Assistance by Employees; Inventor Compensation. Each Party agrees that it shall make available to the other Party the services of its employees and contractors reasonably necessary to assist the other Party with the prosecution of, and other patent or trademark office proceedings (e.g., reissue, reexamination, interference, inter partes review, post-grant review, supplemental examination, and other similar proceedings) regarding the other Party’s Patents, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property (collectively, “IP Proceedings”). Each Party agrees to reasonably make available to the other Party (i) inventors and other reasonably necessary persons employed by it for the other Party’s reasonable needs regarding execution of documents, interviews, declarations and testimony, and (ii) documents, materials and information for the other Party’s reasonable good faith needs regarding such IP Proceedings. The Party involved in the IP Proceedings shall be responsible for the actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with such assistance, expressly excluding the value of the time of the other Party’s personnel. Each Party will be responsible for providing inventor incentive compensation to its employees under its own internal policies. No Party shall have any obligation to provide any inventor incentive compensation to an employee of the other Party except as required by law.
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Samples: Intellectual Property Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.), Intellectual Property Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.), Intellectual Property Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.)
