Patent Matters 4.1 Licensor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to prosecute and maintain all Patents to be issued pertaining to the Patent applications licensed in Exhibit A at its cost and expense. Licensor shall keep licensee reasonably apprised of all relevant actions regarding the status of such patents. 4.2 Each Party shall notify the other Party of any infringement of any intellectual property rights with regard to the License IP or a Licensed Product by a third party in the Field which becomes known to such Party, and of any claim of infringement by a third party that the activities of a Party infringe patent rights of such third party. Licensor shall have has sole responsibility and control of legal action relating to claims of infringement with respect to the Licensed Technology. 4.3 Licensor shall have the first right, but not an obligation, to initiate, maintain and control, at Licensor’s expense, legal action against any infringement of intellectual property rights relating to the Licensed Technology by a third party in the Field. 4.4 In any suit, proceeding or dispute involving infringement of any intellectual property rights relating to the License IP in the Field, the Parties shall provide each other with reasonable cooperation shall make available to each other , at reasonable times and under appropriate conditions, all relevant personnel, records, papers, information, samples, specimens, and the like in its possession.
Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights (a) At the initiative of ProPhase or Licensor, the Parties shall consult in good faith with each other regarding the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of all Licensed Patents. The Licensed Patents shall be diligently filed, prosecuted and maintained by Licensor using reputable counsel. Licensor shall keep ProPhase reasonably informed with regard to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the Licensed Patents, including by providing ProPhase (or its designee) copies of office actions issued from patent offices, proposed responses to such office actions, and any other patent related filings, to be made to such patent authority in the Territory sufficiently in advance of submitting such filings or responses so as to allow for a reasonable opportunity for ProPhase to review and comment thereon. Licensor shall consider in good faith any such comments for incorporation into such draft. Licensor represents that during the Term that (a) all Licensed Patents will be diligently prosecuted in the respective patent offices in the Territory in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, (b) all Licensed Patents will be filed and maintained properly and correctly, (c) Licensor will pay all applicable fees on or before the due date for payment, and (d) all Licensed Patents will identify each and every inventor of the claims thereof as determined in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Patent is filed. Prophase shall reimburse Global BioLife for reasonable attorney fees and patent office costs associated with the prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Patents on a quarterly basis commencing on September 30, 2022. (b) If, at any time during the Term, the Parties may mutually agree that it is undesirable, as to one or more countries, to file, prosecute or maintain any Licensed Patent, then Global BioLife shall have discretion to refrain from filing, prosecuting and/or maintaining any Licensed Patent or permitting the Licensed Patent to lapse. (c) The Parties shall cooperate with each other and discuss, in good faith, the Patent Rights within the Licensed Patents Covering the Licensed Compound and Licensed Products to enable Prophase to make filings with Regulatory Authorities, as required or allowed in connection with (A) in the United States, the FDA’s Orange Book and (B) outside the United States, under the national implementations of Article 10.l(a)(iii) of Directive 2001/EC/83 or other international equivalents thereof. Global BioLife shall cooperate with Prophase’s reasonable requests in connection therewith, including meeting any submission deadlines, in each case, to the extent required or permitted by applicable law. (d) The Parties shall cooperate in obtaining Patent Term Extensions pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 156 and foreign counterparts and equivalents thereof, including supplementary protection certificates, to the extent such extensions are available with respect to the applicable Patent Rights (“Extension Activities”).
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, the IC agrees to take responsibility for, but to consult with, the Licensee in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall furnish copies of relevant patent-related documents to the Licensee. 7.2 Upon the IC’s written request, the Licensee shall assume the responsibility for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall, on an ongoing basis, promptly furnish copies of all patent-related documents to the IC. In this event, the Licensee shall, subject to the prior approval of the IC, select registered patent attorneys or patent agents to provide these services on behalf of the Licensee and the IC. The IC shall provide appropriate powers of attorney and other documents necessary to undertake this action to the patent attorneys or patent agents providing these services. The Licensee and its attorneys or agents shall consult with the IC in all aspects of the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications and patents included within the Licensed Patent Rights and shall provide the IC sufficient opportunity to comment on any document that the Licensee intends to file or to cause to be filed with the relevant intellectual property or patent office. 7.3 At any time, the IC may provide the Licensee with written notice that the IC wishes to assume control of the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights. If the IC elects to reassume these responsibilities, the Licensee agrees to cooperate fully with the IC, its attorneys, and agents in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and to provide the IC with complete copies of any and all documents or other materials that the IC deems necessary to undertake such responsibilities. The Licensee shall be responsible for all costs associated with transferring patent prosecution responsibilities to an attorney or agent of the IC’s choice. 7.4 Each party shall promptly inform the other as to all matters that come to its attention that may affect the preparation, filing, prosecution, or maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights and permit each other to provide comments and suggestions with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights, which comments and suggestions shall be considered by the other party.
