First Right to Prosecute Sample Clauses

First Right to Prosecute. The Lead Party shall have the first and exclusive right, but not the obligation, under its own control and at its own expense, to prosecute any Third Party infringement, misappropriation or other violation of the Licensed Patents, subject to Sections 7.4 and 7.5. The total cost of any such infringement action commenced or defended solely by the Lead Party shall be borne by the Lead Party. The Lead Party shall keep the other Party reasonably informed of all developments in the prosecution or settlement of such action, including by providing copies of documents received or filed in connection with any such action promptly upon receipt, or reasonably in advance of their filing, to the extent controlled by the Lead Party, for the other Party to review and comment thereon, which information and documents shall be subject to Article 10. The Lead Party shall consult with, and consider in good faith the requests and suggestions of the other Party with respect to such prosecution, provided that the Lead Party shall retain final decision-making authority with respect to any such prosecution. The Lead Party shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to delegate its rights under this Section 7.2 (b), in whole or in part, to Third Party provided that such Third Party shall comply with the terms of this Section 7.2 (b) and that the Lead Party shall remain primarily liable for any acts or omissions of such Third Party.
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First Right to Prosecute. Subject to Section 6.2(b), TWTI (itself or through a designee) shall have the sole right to control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Patents within the TWTI IP, and shall bear all costs associated therewith. TWTI shall consider comments from ACLA regarding steps that might be taken to strengthen patent protection with respect to any Patent within such TWTI IP or to expand protection in a mutually desired manner. Nothing herein shall imply or create any obligation for TWTI to file, prosecute, obtain or maintain any Patents or to follow ACLA's recommendations or comments.
First Right to Prosecute. MethylGene shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain MethylGene Collaboration Patent Rights in the Field in the Territory in accordance with the Patent Prosecution Plan, using counsel of MethylGene’s choice reasonably acceptable to Otsuka, including, without limitation, Xxxxx and Zucchero, LLP. MethylGene promptly shall forward to Otsuka copies of any substantive correspondence and actions prepared for or received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any foreign patent office that may materially affect MethylGene Collaboration Patent Rights identified in the Patent Prosecution Plan. MethylGene shall provide Otsuka with a reasonable opportunity to comment on all draft filings for the prosecution and maintenance of such MethylGene Collaboration Patent Rights, including, without limitation, all associated prosecution, patent application filings, interference, opposition, re-examination, re-issue, revocation and invalidity proceedings, prior to and sufficiently in advance of their submission to the relevant patent authority. MethylGene shall in good faith consider all such comments by Otsuka. On the reasonable request of MethylGene, Otsuka shall cooperate, in all reasonable ways, in connection with the prosecution of all patent applications included within such MethylGene Collaboration Patent Rights. With respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of MethylGene Collaboration Patent Rights included in the Patent Prosecution Plan, MethylGene shall not incur costs in excess of the Patent Prosecution Budget without the prior approval of the JRDC or Otsuka, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
First Right to Prosecute. As between the Parties, SUTRO shall have the first right (but not the obligation) to Prosecute and Maintain the SUTRO Patents at its cost (subject to the second to last sentence of this Section 9.5.1(a)). SUTRO shall keep CELGENE informed as to material developments with respect to the Prosecution and Maintenance of such Patents, including by providing copies of all substantive office actions or any other substantive documents that SUTRO receives from any patent office, including notice of all interferences, reissues, re-examinations, oppositions or requests for patent term extensions. The Prosecution and Maintenance conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement of any SUTRO Patent Covering a BAC or ADC, Development Candidate or corresponding Licensed Product (each, a “Product-Specific SUTRO Patent”) and exclusively licensed to CELGENE under this Agreement shall be at CELGENE’s cost. For clarity, no rights are granted under this Section to CELGENE with respect to the SUTRO Expression Patents.
First Right to Prosecute. As between the Parties, CELGENE shall have the first right (but not the obligation) to Prosecute and Maintain the CELGENE Patents at its cost. CELGENE shall keep SUTRO informed as to material developments with respect to the Prosecution and Maintenance of such Patents, including by providing copies of all substantive office actions or any other substantive documents that CELGENE receives from any patent office, including notice of all interferences, reissues, re-examinations, oppositions or requests for patent term extensions.
First Right to Prosecute. A Party shall have the first right to file, prosecute and maintain the Patents covering technology that such Party solely owns, whether in accordance with Sections 7.1 and 7.2, as applicable, or by assignment pursuant to Section 4.4.

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  • Right to Proceed The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of Holders to institute a Direct Action as set forth in Section 2.8(d) hereto.

  • Notice of Litigation, Right to Prosecute, Etc No Fund shall be liable for indemnification under this Section 5.03 unless a Person shall have promptly notified such Fund in writing of the commencement of any litigation or proceeding brought against such Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Section 5.03. With respect to claims in such litigation or proceedings for which indemnity by a Fund may be sought and subject to applicable law and the ruling of any court of competent jurisdiction, such Fund shall be entitled to participate in any such litigation or proceeding and, after written notice from such Fund to any Person, such Fund may assume the defense of such litigation or proceeding with counsel of its choice at its own expense in respect of that portion of the litigation for which such Fund may be subject to an indemnification obligation; provided however, a Person shall be entitled to participate in (but not control) at its own cost and expense, the defense of any such litigation or proceeding if such Fund has not acknowledged in writing its obligation to indemnify the Person with respect to such litigation or proceeding. If such Fund is not permitted to participate or control such litigation or proceeding under applicable law or by a ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, such Person shall reasonably prosecute such litigation or proceeding. A Person shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement in any such litigation or proceeding without providing each applicable Fund with adequate notice of any such settlement or judgment, and without each such Fund's prior written consent. All Persons shall submit written evidence to each applicable Fund with respect to any cost or expense for which they are seeking indemnification in such form and detail as such Fund may reasonably request.

