Common use of Exploitation of Foreground Clause in Contracts

Exploitation of Foreground. Subject to Section 8.5 and 8.6, each Party shall have the right to exploit such Foreground solely owned by it, and each owner of joint Foreground shall be entitled to use the jointly owned Foreground, unless otherwise agreed in a joint ownership agreement to be concluded between the joint owners before any exploitation of Foreground takes place: for non-commercial purposes such as academic research and third party research, as well as training and teaching activities, on a royalty-free basis, and without requiring the prior consent of the other joint owner(s); and to grant nonexclusive licences to third parties (without any right to sublicense) for commercial purposes, if the other joint owners are given (i) at least 45 (forty-five) days advance notice and (ii) fair and reasonable compensation taking into account each joint owner’s relative intellectual contribution to the joint Foreground.

Exploitation of Foreground. Subject to Section 8.5 and 8.6, each Party shall have the right to exploit such Foreground solely owned by it, and each owner of joint Foreground shall be entitled to use the jointly owned Foreground, unless otherwise agreed in a joint ownership agreement to be concluded between the joint owners before any exploitation of Foreground takes place: : 8.4.1. for non-commercial purposes such as academic research and third party research, as well as training and teaching activities, on a royalty-free basis, and without requiring the prior consent of the other joint owner(s); and and 8.4.2. to grant nonexclusive licences to third parties (without any right to sublicense) for commercial purposes, if the other joint owners are given (i) at least 45 (forty-five) days advance notice and (ii) fair and reasonable compensation taking into account each joint owner’s relative intellectual contribution to the joint Foreground.