Prosecution of Patents (a) Licensed [***] Patents, Licensed Product Improvement Patents, and Joint Patents relating to Licensed Products. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.3(a), as between the Parties, Takeda shall have the sole right and authority to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain the Licensed [***] Patent, Licensed Product Improvement Patents, and, where relating to Licensed Products, Joint Patents (collectively, the “[***] Patent Prosecution”) on a worldwide basis (including the right to defend in patent office proceedings such as inter partes reviews, post grant reviews and oppositions).Takeda shall bear all costs of preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the [***] Patent Prosecution in the Territory. Provided that Ultragenyx’s rights with respect to the applicable Licensed Product have not terminated, Takeda, upon Ultragenyx’s request, shall provide Ultragenyx a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on material communications from any patent authority in the Territory regarding the [***] Patent Prosecution and drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent authorities in advance of submitting such filings or responses. Takeda shall consider Ultragenyx’s comments regarding such communications and drafts in good faith with a view to maximizing the Patent protection and scope in the Territory in the Ultragenyx Field. If Ultragenyx’s rights with respect to the applicable Licensed Product have not terminated and Takeda determines in its sole discretion to abandon or not maintain any Licensed [***] Patent, Licensed Product Improvement Patent, or, where relating to Licensed Products, Joint Patent that is being prosecuted or maintained by Takeda in the Territory and that is applicable to the in the Ultragenyx Field, then Takeda shall provide Ultragenyx with written notice of such determination within a period of time reasonably necessary to allow Ultragenyx to determine, in its sole discretion, its interest in such Patent(s) (which notice by Takeda shall be given no later than sixty (60) days prior to the final deadline for any pending action or response that may be due with respect to such Patent(s) with the applicable patent authority). If Ultragenyx provides timely written notice expressing its interest in continuing to support such Patent(s), Ultragenyx shall have the right to pursue the filing or support the continued prosecution or maintenance of such Patents and Takeda shall provide to Ultragenyx, subject to reimbursement of Takeda’s out-of-pocket costs, all unpublished patent applications and any other information and documents necessary to permit Ultragenyx to take such action to establish or preserve any such Patents. If Ultragenyx pursues the filing or support of such Patents and Takeda continues to pursue a Licensed [***] Product in the Takeda Field, it shall provide Takeda a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on material communications from any patent authority in the Territory regarding such Patents and drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent authorities in advance of submitting such filings or responses. Ultragenyx shall consider Takeda’s comments regarding such communications and drafts in good faith.
Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents (a) Subject to any Adolor third party agreements, Adolor shall prepare, file prosecute and maintain in the Territory and at its own costs, upon consultation with Santen, the Adolor Patents and any jointly owned patents. Adolor shall notify Santen of the status of all patent filings (including, without limitation, the grant of any Adolor Patents) and, upon the request of Santen, shall provide advance copies of any papers relating to the filing, prosecution, or maintenance of such Adolor Patents. For Adolor Patents and patent applications, and for jointly owned patents and patent applications, Santen shall reimburse Adolor for one-half of any and all costs for the filing, prosecution, or maintenance of such patents and patent applications incurred by Adolor. Adolor shall submit an invoice for reimbursement of such patent costs to Santen and Santen shall pay such invoice within thirty (30) days of submission by Adolor. Santen shall have the right to audit the patent costs subject to reimbursement once per year. Such audit rights shall expire twenty- four (24) months after an invoice is submitted by Adolor for payment. (b) Subject to Section 8.04 (b), all amounts for patent applications paid by Santen under Section 8.02 (a) for each country of the Territory shall be creditable on a country-by-country basis against future Royalties payable to Adolor by Santen for each such country; provided, however, that no more than **% of the Royalties payable for any period in such country shall be paid by crediting amounts paid by Santen under Section 8.02(a), and further **=Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. provided that Santen may carry forward all amounts paid under Section 8.02(a) for crediting against future Royalties in such country under this Section 8.02(b) until such amounts are exhausted.
