GLOBAL REFEFERENCE RELEASE

This Global Reference Release (the “Release”) is effective as the date of Contributor’s signature below (“Effective Date”). For valuable considerations received, Contributor agrees to the following: 

1. Contributions(s) shall mean: commentary quotes, information and/or other oral or written material provided to Cyber Business Review and/or its affiliates and/or its sponsors (CBR) for use and incorporation in the Deliverable. 

2. Deliverable(s) shall mean: a cybersecurity thought leadership publication created by or for CBR, which includes commentary and perspectives from CBR, its sponsors and industry thought leaders on various cybersecurity topics, and other informational materials including, but not limited to, blog posts, articles, podcasts, videos, and comments. 

3. Purposes include promotion, marketing and/or sales activities related to the Deliverables.

4. With regard to the Contributions provided hereunder, Contributor grants to CBR and its sponsors a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, non-terminable, and royalty-free right to (i) incorporate Contribution materials in the Deliverable, and (ii) make, use, distribute, copy, modify, publish and perform the Contributions as incorporated in the Deliverables, in excerpts or in its entirety, including translations thereof, on an ongoing basis in any media or incorporate any Contributions materials provided hereunder solely for the Purposes specified above. Except for Contributors’ pre-existing intellectual property rights (including trademarks, logos, and services names, if any) in its Contributions, CBR owns all rights, titles and interests (including copyrights and distribution rights) in and to the Deliverables and any materials created by on or on behalf of CBR in any form containing or derived from the Deliverables, or any part or excerpts thereof. 

5. The undersigned represents that s/he has the full authority to grant rights in and to its Contributions as set forth in this Release, including owning or having licensed all intellectual property rights herein and thereto, having the authority to grant rights to use Contributor’s employees and agents names and quotations provided thereby, and having the authority to sign this Release on behalf of Contributor. Contributor further represents that Contributor has a reasonable basis for all objective verifiable marketing or advertising claims made by Contributor in the Deliverables, and has not disclosed confidential information to CBR and/or its sponsors. 

6. Once Contributor has reviewed and approved the Deliverables for publication, it shall have no further right of additional approval, no claim to additional compensation or benefit except as expressly set forth in this Release, and no claim (including without limitation for infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, right of publicity) arising from any use of the Deliverables or any part thereof pursuant to this Release, and hereby releases CBR and its sponsors regarding the same. The Parties agree to stop distributing, publicly referencing and displaying the Deliverables within 15 days of receipt of a written request from the other party. Notwithstanding a written request by Contributor to the foregoing, Contributor agrees and acknowledges that CBR and its sponsors may continue to use, distribute, modify, copy, publish, or otherwise exploit the Deliverable in any manner whatsoever so long as such portions containing the Contributions are removed or deleted from the Deliverable.