Common use of ELAN PATENT RIGHTS Clause in Contracts

ELAN PATENT RIGHTS. For purposes of this Agreement, Elan Patent Rights shall mean any and all rights under any and all patents and patent applications now existing, currently pending or hereafter filed, owned or acquired or licensed by Elan (and/or its Affiliates) which would be infringed by the manufacture, use or sale of the Product, the current status of which is set forth below. Elan Patent Rights shall also include all continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals and re-issues of such patents and patent applications and any patents issuing thereon and extensions of any patents licensed hereunder. Elan Patent Rights shall further include any patents or patent applications covering any improved methods of making or using the Product invented or acquired by Elan (and/or its Affiliates) during the term of the Elan/Acorda Agreement and under which Elan (and/or its Affiliates) has a right to grant a licence under the Elan/Acorda Agreement, and Elan’s (and/or its Affiliates) interest in any intellectual property conceived reduced to practice or otherwise developed in connection with the Project (as defined in the Elan/Acorda Agreement).