  • Right to Grieve Where an employee feels that she has been aggrieved by a decision of the Employer related to promotion, demotion or transfer, the employee may grieve the decision at Step 3 of the grievance procedure in Article 9 of this Agreement within seven (7) days of being notified of the results.

  • Right to Defend Upon receipt of notice of any matter for which indemnification might be claimed by an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to defend, contest or otherwise protect against any such matter at its own cost and expense, and the Indemnified Party must cooperate in any such defense or other action. The Indemnified Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate at its own expense in defense thereof by counsel of its own choosing, but the Indemnifying Party be entitled to control the defense unless the Indemnified Party has relieved the Indemnifying Party from liability with respect to the particular matter or the Indemnifying Party fails to assume defense of the matter. In the event the Indemnifying Party shall fail to defend, contest or otherwise protect in a timely manner against any matter, the Indemnified Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, thereafter to defend, contest or otherwise protect against the same and make any compromise or settlement thereof and recover the reasonable cost thereof from the Indemnifying Party including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements and all amounts paid as a result of such suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding or the compromise or settlement thereof; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party must send a written notice to the Indemnifying Party of any such proposed settlement or compromise, which settlement or compromise the Indemnifying Party may reject, in its reasonable judgment, within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice. Failure to reject such notice within such ten (10) day period shall be deemed an acceptance of such settlement or compromise. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to effect a settlement or compromise over the objection of the Indemnifying Party; provided, that if (i) the Indemnifying Party is contesting such claim in good faith or (ii) the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense from the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party waives any right to indemnity therefor. If the Indemnifying Party undertakes the defense of such matters, the Indemnified Party shall not, so long as the Indemnifying Party does not abandon the defense thereof, be entitled to recover from the Indemnifying Party any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than the reasonable costs of investigation undertaken by the Indemnified Party with the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party.

  • Owner’s Right to Stop Work The Owner reserves the right, for itself and for any designated Construction Inspector retained by Owner, upon observation of apparent nonconforming Work, to immediately stop the affected Work. If the Work is later determined by the Design Professional to be in fact conforming Work, then Contractor shall be entitled upon timely claim to a Change Order for payment by Owner of any reasonable Actual Costs actually incurred by Contractor in connection with the stop Work order and resumption of the Work, as well as an extension in the time for performance of the Work to the extent Contractor is delayed by Owner's stop Work order. The Design Professional shall determine the time, which shall be binding upon both Owner and Contractor, as set forth in Section 3, Part 3.

  • Right to Organize Teachers shall have the right to self-organization for mutual protection, to form, join or assist the organization or refrain from such activity, and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.

  • Right to Reject Investment In contrast, we have the right to reject your subscription for any reason or for no reason, in our sole discretion. If we reject your subscription, any money you have given us will be returned to you.

  • Right to Insure The Company shall have the right to secure, in its own name or otherwise, and at its own expense, life, health, accident or other insurance covering Executive, and Executive shall have no right, title or interest in and to such insurance. Executive shall assist the Company in procuring such insurance by submitting to examinations and by signing such applications and other instruments as may be required by the insurance carriers to which application is made for any such insurance.

  • Right to Piggyback Whenever the Company proposes to register any Equity Securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee share plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan or (iv) pursuant to a registration in which the Company is offering to exchange its own securities for other securities), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company (other than the Investors) (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written notice to each Investor of its intention to effect such a registration (but in no event less than ten (10) days prior to the proposed date of filing of the applicable Registration Statement) and, subject to Sections 1.5(b), 1.5(c) and 2.1, shall include in such Registration Statement and in any offering of Equity Securities to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement that number of Registrable Securities requested to be sold in such offering by such Investor for the account of such Investor, provided that the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein from such Investor no later than five (5) business days after the date on which the Company has given notice of the Piggyback Registration to Investors. The Company may terminate, delay or withdraw a Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of such registration at any time in its sole discretion and, thereupon, (x) in the case of a determination to terminate or withdraw any registration, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities under this Section 1.5 in connection with such registration and (y) in the case of a determination to delay registration, the Company shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities under this Section 1.5 for the same period as the delay in registering the other equity securities covered by such registration. If a Piggyback Registration is effected pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or the then-appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto (a “Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement”), the Investors shall be notified by the Company of and shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate in any offering pursuant to such Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement (a “Piggyback Shelf Take-Down”), subject to the same limitations that are applicable to any other Piggyback Registration as set forth above.

  • Right to Refuse to Cross Picket Lines (a) All employees covered by this Agreement shall have the right to refuse to cross a picket line arising out of a dispute as defined in the appropriate legislation. Any employees failing to report for duty shall be considered to be absent without pay. (b) Failure to cross a picket line encountered in carrying out the Employer's business shall not be considered a violation of this Agreement nor shall it be grounds for disciplinary action.

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