Infringement by Third Party (a) Each party will promptly notify the other party of any infringement or possible infringement of any of the Patents or other Licensed Technology. Licensee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to prosecute such infringement at its own expense. In such event, UM shall cooperate with Licensee, at UM’s expense. Licensee shall not settle or compromise any such suit in a manner that imposes any obligations or restrictions on UM or grants any rights to the Licensed Technology which are inconsistent with the rights and obligations of Licensee or UM pursuant to this Agreement, without UM’s written consent.
Infringement by Third Parties Genetronics and Ethicon shall promptly notify the other in writing of any alleged or threatened infringement of any patent included in the Genetronics Patent Rights or the Joint Patent Rights of which they become aware. Both parties shall cooperate with each other to terminate such infringement without litigation. Genetronics shall have the right to bring and control any action or proceeding with respect to infringement of any patent included in the Genetronics Patent Rights, at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Ethicon shall have the right to be represented in any such action, at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice. In the event any patent included in the Joint Patent Rights is infringed by a Third Party, the party responsible for prosecution and maintenance of the applicable Joint Patent Rights under Section 10.2(b) shall have the right to bring and control any action or proceeding with respect to such patent, and the other party shall have the right to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice, and the parties shall share equally in the expenses thereof. With respect to infringement of any patent included in the Genetronics Patent Rights, if Genetronics fails to bring an action or proceeding within (a) 90 days following the notice of alleged infringement or (b) 10 days before the time limit, if any, set forth in the appropriate laws and regulations for the filing of such actions, whichever comes first, Ethicon shall have the right to bring and control any such action, at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Genetronics shall have the right to be represented in any such action, at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice. In the event a party brings an infringement action, the other party shall cooperate fully, including if required to bring such action, the furnishing of a power of attorney. Neither party shall have the right to settle any patent infringement litigation under this Section 10.5 in a manner that diminishes the rights or interests of the other party without the consent of such other party. In the event Genetronics brings such action, any recovery realized as a result of such litigation, after reimbursement of any litigation expenses of Genetronics and Ethicon, shall belong to Genetronics.
No Infringement by Third Parties To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party is misappropriating, infringing, diluting or violating any Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company, and no such claims have been brought against any third party by the Company.
Infringement Controlled Affiliate shall promptly notify Plan and Plan shall promptly notify BCBSA of any suspected acts of infringement, unfair competition or passing off that may occur in relation to the Licensed Marks and Name. Controlled Affiliate shall not be entitled to require Plan or BCBSA to take any actions or institute any proceedings to prevent infringement, unfair competition or passing off by third parties. Controlled Affiliate agrees to render to Plan and BCBSA, without charge, all reasonable assistance in connection with any matter pertaining to the protection of the Licensed Marks and Name by BCBSA.
INFRINGEMENT SUITS Neither party shall have any obligation hereunder to institute any action or suit against Third Parties for misappropriation of any of its Confidential Information or to defend any action or suit brought by a Third Party that alleges infringement of any intellectual property rights by the Receiving Party's authorized use of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information.
Infringement Proceedings Each Party agrees to promptly notify the other Party of any unauthorized use of the other Party's Marks of which it has actual knowledge. Each Party will have the sole right and discretion to bring proceedings alleging infringement of its Marks or unfair competition related thereto; provided, however, that each Party agrees to provide the other Party with its reasonable cooperation and assistance with respect to any such infringement proceedings.
Infringements Controlled Affiliate shall promptly notify Plan and BCBSA of any suspected acts of infringement, unfair competition or passing off which may occur in relation to the Licensed Marks. Controlled Affiliate shall not be entitled to require Plan or BCBSA to take any actions or institute any proceedings to prevent infringement, unfair competition or passing off by third parties. Controlled Affiliate agrees to render to Plan and BCBSA, free of charge, all reasonable assistance in connection with any matter pertaining to the protection of the Licensed Marks by BCBSA.
Infringement of Third Party Rights Each Party shall promptly notify the other in writing of any allegation by a Third Party that the activity of either of the Parties hereunder infringes or may infringe the intellectual property rights of such Third Party. Genentech shall have the first right but not the obligation to control any defense of any such claim involving alleged infringement of Third Party rights by Genentech’s activities under this Agreement at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Curis shall have the right but not the obligation, at its own expense, to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice. If Genentech fails to proceed in a timely fashion with regard to such defense, Curis shall have the right but not the obligation to control any such defense of such claim at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Genentech shall have the right but not the obligation, at its own expense, to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice. Curis shall have the first right but not the obligation to control any defense of any such claim involving alleged infringement of Third Party rights by Curis’ activities under this Agreement at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Genentech shall have the right but not the obligation, at its own expense, to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice. If Curis fails to proceed in a timely fashion with regard to such defense, Genentech shall have the right but not the obligation to control any such defense of such claim at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Curis shall have the right but not the obligation, at its own expense, to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice. Neither Party shall have the right to settle any infringement action under this Section 10.5 in a manner that diminishes the rights or interests of the other Party hereunder without the consent of such Party.
Infringement of Third Party Patents (a) If a third party asserts that a patent or other proprietary right owned by it is infringed by the manufacture, use, importation, offer for sale or sale of a Licensed Product in the Field and in the Territory and such alleged infringement arises in whole or in part from Alcon's use of the Pharmacyclics Technology (a "Claim"), the Party against whom such a Claim was asserted shall immediately provide the other Party notice of such Claim and the related facts in reasonable detail. Unless it is mutually agreed that the Parties should proceed jointly in defending such an action, the Party sued shall defend such action. The other Party shall cooperate in connection therewith and shall have the right to be represented separately by counsel of its own choice, at its own expense. The entity (whether Pharmacyclics or Alcon) that controls the defense of such a Claim with respect to the Licensed Product in the Field and in the Territory shall also have the right to control settlement of such Claim; provided, however, that no settlement shall be entered into without the consent of the other Party. To the extent that any of the costs set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence are attributable to infringement arising from Alcon's use of the Pharmacyclics Technology, Alcon shall have the right to deduct from and offset against royalties otherwise payable to Pharmacyclics under Section 4.4(a), the following: (i) all litigation costs related to such Claim; (ii) any money damages paid by Alcon or its Affiliates pursuant to any judgment or settlement resulting from such Claim; and (iii) any royalty that Alcon and/or its Affiliates and sublicensees are required to pay to a third party in settlement of such Claim in order to continue to exercise Alcon's license rights as set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall royalties owed Pharmacyclics under Section 4.4(a) be reduced by more than (*) in any given royalty period.
Infringement and Litigation 11.1 Each party shall promptly notify the other in writing in the event that it obtains knowledge of infringing activity by third parties, or is sued or threatened with an infringement suit, in any country in the LICENSED TERRITORY as a result of activities that concern the LICENSED PATENTS, and shall supply the other party with documentation of the infringing activities that it possesses.
