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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />J.R. SMITH, CLERK <br />ii. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be <br />paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or <br />employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of <br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this <br />Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the Sub -Recipient <br />shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying <br />Activities," in accordance with its instructions. <br />iii. The Sub -Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award <br />documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, <br />and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all <br />Sub -Recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. <br />iv. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was <br />placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this <br />certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction <br />imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the <br />required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 <br />and not more than $100,000 for each such failure. <br />(24) COPYRIGHT, PATENT AND TRADEMARK <br />EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN <br />CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE <br />STATE OF FLORIDA; AND, ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION <br />WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE SUB - <br />RECIPIENT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. <br />a. If the Sub -Recipient has a pre-existing patent or copyright, the Sub -Recipient shall <br />retain all rights and entitlements to that pre-existing patent or copyright unless the Agreement provides <br />otherwise. <br />b. If any discovery or invention is developed in the course of or as a result of work or <br />services performed under this Agreement, or in any way connected with it, the Sub -Recipient shall refer the <br />discovery or invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent <br />protection in its name. Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this <br />Agreement are reserved to the State of Florida. If any books, manuals, films, or other copyrightable material <br />are produced, the Sub -Recipient shall notify the Division. Any copyrights accruing under or in connection <br />with the performance under this Agreement are transferred by the Sub -Recipient to the State of Florida. <br />c. Within thirty (30) days of execution of this Agreement, the Sub -Recipient shall disclose <br />all intellectual properties relating to the performance of this Agreement which he or she knows or should <br />know could give rise to a patent or copyright. The Sub -Recipient shall retain all rights and entitlements to <br />any pre-existing intellectual property which is disclosed. Failure to disclose will indicate that no such <br />21 <br />