You should provide a complete sentence because there may be nuances of meaning that would change the wording. I think this would apply to or cover most situations though :-)

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...Whereas the purposes of this agreement shall include, artwork, engineering, code, consulting, copyrights, design, intellectual property, inventory, patents, software, technical support, technology, trademarks, work in process, and any and all other performance of ****LLC, regardless of when created or obtained, including prior to this agreement

может быть это как-то пригодится

Знать бы, это "распространение" по времени, по именам собственным участников договора или по продукту/услугам

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т.о., отвечая на вопрос:
...Whereas the purposes of this agreement shall include...

Действие договора - более точно "force of the agreement", чем просто "agreement"

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