conceived, reduced to practice, or authored by Wilks, or any persons provided by Wilks either solely or jointly with others, during the performance of the Services or with the use of information, materials, or facilities of ProFrac received by Wilks during the Term.
Wilks shall promptly disclose to ProFrac all Intellectual Property created by Wilks during the term of this Agreement. Wilks shall execute or cause to be executed, all documents and perform such acts as may be necessary, useful or convenient to secure for ProFrac statutory protection throughout the world for all Intellectual Property assigned to ProFrac pursuant to this Section.
5.2 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all writings or works of authorship, including, without limitation, any Quarterly Reports or interim reports, together with any associated copyrights, produced or authored by Wilks in the course of performing Services, are works made for hire and the exclusive property of ProFrac.
5.3 “Intellectual Property” means all works, including literary works, pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works, architectural works, works of visual art, and any other work that may be the subject matter of copyright protection; advertising and marketing concepts; information; data; formulas; designs; models; drawings; computer programs; including all documentation, related listings, design specifications, and flowcharts, trade secrets, and any inventions including all processes, machines, manufactures and compositions of matter and any other invention that may be the subject matter of patent protection; and all statutory protection obtained or obtainable thereon.
6. Confidential Information.
6.1 All non-public, confidential or proprietary information of ProFrac, including, but not limited to, information about ProFrac’s business affairs, products, services, methodologies, confidential intellectual property, trade secrets, third-party confidential information, and other sensitive or proprietary information (“Confidential Information”), disclosed by ProFrac (the “Disclosing Party”) to Wilks (the “Receiving Party”), whether disclosed orally or disclosed or accessed in written, electronic, or other form or media, or otherwise learned by the Receiving Party in connection with this Agreement is confidential, solely for use in performing this Agreement and may not be disclosed or copied unless authorized by the Disclosing Party in writing. The Receiving Party shall protect and safeguard the confidentiality of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care as the Receiving Party would protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event with less than a commercially reasonable degree of care. Receiving Party’s obligations of confidentiality hereunder shall not extend to any information that: (a) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of the Receiving Party’s breach of this Agreement; (b) is obtained by the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a third-party that was not legally or contractually restricted from disclosing such information; (c) the Receiving Party establishes by documentary evidence, was in its possession prior to the Disclosing Party’s disclosure hereunder or (d) was or is independently developed by the Receiving Party without using any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.
6.2 Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information if and to the extent that such disclosure is required by applicable law, regulation, or court order, provided that Receiving Party (a) uses reasonable efforts, at Disclosing Party’s expense, to limit the disclosure by means of a protective order or a request for confidential treatment and (b) provides Disclosing Party a reasonable opportunity to review, if permitted, the disclosure before it is made and to interpose its own objection to the disclosure.
6.3 The Receiving Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 6 caused by any of its employees, contractors, agents, representatives, or those of its affiliates. At the Disclosing Party’s written request, the Receiving Party shall promptly return, and shall return to the Disclosing Party or destroy all copies, whether in written, electronic or other form or media, of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information and, if destroyed, issue to the Disclosing Party a certificate of destruction within ten (10) days of any such request.
7. Representations and Warranties.
7.1 Mutual. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that: (a) it has the full right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement, to grant the rights and licenses granted hereunder