Joint Patent Rights In the event the Parties make any Joint Invention, the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss and [***] Confidential Treatment Requested Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission determine, based on the advice of patent counsel selected jointly by the Parties, whether to seek patent protection thereon. If the Parties jointly decide to seek patent protection on a Joint Invention, the Parties shall jointly appoint one of the Parties (the “Prosecuting Party”) to have the obligation (subject to the opt out provisions of this Section 6.2.1(b)), to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any Joint Patent Right throughout the world to the extent determined jointly by the Parties, using patent counsel selected by jointly the Parties. The Prosecuting Party shall give the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review the text of any application with respect to such Joint Patent Right before filing, shall consult with such other Party with respect thereto, shall not unreasonably refuse to address any timely comments of such other Party with respect to such application and shall supply such other Party with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. The Prosecuting Party shall keep the other Party advised of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings (including, without limitation, the grant of any Joint Patent Rights), and shall provide such other Party with advance copies of any material official correspondence related to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent filings. Subject to the opt-out provisions below, the Party other than the Prosecuting Party shall reimburse the Prosecuting Party for [***] of the out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Prosecuting Party in preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patent Rights, which reimbursement will be made pursuant to invoices submitted by the Prosecuting Party to the other Party no more often than once per Calendar Quarter. If either Party (the “Declining Party”) at any time declines to share in the costs of filing, prosecuting and maintaining any such Joint Patent Right, on a country-by-country basis, the Declining Party shall provide the other Party (the “Continuing Party”) with thirty (30) days prior written notice to such effect, in which event the Declining Party shall (i) have no responsibility for any expenses incurred in connection with such Joint Patent Right in the applicable country after the end of such thirty (30) day period and (ii) if the Continuing Party elects to continue prosecution or maintenance, the Declining Party, upon the Continuing Party’s request, shall execute such documents and perform such acts, at the Continuing Party’s expense, as may be reasonably necessary (x) to assign to the Continuing Party all of the Declining Party’s right, title and interest in and to such Joint Patent Right and (y) to permit the Continuing Party to file, prosecute and/or maintain such Joint Patent Right. Any such Joint Patent Right shall cease to be a [***] Confidential Treatment Requested Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission Joint Patent Right and shall become a Patent Right of the Continuing Party.
Joint Inventions For Subject Inventions conceived or first actually reduced to practice under this Agreement that are joint Subject Inventions made by CONTRACTOR and USER, each Party shall have the option to elect and retain title to its undivided rights in such joint Subject Inventions.
Third Party Technology The Company makes use of third party technology to collect information required for traffic measurement, research, and analytics. Use of third party technology entails data collection. We therefore would like to inform clients the Company enables third parties to place or read cookies located on the browsers of users entering the Company’s domain. Said third parties may also use web beacons to collect information through advertising located on the Company’s web site. Please note that you may change your browser settings to refuse or disable Local Shared Objects and similar technologies; however, by doing so you may be disabling some of the functionality of Company’s services.
Collaboration We believe joint effort toward common goals achieves trust and produces greater impact for L.A. County’s youngest children and their families.
Patent Rights The State and the U. S. Department of Transportation shall have the royalty free, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to use and to authorize others to use any patents developed by the Engineer under this contract.
Licensed Technology The term “Licensed Technology” shall mean the Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-How.