Joint Patent Rights If not already established under the Research Collaboration Agreement, prior to either Party filing any Patent Right disclosing Joint Program Technology or Joint Probody Platform Improvements, the Parties shall establish a patent committee (the “Patent Committee”) comprised of at least one (1) representative of each Party for the purpose of facilitating the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of Joint Patent Rights. As agreed upon by the Parties, meetings of the Patent Committee may be face-to-face or may be conducted by teleconferences or videoconferences, from time to time as needed. The Patent Committee will be the forum through which the Parties coordinate their respective obligations to each other described in Sections 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 hereof and in this Section. In the event the Parties conceive or generate any Joint Program Technology or Joint Probody Platform Improvements, the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss and determine, based on mutual consent, whether to seek patent protection thereon, which Party will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents and how to pay for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents. It is presumed that ImmunoGen will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights claiming Joint Program Technology or Joint Conjugation Probody Platform Improvements, and that CytomX will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights claiming Joint Unconjugated Probody Platform Improvements. Neither Party will file any Joint Patent Right without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Party controlling filing and prosecution of any such Joint Patent Right (a) shall keep the other Party informed regarding each Patent Right, (b) shall consider in good faith any recommendations made by the other Party in regard to the filing, prosecution or maintenance of any such Patent Right and (c) shall not unreasonably refuse to incorporate any recommendations made by the other Party in regard to such filing, prosecution or maintenance.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - INVENTION AND PATENT RIGHTS A. General 1. NASA has determined that 51 U.S.C. § 20135(b) does not apply to this Agreement. Therefore, title to inventions made (conceived or first actually reduced to practice) under this Agreement remain with the respective inventing party(ies). No invention or patent rights are exchanged or granted under this Agreement, except as provided herein.
Joint Patents With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, the Parties shall meet and agree upon which Party shall prosecute and maintain Patent applications covering such Joint Invention (any such Patent application and any Patents issuing therefrom, a “Joint Patent”) in particular countries and jurisdictions throughout the world. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Xxxxxx will prosecute and maintain any Joint Patents in the Licensed Territory, and Onconova will prosecute and maintain the Joint Patents outside the Licensed Territory, subject to the Parties coordinating their efforts as appropriate to make such prosecution activities as efficient, convenient, and harmonious as possible. The Parties ** all expenses of filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patents. The Party that prosecutes a Joint Patent (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party the opportunity to review and comment on any and all such prosecution efforts regarding the applicable Joint Patent in the particular jurisdictions, and such other Party shall provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts; provided that the Prosecuting Party shall have final control over such prosecution efforts after reasonably considering the other Party’s comments, if any. The Prosecuting Party shall provide the other Party with a copy of all material communications from any Patent authority in the applicable jurisdictions regarding the Joint Patent being prosecuted by such Party, and shall provide drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent authorities a reasonable amount of time in advance of submitting such filings or responses. In particular, each Party agrees to provide the other Party with all information necessary or desirable to enable the other Party to comply with any duty of candor and/or duty of disclosure requirements of any Patent authority. Except to the extent a Party is restricted by the licenses granted by such Party to the other Party under the terms of this Agreement, and/or the other covenants contained in this Agreement, each Party shall be entitled to practice, and grant licenses to Third Parties and Affiliates of such Third Parties to practice, the Joint Patents and all Joint Inventions without restriction or an obligation to account to the other Party, and the other Party shall consent and hereby consents, without additional consideration, to any and all such licenses.
Intellectual Property Infringement If a third party makes a claim against Customer that the Licensed Software or Documentation directly infringe any patent issued as of the two years following the Effective Date or any copyright, trade secret or trademark ("IP Claim"); Siebel will defend Customer or Distributor against the IP Claim and pay all costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) awarded against Customer or Distributor by a court of competent jurisdiction or agreed to in a written settlement agreement signed by Siebel arising out of such IP Claim; provided that: (i) Customer or Distributor promptly notifies Siebel in writing no later than sixty (60) days after Customer's or Distributor's receipt of notification of a potential claim, (ii) Siebel may assume sole control of the defense of such claim and all related settlement negotiations; and (iii) Customer or Distributor provides Siebel, at Siebel's request and expense, with the assistance, information and authority necessary to perform Siebel's obligations under this Section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Siebel shall have no liability for any claim of infringement based on (a) the use of a superseded or altered release of Licensed Software if the infringement would have been avoided by the use of a current unaltered release of the Licensed Software, which Siebel provided to Distributor, (b) the modification of the Licensed Software, or (c) the use of the Licensed Software other than in accordance with the Documentation. If, due to an IP Claim, (i) the Licensed Software is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or are believed by Siebel to infringe, or (ii) Customer or Distributor receives a valid court order enjoining Customer or Distributor from using the Licensed Software, Siebel shall in its reasonable judgment, and at its expense, (a) replace or modify the Licensed Software to be non-infringing; (b) obtain for Distributor and/or its Customers a license to continue using the Licensed Software, or (c) if Siebel cannot reasonably obtain the remedies in (a) or (b), terminate the license for the infringing Licensed Software and refund the license fees paid to Siebel for such Licensed Software upon its return by Distributor. This Section 9 states Siebel's entire liability and Distributor's exclusive remedy for any claim of infringement.
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.