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Know-how

Technical information a business keeps to itself, such as how it makes and tests a product. It is protected only while it stays secret. Here the Know-How is the factory's drawings, specifications, test methods and other papers for the existing range, listed in Schedule 2. Licence 1.1, “Licensed Know-How” · Chapter 5 · see Confidentiality, Perpetual licence

Explained in Chapter 5, Know-How and Confidentiality, of IP Licensing.

How it comes up, in Chapter 5
Know-how is technical information that a business keeps to itself, such as how it makes and tests a product. Know-how cannot be registered like a trade mark, so it is protected only while it stays secret. Clause 2.2 lets the Sheffield company use Kelderwick's know-how, called here the Know-How, to make, repair and sell its existing pumps. In return, clause 5 makes the Sheffield company keep it secret.
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As defined in the training Licence
the technical information described in Schedule 2, in whatever form it is recorded;
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