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14. Compliance with Laws. Contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and <br />local laws, rules, ordinances and regulations at all times and in the performance of the <br />Services, including all applicable provisions of Exhibit A. . <br />15. Ownership of Work Product. <br />15.1 All tangible or electronic copies of compilations, reports, plans, drawings, techniques, <br />formulas, works of art, literature or music, or other personal property produced or <br />created specifically for City under the Contract ("Work Products") shall be delivered <br />to the City prior to the completion or termination of the Services and shall be the sole <br />and exclusive property of the City. <br />15.2 In addition to ownership of the Work Products, City shall also be the owner of all <br />copyrights, if any, existing in any Work Product under the federal copyright act <br />except for those rights of attribution and integrity described in 17 USC 106A. <br />15.3 Unless expressly provided to the contrary herein, Contractor waives all rights of <br />attribution and integrity with respect to any work of visual art except the right to <br />prevent the use of his or her name as the author of the work of visual art in the event <br />of a distortion, mutilation or other modification of the work which would be prejudicial <br />to his or her honor or reputation. <br />15.4 With the exception of Work Products that incorporate City's databases or City's <br />confidential information, Contractor may retain and display copies of any Work <br />Product for marketing or demonstration purposes, and Contractor shall have the right <br />to make derivative products based on a Work Product, but Contractor may not sell or <br />commercially exploit any Work Product or reproduction of a Work Product. <br />15.5 Nothing in this Section 15 is intended to appropriate to City any personal property not <br />created for City under the Contract or any property used or incorporated into a Work <br />Product that was owned by Contractor or a third party prior to its use for the Services <br />or that is merely a minor development or enhancement of Contractor's pre-existing <br />proprietary process, formula or technology. <br />15.6 City shall remove Contractor's name and trademarks, if any, from any copy of a <br />Work Product that is modified except when modified by Contractor, and Contractor <br />shall have no responsibility for any modification of a Work Product that is not made <br />under Contractor's supervision. <br />16. Notices. Any notice permitted or required by the Contract shall be deemed given when <br />personally delivered or upon deposit in the United States mail, postage fully prepaid, <br />certified, and with return receipt requested, to the persons and addresses shown below. In <br />addition, if directions for telephonic transmission ("FAX") are set forth below, notices may be <br />delivered by FAX. Notices sent by certified mail will be deemed delivered three business <br />days after placement in the mail and notices sent by FAX will be deemed delivered when <br />successful transmission is electronically confirmed. Except as expressly provided in the <br />Contract, required notices must be signed by the person designated to receive notices, or <br />that person's designee or attorney. <br />CONTRACT NUMBER 2007-00329 <br />