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.

Related to First Right to Prosecute

  • Company Right to Prosecute So long as Company remains the only licensee of the Patent Rights and Biological Materials in the Field, Company shall have the right, under its own control and at its own expense, to prosecute any third party infringement of the Patent Rights in the Field or, together with licensees of the Patent Rights in other fields (if any), to defend the Patent Rights in any declaratory judgment action brought by a third party which alleges invalidity, unenforceability, or non-infringement of the Patent Rights. Prior to commencing any such action, Company shall consult with Medical School and shall consider the views of Medical School regarding the advisability of the proposed action and its effect on the public interest. Company shall not enter into any settlement, consent judgment, or other voluntary final disposition of any infringement action under this Subsection without the prior written consent of Medical School, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any recovery obtained in an action under this Subsection shall be distributed as follows: (i) each party shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in the action (including the amount of any royalty payments withheld from Medical School as described below), (ii) as to ordinary damages, Company shall receive an amount equal to its lost profits or a reasonable royalty on the infringing sales (whichever measure of damages the court shall have applied), less a reasonable approximation of the royalties that Company would have paid to Medical School if Company had sold the infringing products and services rather than the infringer, and (iii) as to special or punitive damages, the parties shall share equally in any award. Company may offset a total of fifty percent (50%) of any expenses incurred under this Subsection against any royalty payments due to Medical School under this Agreement, provided that in no event shall the royalty payments under Section 4.5. and 4.7., when aggregated with any other offsets and credits allowed under this Agreement, be reduced by more than fifty percent (50%) in any Royalty Period.

  • 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 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.

  • 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 If, at any time after an Initial Public Offering, the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Registrable Securities (other than a registration statement (i) on Form X-0, Xxxx X-0 or any successor forms thereto or (ii) filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), whether or not for its own account, then, each such time, the Company shall give prompt written notice of such proposed filing at least fifteen (15) days before the anticipated filing date (the “Piggyback Notice”) to all of the holders of Registrable Securities. The Piggyback Notice shall offer such holders the opportunity to include in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities as each such holder, including, without limitation, Registrable Securities held by any Member who is not an Initiating Holder, may request (a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 4(b) hereof, the Company shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after notice has been given to the applicable holder. The eligible holders of Registrable Securities shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a Piggyback Registration beyond the earlier to occur of (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after the effective date thereof or for two years in the case of a “shelf” Registration Statement and (ii) consummation of the distribution by the holders of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement.

  • Right to Work For purposes of federal immigration law, you will be required to provide to the Company documentary evidence of your identity and eligibility for employment in the United States. Such documentation must be provided to us within three (3) business days of your Start Date, or our employment relationship with you may be terminated.

  • Right to Company Materials The Executive agrees that all styles, designs, lists, materials, books, files, reports, correspondence, records, and other documents (“Company Materials”) used, prepared, or made available to the Executive shall be and shall remain the property of the Company. Upon the termination of employment or the expiration of this Agreement, the Executive shall immediately return to the Company all Company Materials, and the Executive shall not make or retain any copies thereof.

  • Right to Contest and Defend The indemnifying party shall be entitled at its cost and expense to contest and defend by all appropriate legal proceedings any Indemnity Claim with respect to which it is called upon to indemnify the indemnified party under the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that notice of the intention to so contest shall be delivered by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party within 20 days from the date of receipt by the indemnifying party of notice by the indemnified party of the assertion of the Indemnity Claim. Any such contest may be conducted in the name and on behalf of the indemnifying party or the indemnified party as may be appropriate. Such contest shall be conducted and prosecuted diligently to a final conclusion or settled in accordance with this Section 7.4 by reputable counsel employed by the indemnifying party and not reasonably objected to by the indemnified party, but the indemnified party shall have the right but not the obligation to participate in such proceedings and to be represented by counsel of its own choosing at its sole cost and expense. The indemnifying party shall have full authority to determine all action to be taken with respect thereto; provided, however, that the indemnifying party will not have the authority to subject the indemnified party to any obligation whatsoever, other than the performance of purely ministerial tasks or obligations not involving material expense. If the indemnifying party does not elect to contest any such Indemnity Claim or elects to contest such Indemnity Claim but fails diligently and promptly to prosecute or settle such claim, the indemnifying party shall be bound by the result obtained with respect thereto by the indemnified party. If the indemnifying party shall have assumed the defense of an Indemnity Claim, the indemnified party shall agree to any settlement, compromise or discharge of an Indemnity Claim that the indemnifying party may recommend and that by its terms obligates the indemnifying party to pay the full amount of the liability in connection with such Indemnity Claim, which releases the indemnified party completely in connection with such Indemnity Claim and which would not otherwise adversely affect the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Indemnity Claim (and shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the indemnified party in defending such Indemnity Claim) if the Indemnity Claim seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other than money damages against the indemnified party which the indemnified party reasonably determines, after conferring with its outside counsel, cannot be separated from any related claim for money damages. If such equitable relief or other relief portion of the Indemnity Claim can be so separated from that for money damages, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to assume the defense of the portion relating to money damages.

  • Right to Monitor and Participate An Indemnitee that does not conduct and control the defense of any Third-Party Claim, or an Indemnifying Party that has failed to elect to defend any Third-Party Claim as contemplated hereby, nevertheless shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel as necessary) of its own choosing to monitor and participate in (but not control) the defense of any Third-Party Claim for which it is a potential Indemnitee or Indemnifying Party, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnitee or Indemnifying Party, as the case may be, and the provisions of Section 4.5(c) shall not apply to such fees and expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Sections 6.7 and 6.8, such Party shall cooperate with the Party entitled to conduct and control the defense of such Third-Party Claim in such defense and make available to the controlling Party, at the non-controlling Party’s expense, all witnesses, information and materials in such Party’s possession or under such Party’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the controlling Party. In addition to the foregoing, if any Indemnitee shall in good faith determine that such Indemnitee and the Indemnifying Party have actual or potential differing defenses or conflicts of interest between them that make joint representation inappropriate, then the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel as necessary) and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, and the Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for all Indemnitees.

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