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§413. Federal State and Local Taxes
<br /> Federal, State and local taxes shall be the responsibility of SUB-RECIPIENT as an
<br /> independent party and not as a CITY employee.
<br /> §414. Inventions, Patents and Copyrights
<br /> A. Reporting Procedure for Inventions
<br /> If any project produces any invention or discovery (Invention) patentable or
<br /> otherwise under title 35 of the U.S. Code, including, without limitation,
<br /> processes and business methods made in the course of work under this
<br /> Agreement, the SUB-RECIPIENT shall report the fact and disclose the
<br /> Invention promptly and fully to the CITY. The CITY shall report the fact and
<br /> disclose the Invention to the Grantor. Unless there is a prior agreement
<br /> between the CITY and the Grantor, the Grantorshall determine whetherto seek
<br /> protection on the Invention. The Grantor shall determine how the rights in the
<br /> Invention, including rights under any patent issued thereon, will be allocated
<br /> and administered in order to protect the public interest consistent with the policy
<br /> ("Policy") embodied in the Federal Acquisition Regulations System, which is
<br /> .based on Ch. 18 of title 35 U.S.C. Sections 200, et seq. (Pub. L. 95-517, Pub.
<br /> L. 98-620, 37 CFR part 401); Presidential Memorandum on Government Patent
<br /> Policy to the Heads of the Executive Departments and Agencies, dated
<br /> 2/18/1983); and Executive Order 12591, 4/10/87, 52 FR 13414, 3 CFR, .1987
<br /> Comp., p. 220 (as amended by Executive Order 12618,
<br /> 12/22187, 52 FR 48661, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 262). SUB-RECIPIENT hereby
<br /> agrees to be bound by the Policy, and will contractually require its personnel to
<br /> be bound by the Policy.
<br /> B. Rights to Use Inventions
<br /> CITY shall have an unencumbered right, and a non-exclusive, irrevocable,
<br /> royalty- free license, to use, manufacture, improve upon, and allow others to
<br /> do so for all government purposes, any Invention developed under this
<br /> Agreement.
<br /> C. Copyright Policy
<br /> 1. Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the Grantor or of this Agreement,
<br /> when copyrightable material ("Material") is developed under this
<br /> Agreement, the author or the CITY, at the CITY'S discretion, may copyright
<br /> the Material. If the CITY declines to copyright the Material, the CITY shall
<br /> have an unencumbered right, and a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free
<br /> license, to use, manufacture, improve upon, and allow others to do so for
<br /> all government purposes, any Material developed under this Agreement.
<br /> 2. The Grantor shall have an unencumbered right, and a non-exclusive,
<br /> irrevocable, royalty-free license, to use, manufacture, improve upon, and
<br /> allow others to do so for all government purposes, any Material developed
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