Common use of Joint Improvements/Collaboration IP Clause in Contracts

Joint Improvements/Collaboration IP. Subject to the rights herein, each Party shall have the right to practice and exploit Joint Improvements and Joint Collaboration IP, without any obligation to account to the other for profits, or to obtain any approval of the other Party to license, assign or otherwise exploit Joint Improvements and Joint Collaboration IP, by reason of joint ownership thereof, and each Party hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to require any such approval or accounting; and to the extent there are any Applicable Laws that prohibit such a waiver, each Party will be deemed to so consent. Each Party agrees to be named as a party, if necessary, to bring or maintain a lawsuit involving a Joint Improvement or Joint Collaboration IP.