180-26 - Exhibit A. CDBG 2025 SPECS_compressed.pdf

13. 14, 15. 16. COPYRIGHT No report, maps or other documents produced in whole or in part under this contract shall be the subject of an application for copyright by or on behalf of the contractor. PATENT RIGHTS In the event that any invention, improvement, or discovery may be conceived or first actually reduced to practice by the contractor or its employees, in the course of or under this contract or any subcontract, the contractor shall give prompt notice thereof to Essex County. Any such invention, improvement, or discovery, together with all information, designs, specifications, know-how, data, patent rights, and findings in connection therewith which arose or were developed in the hereunder, shall be made available to the public through dedication, assignment to the Government of the United States of America, or such other means as HUD shall determine. COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAWS: The contractor shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinance, and codes of the State and Local Governments. INDEMNIFICATION The contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Municipality and its agents and employees from against all claims, damages, losses, and expenses, including attorneys fees arising out of or resulting from performance of the work, provided that any such claim, damage, loss, or expense (a) is attributable to bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, or to injury to or destruction of tangible property (other than the work itself) including the loss of use resulting therefrom; and (b) is caused in whole or in part by any negligent act or omission of the contractor, any subcontractor, anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable, regardless of whether or not it is caused in part by a party indemnified hereunder. In any and all claims against the Municipality or any of its agents or employees by any employee of the contractor, any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable, the indemnification obligation under this paragraph shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation or benefits payable by or for the contractor or any subcontractor under workmen's compensation acts, disability benefits acts, or other employee benefit acts.