Finance Committee - Agenda - 12/18/2019 - P90
20. DISPOSITION OF CONTRACT MATERIALS Any books, reports, studies, photographs, negatives or
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other documents, data, drawings or other materials, including but not limited to those contained in
media of any sort (e.g., electronic, magnetic, digital) prepared by or supplied to General
Contractor in the performance of its obligations under this contract shall be the exclusive
property of the City of Nashua and all such materials shall be remitted and delivered, at General
Contractor's expense, by Professional Engineer to the City of Nashua upon completion,
termination, or cancellation of this contract. Alternatively, if the City of Nashua provides its
written approval to General Contractor, any books, reports, studies, photographs, negatives or
other documents, data, drawings or other matenals including but not limited to those contained in
media of any sort (e.g., electronic, magnetic, digital) prepared by or supplied to General
Contractor in the performance of its obligations under this contract must be retained by
General Contractor for a minimum of four years after final payment is made and all other pending
matters are closed. If, at any time during the retention period, the City of Nashua, in writing,
requests any or all of the materials, then General Contractor shall promptly remit and deliver the
materials, at General Contractor's expense, to the City of Nashua. General Contractor shall not use,
willingly allow or cause to have such materials used for any purpose other than the performance
of General Contractor's obligations under this contract without the prior written consent of the
City of Nashua.
PUBLIC RECORDS LAW, COPYRIGHTS, AND PATENTS General Contractor expressly agrees
that all documents ever submitted, filed, or deposited with the City of Nashua by General
Contractor (including those remitted to the City of Nashua by General Contractor pursuant to
paragraph 20), unless designated as confidential by a specific statue of the State of New
Hampshire, shall be treated as public records and shall be available for inspection and copying by
any person, or any governmental entity.
No books, reports, studies, photographs, negatives or other documents, data, drawings or other
materials including but not limited to those contained in media of any sort (e.g., electronic,
magnetic, digital) prepared by or supplied to General Contractor in the performance of its
obligations under this contract shall be the subject of any application for a copyright or patent by
or on behalf of General Contractor. The City of Nashua shall have the right to reproduce any
such materials. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
General Contractor shall retain sole ownership to its preexisting information including but not
limited to computer programs, software, standard details, figures, templates and specifications to
the extent that General Contractor identifies each element of ail such information to the City of
Nashua simultaneously with the provision of the same
General Contractor expressly and indefinitely waives all of its rights to bring, including but not
limited to, by way of complaint, interpleader, intervention, or any third party practice, any claims,
demands, suits, actions, judgments, or executions, for damages or any other relief, in any
administrative or judicial forum, against the City of Nashua or any of its officers or employees, in
either their official or individual capacity of the City of Nashua, for violations of or infringement
of the copyright or patent laws of the United States or of any other nation. General Contractor
agrees to indemnify, to defend, and to hold harmless the City of Nashua, its representatives, and
employees from any claim or action seeking to impose liability, costs, and attorney fees incurred
as a result of or in connection with any claim, whether rightful or otherwise, that any material
prepared by or supplied to General Contractor infringes any copyright or that any equipment,
material, or process (or any part thereof) specified by General Contractor infringes any patent.
General Contractor shall have the right, in order to avoid such claims or actions, to substitute at its
expense non-infringing materials, concepts, products, or processes, or to modify such
infringing materials, concepts, products, or processes so they become non-infringing, or to obtain
the necessary licenses to use the infringing materials, concepts, products, or processes, provided
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