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3. THE PROGRAMME
3.1 PTC undertakes to use its reasonable endeavours to achieve each Milestone on or before each relevant Milestone Date.
3.2 PTC undertakes to diligently perform the research and the Programme management of the Programme, as set out in theApplication and as determined by the RSG and the IPMG from time to time.
18. WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES
18.1 The Trust warrants that:
(a) it has the requisite authority to enter into this Agreement; and
(b) it has full power and authority to assume all of its obligations under this Agreement.
18.2 PTC represents and warrants to the Trust on the Commencement Date and immediately prior to the payment by the Trust to PTC of any Tranche (or installment thereof) that (subject to any matters fairly and accurately disclosed in the Disclosure Letter):
(a) it has the requisite authority to enter into this Agreement;
(b) it has full power and authority to assume all of its obligations under this Agreement;
(c) the Agreement has been duly authorised, executed, and delivered by PTC and is a valid, binding, and legally enforceable obligation of PTC;
(d) no consent, approval, authorisation, or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(e) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any statute, regulation, or other law or agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, rule, or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties;
(f) to the best of its knowledge and belief:
(i) PTC is the legal and beneficial owner of, or has appropriate license to, all right, title and interest in and to the Background Intellectual Property necessary for performance of the Programme, and will be the legal and beneficial owner of, or procure appropriate license or option rights to, all right, title and interest in and to the Programme Inventions and Programme Intellectual Property;
(ii) no member of the PTC Group has granted any Third Party any right in respect of the Programme Inventions or Programme Intellectual Property (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), and has not charged or encumbered and will not charge or encumber any of the same except as may be explicitly authorised pursuant to this Agreement;
(iii) so far as PTC is aware, no Third Party has made unauthorised use of any Background Intellectual Property, nor threatened to do so;
(iv) so far as PTC is aware, none of the activities of any member of the PTC Group undertaken by prior to the date on which the warranties are given or which will be undertaken pursuant to the Programme relating to the Background Intellectual Property infringe, or have been alleged to infringe, the Intellectual Property of any Third Party;
(v) the Background Intellectual Property and Programme Intellectual Property are not subject to any claim, opposition, attack, assertion or other arrangements of whatever nature which may impugn upon the use, validity, enforceability or ownership of any such Intellectual Property, and there are no grounds or other circumstances which may give rise to the same;
(vi) From the Commencement Date forward, no member of the PTC Group has itself nor through any of its Staff disclosed to any Third Party (other than consistent with Clause 17) any Confidential Information and/or Know-How relating to the Programme;
(vii) Other than as required by law (including contracts with academic collaborators and government entites or in connection with the use of government funds) no person has, or will have, the right to call for the assignment or grant of the licence to it of any of the Background Intellectual Property and the Programme Intellectual Property under any option, grant, funding award or other agreement, nor is there any conditional or unconditional agreement or circumstance whereby such a right may arise;
(viii) no person has any right or claim to any payment or other compensation in respect of the use or exploitation of the Background Intellectual Property or the Programme Intellectual Property; and
(ix) there are no outstanding or potential claims against any member of the PTC Group under any contract or for employee compensation under applicable legislation in relation to the Background Intellectual Property nor is PTC aware of any reason why any such claims may be made in relation to the Programme Intellectual Property.
18.3 Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither Party gives any warranties or makes any representations with respect to any of the Programme Intellectual Property and/or Background Intellectual Property or any Products derived from them, or their fitness for any purpose, or that any material produced or supplied by any Party and any processes or techniques used, proposed or recommended by any Party will not infringe any patent or other Intellectual Property of any person in any country.