Finance Committee - Agenda - 7/6/2016 - P210
21. DISPOSITION OF CONTRACT MATERIALS. Any 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 Professional Engineer 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 Professional Engineer'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 Professional Engineer, any 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
Professional Engineer in the performance of its obligations under this contract must be retained
by Professional Engineer 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 Professional Engineer shall promptly remit and
deliver the materials, at Professional Engineer's expense, to the City of Nashua. Professional
Engineer shall not use, willingly allow or cause to have such materials used for any purpose
other than the performance of Professional Engineer's obligations under this contract without the
prior written consent of the City of Nashua.
22. PUBLIC RECORDS LAW, COPYRIGHTS, AND PATENTS. Professional Engineer expressly
agrees that all documents ever submitted, filed, or deposited with the City of Nashua by
Professional Engineer (including those remitted to the City of Nashua by Professional Engineer
pursuant to paragraph 21), 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 Professional Engineer 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 Professional Engineer. The City of Nashua shall have the right to reproduce any
such materials.
Professional Engineer 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.
Professional Engineer 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 Professional Engineer infringes any
copyright or that any equipment, material, or process (or any part thereof) specified by
Professional Engineer infringes any patent.
Professional Engineer 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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