No Partnership. The parties hereto are independent contractors. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, franchise, fiduciary, employment or agency relationship between the parties. [[Digimarc:Organization]] has no right, power or authority (express or implied) to enter into contract or to create any duty or obligation binding upon the IV Entities or the IV Affiliates.

No Partnership. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any agency, fiduciary, partnership, franchise, or joint venture relation between Licensor and Licensee. No party hereto shall have the power to obligate or bind the other party in any manner whatsoever.

No Partnership. The relationship of the Parties hereto is that of buyer and seller. Nothing in this Agreement, and no course of dealing between the Parties, shall be construed to create or imply an employment or agency relationship or a partnership or joint venture relationship between the Parties or between one Party and the other Party’s employees or agents. Accordingly, neither Party shall be empowered to bind the other Party in any way, to incur any liability or otherwise act on behalf of the other Party. Each Party shall be solely responsible for payment of its employees’ salaries (including withholding of income taxes and social security), workers compensation, and all other employment benefits.

No Partnership. Landlord does not by this Lease, in any way or for any purpose, become a partner or joint venturer of Tenant in the conduct of Tenant’s business or otherwise.

No Partnership. Nothing contained in this Lease shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture of or between Landlord and Tenant, or to create any other relationship between Landlord and Tenant other than that of landlord and tenant.

No Partnership. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to make Bmrower a partner or a joint venturer or creating a principal-agent relationship or any other relationship except for that of "lender" and "borrower".

No Partnership. Nothing in the Loan Documents, and no action or inaction whatsoever on the part of Lender undertaken in connection with the Loan, shall be deemed to make Lender a partner or joint venturer with any Obligor, and Borrower shall indemnify and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, causes of action, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and damages arising from the relationship between Lender and any Obligor being construed as or related to be anything other than that of a lender, borrower, guarantor or pledgor, as applicable.

. Nothing in the Loan Documents is intended to create any partnership, joint venture or association between Borrower and Lender.

No Partnership. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the Parties, any of their Affiliates or any third person to treat the relationship between the Parties contemplated by this Agreement as a partnership, joint venture or other business entity under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-1(a)(2) (or any corresponding provision under state, local or non-U.S. tax Law) (an “Entity”). Without the prior written consent of the Parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), no Party (or successor or assignee) shall, for Tax purposes, report the relationships established by this Agreement as an Entity, including either # making any disclosure that the relationships established by this Agreement may give rise to an Entity (whether on a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 8275 or otherwise) or # withholding any amounts from payments made to the other Party pursuant to Section 1446 of the Code (or any corresponding provision under state, local or non-U.S. tax law), unless required by a tax authority on audit or other examination.

NO PARTNERSHIP. This Agreement does not constitute and shall not be construed as constituting a partnership, joint venture or franchisor/franchisee relationship between the parties, and Reseller hereby waives and disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all laws, rules and regulations which create, establish, imply or otherwise protect any franchisor/franchisee relationship.