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infringement, opposition or cancellation proceedings, and no pending material litigation involving these
trademarks which limit or restrict their use in any state.
There are no agreements curtendy in effect which significantly limit the rights of Mateo to use or license the
use of these trademarks in any manner material to you. To the knowledge of Mateo, there are no infringing
uses which could materially affect your use of the licensed trademarks or other related rights in any state.
Mateo is obligated under the Distributorship Agreement to protect the rights which you have to use Mateo's
trademarks and other related rights and to protect you against claims of infringement and unfair competition
with respect to the trademarks. However, if anyone establishes to Mateo's satisfaction that its rights are, for
any legal reason, superior to any of Mateo's trademarks, trade names or service marks, then you are required to
use such variances or other service marks, trademarks or trade names as required by Mateo to avoid conflict
with such superior rights.
Patents
(15)a41PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
While Mateo and/or Danaher subsidiaries own or may own design patents and/or utility patents on tool chests
and possibly other products that might be sold by a distributor, there are no patents that are material to the
distributorship.
Copyrights
Mateo filed for, and received, a United States copyright for its Mateo Distributor Business System (the MDBS
Program, referred to in Item 5 above). The registration number is TX 2-495-161, and it was made effective on
July 5, 1988. Mateo also filed for, and received, a Canadian copyright for the MDBS Program. The Canadian
copyright is titled "Computer Program for Aiding Distributors in the Distribution of Mateo Tools." The
Canadian registration number is 437486, and it was made effective on October 18, 1994.
Mateo has copyrighted advertising materials and designs, training films, workbooks, the Manual, and items
relating to the operation of Mateo® Distributorships. Other than the MDBS Program, Mateo has not applied to
the United States Copyright Office to register its copyrights.
There are no infringing uses actually known to Mateo that could materially affect your use of any copyrighted
material supplied by Mateo in any state. There are no determinations of the Copyright Office or any court, no
pending interference, opposition or cancellation proceedings, nor any pending material lidgadon involving
such copyrighted materials which are relevant to their use in any state. There are no agreements curtently in
effect which significandy limit the rights of Mateo to use or license the use of these copyrighted materials in
any manner material to you.
Confidential Operations Manual
In order to protect the reputation and goodwill of Mateo and to maintain operating standards under the System
and the Marks, you must conduct your business in accordance with the terms of the Distributorship Agreement
and in compliance with the provisions of the Manual and any written directives issued by Mateo.
Confidential Information
In addition to the Manual, Mateo will provide you with other confidential business information and proprietary
materials which relate to the operation of the Distributorship business. You must keep confidential, during and
after the term of the Distributorship Agreement, the Manual and all such confidential business information and
proprietary materials disclosed to you by Mateo. You may not disclose the confidential information or
proprietary materials to any person or use them for your benefit except in connection with the operation of
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