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7. LICENSE AND PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. During the
<br /> term of this Subscriber Amendment, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Court hereby
<br /> grants to Subscriber a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited license to use Court Data Services 'i
<br /> Programs and Court Data Services Data.bases to access or receive the Authorized Court Data.
<br /> Services identified in an approved request form under section 3, above, and related Court Records. '
<br /> Court reserves the right to make modifications to the Authorized Court Data Services, Court Data ''
<br /> Services Programs, and Court Data Services Data.bases, and related materials without notice to I
<br /> Subscriber. These modifications shall be treated in a11 respects as their previous counterparts. 'I
<br /> a. Court Data Services Programs. Court is the copyright owner and licensor
<br /> of the Court Data Services Programs. The combination of ideas, procedures, processes,
<br /> systems, logic, coherence and methods of operation embodied within the Court Data
<br /> Services Programs, and all information contained in documentation pertaining to the Court �
<br /> Data Services Programs, including but not limited to manuals, user documenta.tion, and
<br /> passwords, are trade secret information of Court and its licensors.
<br /> b. Court Data Services Databases. Court is the copyright owner and licensor
<br /> of the Court Data. Services Databases and of all copyrighta.ble aspects and components
<br /> thereof. All specifications and information pertaining to the Court Data Services Databases
<br /> and their structure, sequence and organization, including without limitation data. schemas
<br /> such as the Court XML Schema, aze trade secret information of Court and its licensors.
<br /> c. Marks. Subscriber sha11 neither have nor claim any right, title, or interest in
<br /> or use of any trademark used in connection with Authorized Court Data. Services, including
<br /> but not limited to the mazks"MNCIS" and"Odyssey."
<br /> d. Restrictions on Duplication,Disclosure, and Use. Trade secret information
<br /> of Court and its licensors will be treated by Subscriber in the same manner as Court
<br /> Confidential Information. In addition, Subscriber will not copy any part of the Court Data
<br /> Services Programs or Court Data Services Databases, or reverse engineer or otherwise
<br /> attempt to discern the source code of the Court Data. Services Programs or Court Data.
<br /> Services Databases, or use any trademark of Court or its licensors, in any way or for any
<br /> purpose not specifically and expressly authorized by this Subscriber Amendment. As used
<br /> herein, "trade secret information of Court and its licensors" means any information
<br /> possessed by Court which derives independent economic value from not being generally
<br /> known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can
<br /> obtain economic value from its disclosure or use. "Trade secret information of Court and its
<br /> licensors" does not, however, include information which was known to Subscriber prior to
<br /> Subscriber's receipt thereof, either directly or indirectly, from Court or its licensors,
<br /> information which is independently developed by Subscriber without reference to or use of
<br /> information received from Court or its licensors, or information which would not qualify as
<br /> a trade secret under Minnesota law. It will not be a violation of this section 7, sub-section d,
<br /> for Subscriber to make up to one copy of training materials and configuration
<br /> documentation, if any, for each individual authorized to access, use, or configure Authorized
<br /> Court Data Services, solely for its own use in connection with this Subscriber Amendment.
<br /> Subscriber will take all steps reasonably necessary to protect the copyright, trade secret, and
<br /> trademark rights of Court and its licensors and Subscriber will advise its bona fide personnel
<br /> who are permitted access to any of the Court Data. Services Programs and Court Data
<br /> Services Databases, and trade secret information of Court and its licensors, of the
<br /> restrictions upon duplication, disclosure and use contained in this Subscriber Amendment.
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