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.
Licensed Patents For each jurisdiction within the Territory, Catalyst shall have the first right to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain each Patent within the Licensed Patents, on behalf of BioMarin or its Affiliate, at Catalyst’s sole expense and by counsel of its own choice (including, in Catalyst’s discretion, any counsel employed by BioMarin to prepare, file, prosecute or maintain any Licensed Patents prior to the Effective Date), and BioMarin shall promptly disclose to Catalyst any invention disclosures, or other similar documents, submitted to it by its employees, agents or independent contractors describing subject matter that are purported to be BioMarin Inventions as defined hereunder, and all information relating to such BioMarin Inventions in sufficient detail for Catalyst to exercise its right to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain a Patent claiming such BioMarin Invention in each jurisdiction within the Territory. Catalyst shall keep BioMarin reasonably informed and apprised of the status of each such Licensed Patent in the Territory. Catalyst shall provide BioMarin with copies of all official documentation and communications relating to the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of such Licensed Patents in the Territory sufficiently in advance of any initial deadline for a filing response (and at least 30 days in advance) so that BioMarin shall have the opportunity to advise and comment on any filings of applications, responses to office actions, or other material filing or response with respect to the Licensed Patents. Catalyst shall give reasonable consideration to any suggestions or recommendations of BioMarin concerning the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance thereof. If, during the term of this Agreement, Catalyst intends not to continue prosecuting or maintaining a Licensed Patent that was licensed to BioMarin Huxley Ltd. by EUSA under the EUSA License (any such Patent, a “EUSA Licensed Patent”) in the Territory, Catalyst shall notify BioMarin of such intention at least sixty (60) days prior to any applicable deadline, and BioMarin shall thereupon have the right, but not the obligation, to assume responsibility for the prosecution and maintenance of such EUSA Licensed Patent, for which BioMarin shall bear all associated costs and expenses. For clarity, BioMarin shall retain sole control of and shall be solely responsible for filing, prosecuting and maintaining Licensed Patents in the ROW, at BioMarin’s sole discretion and expense.
Joint Patents With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, AstraZeneca shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare patent applications based on such Joint Invention, to file and prosecute (including defense of any oppositions, interferences, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) such patent applications, and to maintain any Joint Patents issuing therefrom, in any jurisdictions throughout the Territory. FibroGen shall have the corresponding first right, but not the obligation, in any jurisdictions outside of the Territory other than China, in respect of which the China Agreement shall govern. If AstraZeneca determines in its sole discretion to abandon, cease prosecution or otherwise not file or maintain any Joint Patent anywhere in the Territory, then AstraZeneca shall provide FibroGen written notice of such determination at least thirty (30) days before any deadline for taking action to avoid abandonment (or other loss of rights) and shall provide FibroGen with the opportunity to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain such Joint Patent. The Party that is responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining a particular Joint Patent (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such prosecution efforts regarding such Joint Patent, and such other Party shall provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts. 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 the duty of candor/duty of disclosure requirements of any patent authority. Either Party may determine that it is no longer interested in supporting the continued prosecution or maintenance of a particular Joint Patent in a country or jurisdiction, in which case: (i) the disclaiming Party shall, if requested in writing by the other Party, assign its ownership interest in such Joint Patent in such country or jurisdiction to the other Party for no additional consideration; and (ii) if such assignment is effected, any such Joint Patent would thereafter be deemed a FibroGen Patent in the case of assignment to FibroGen, or a AstraZeneca Patent in the case of assignment to AstraZeneca; provided, however, that the disclaiming party would have an immunity from suit under such FibroGen Patent or AstraZeneca Patent, as the case may be, in the applicable country or jurisdiction. In addition, any Joint Patent that becomes a FibroGen Patent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be excluded from the license granted to AstraZeneca in Section 7.1. Each Party shall bear its own internal costs in respect of the prosecution of Joint Patents. Out-of-pocket costs incurred in respect of the prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patents in the Territory shall be borne equally by AstraZeneca and FibroGen. In the event a Party elects to disclaim its interest in a Joint Patent, the costs incurred with respect to such Patent after the date of such disclaimer shall thereafter be borne exclusively by the other Party, without reimbursement or credit.
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.
Third Party Patent Rights If either Party desires to bring an opposition, action for declaratory judgment, nullity action, interference, declaration for non-infringement, reexamination or other attack upon the validity, title or enforceability of a Patent Right owned or controlled by a Third Party and having one or more claims that Cover the Compound or Product, or the use, sale, offer for sale or importation of the Compound or Product (except insofar as such action is a counterclaim to or defense of, or accompanies a defense of, a Third Party’s claim or assertion of infringement under Section 7.6, in which case the provisions of Section 7.6 shall govern), such Party shall so notify the other Party and the Parties shall promptly confer to determine whether to bring such action or the manner in which to settle such action. Provention shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to bring, at its own expense and in its sole control, such action in the Territory. If Provention does not bring such an action in the Territory, within ninety (90) days of notification thereof pursuant to this Section 7.7(a) (or earlier, if required by the nature of the proceeding), MacroGenics shall have the right, but not the obligation, to bring, at MacroGenics’ own expense, such action. The Party not bringing an action under this Section 7.7(a) shall be entitled to separate representation in such proceeding by counsel of its own choice and at its own expense, and shall cooperate fully with the Party bringing such action. Any awards or amounts received in bringing any such action shall be first allocated to reimburse the initiating Party’s expenses in such action, and any remaining amounts shall be allocated between the Parties as provided in Section 7.5(e).
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.
