, business and technical information, and rights tolimit the use or disclosure thereof by any Person ( collectively ) ; ( g)mask works ; ( h ) domain names ; ( i ) proprietary databases and data compilations andall documentation relating to the foregoing ; and, including in each case any and all ( 1)rights under which an employee, inventor, author or other person is obligated toassign ownership any of the foregoing ; ( 2 ) registrations of, applications to register, and renewals of, any of the foregoing with or by any Governmental Body in anyjurisdiction throughout the world, ( 3 ) rights of action arising from the foregoing, including all claims for damages by reason of present, past and future infringement, misappropriation, violation misuse or breach of contract in respect of the foregoing, and present, past and future rights to sue and collect damages or seek injunctiverelief for any such infringement, misappropriation, violation, misuse or breach ; and ( 4)income, royalties and any other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable inrespect of the foregoing