Patent Applications It is understood by the parties that, pursuant to the Baylor Technology Transfer Agreement, MAS has the initial responsibility for filing, prosecution and maintenance of Patents and Patent Applications covering the Baylor Technology. The parties agree that, as between MAS and CTI, MAS shall be responsible for deciding whether and how to file, prosecute and maintain the Patents and Patent Applications, provided that:
(a) all decisions of MAS (whether substantive or procedural) concerning whether and how to file, prosecute and/or maintain any Patents and Patent Applications shall be acceptable to CTI, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld;
(b) with respect to any action permitted under Section 5.5 of the Baylor Technology Transfer Agreement or Section 5.5 of this Agreement, MAS will use legal counsel reasonably acceptable to CTI;
(c) MAS will provide CTI with (i) drafts of all filings relating to the Patents and Patent Applications and (ii) drafts of all correspondence to be sent by MAS to Baylor, the Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) or any third party relating to the Patents and Patent Applications. Final versions of all such filings and correspondence shall be acceptable to CTI, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld;
(d) MAS will promptly provide CTI with copies of any notices and other correspondence received by CTI from Baylor, the PTO or any other third party relating to the Patents and Patent Applications, including, but not limited to, any notices received by MAS pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Baylor Technology Transfer Agreement;
(e) MAS will, if requested by CTI, provide notice to Baylor under any of the circumstances permitting notice pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Baylor Technology Transfer Agreement;
(f) MAS agrees to cooperate with CTI to whatever extent is reasonably necessary to procure patent protection of any rights regarding the Licensed Technology and agrees to execute any and all documents to give CTI the full benefit of the sublicenses and licenses granted herein;
(g) MAS represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date, it has not received any notices from Baylor pursuant to Section 5.5(c) or Section 5.5(d) of the Baylor Technology Transfer Agreement. In the event MAS receives any notices from Baylor pursuant to Section 5.5(c) or Section 5.5(d) of the Baylor Technology Transfer Agreement after the Effective Date. MAS will provide a copy of such notice to CTI within five (5) business days of receipt of such notice by MAS. MAS will then take all actions requested by CTI to allow CTI to retain its rights granted under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, promptly notifying Baylor in the event CTI wishes MAS to proceed with any actions in connection with the Patents or Patent Applications.
Applications To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.
COPYRIGHT NOTICES The existence of a copyright notice on the Software will not be construed as an admission or presumption of publication of the Software or public disclosure of any trade secrets associated with the Software.
Patents As to any patentable subject matter contained in the deliverables, the Contractor agrees to disclose such patentable subject matter to the City. Further, if requested by the City, the Contractor agrees to assign and, if necessary, cause each of its employees to assign the entire right, title, and interest to specific inventions under such patentable subject matter to the City and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver and, if necessary, cause each of its employees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver an assignment of letters patent, in a form to be reasonably approved by the City, to the City upon request by the City.
Patent The development of patentable inventions or discoveries is not the primary purpose of the research activities of the faculty. Employees have no obligation to seek patent protection for the results of scientific work nor to modify research to enhance patentability.
10.6.1 OC agrees that employees have the unqualified right to publish their inventions, improvements, designs or developments and, except as noted in section 10.6.3, OC waives, disclaims and abandons any interest in or claims to any invention, improvement, design or development made by an employee or employees and unless otherwise provided in this Article, any invention, improvement design or development, or any patent arising therefrom shall be the sole property of the inventor(s).
10.6.2 Where the activities are a part of work performed for which OC is not paying the employee from any source and no OC space or equipment is being used, the employee shall be entitled to any and all royalties from such patents. Employees shall have the right to make their own arrangements at their own expense to patent an invention, an improvement, a design or development and, subject to the obligations in the Article and except as noted in section 10.6.3, shall be entitled to all the proceeds therefrom.
Copyright To the extent permitted by Title 17 of the United States Code, the Work Product is deemed a work for hire and all copyrights in such Work Product are the property of the City. In the event it is ever determined that any Work Product is not a work for hire under United States law, the Consultant hereby assigns to the City all copyrights to such works when and as created.
Copyrights and Patents When the RECIPIENT creates any copyrightable materials or invents any patentable property under this Agreement, the RECIPIENT may copyright or patent the same but ECOLOGY retains a royalty free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, recover, or otherwise use the material(s) or property, and to authorize others to use the same for federal, state, or local government purposes.
Copyright/Trademark/Patent Consultant understands and agrees that all matters produced under this Agreement shall become the property of District and cannot be used without District's express written permission. District shall have all right, title and interest in said matters, including the right to secure and maintain the copyright, trademark and/or patent of said matter in the name of the District. Consultant consents to use of Consultant's name in conjunction with the sale, use, performance and distribution of the matters, for any purpose and in any medium.
Patents and Intellectual Property Rights Recipients are subject to the Xxxx-Xxxx Act, 35 U.S.C. § 200 et seq, unless otherwise provided by law. Recipients are subject to the specific requirements governing the development, reporting, and disposition of rights to inventions and patents resulting from federal financial assistance awards located at 37 C.F.R. Part 401 and the standard patent rights clause located at 37 C.F.R. § 401.14.
Patents and Patent Applications To the Company’s knowledge, all patents and patent applications owned by or licensed to the Company or under which the Company has rights have been duly and properly filed and maintained; to the knowledge of the Company, the parties prosecuting such applications have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO in connection with such applications; and the Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the USPTO that were not disclosed to the USPTO and which could reasonably be expected to preclude the grant of a patent in connection with any such application or could reasonably be expected to form the basis of a finding of invalidity with respect to any patents that have issued with respect to such applications.
