License and intellectual property rights ownership

License.  
Stryker, by signing the Distribution Agreement, grants a limited, non-exclusive license to use the Intellectual Property Rights associated with the Products in the European Economic Area and Switzerland in order to perform its obligations hereunder. 

Ownership.  
Except for the limited license rights expressly granted herein: all rights, title and ownership interest in and to the Intellectual Property Rights shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Stryker and its licensors. No ownership right, title or interest in Stryker’s Intellectual Property is transferred to the Distributor by the Agreement. All rights not expressly granted herein by Stryker are reserved by and for Stryker.