Joint IP. (a) MacroGenics shall have the first right, at MacroGenics’ discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Patents claiming patentable inventions included in the Joint IP (“Joint Patents”) in the MacroGenics Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier. Servier shall have the first right, at Servier’s discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Joint Patents in the Servier Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier. (b) With respect to Joint Patents, if the Party with the responsibility for filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Patents in accordance with clause (a) above (the “Responsible Party”) elects not to seek or continue to seek or maintain patent protection on any Joint Patent in its territory, the other Party shall have the right to seek, prosecute and maintain patent protection on such Joint Patent in the other Party’s name and the Responsible Party shall assign its entire right, title and interest in such Joint Patent to the other Party. The Responsible Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to make available to the other Party its authorized attorneys, agents or representatives, and to assist the other Party in obtaining and maintaining such patent protection. The Responsible Party shall sign or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to have signed all legal documents necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications or to obtain or maintain such patents. (c) The Parties shall establish procedures to coordinate the filing and prosecution of Joint Patent. With respect to Joint Patents, the Responsible Party shall provide the other Party, within *** after submitting or receiving such filings or correspondence, with copies of all filings and correspondence submitted to and received from patent offices and, with respect to substantive filings and correspondence to be submitted to patent offices, shall use reasonable efforts to provide the other Party with drafts of such filings and correspondence reasonably in advance of submission and shall consider in good faith any comments regarding such filings and correspondence that the other Party may timely provide. (d) Each Party shall be responsible for the costs and expenses it occurs in connection with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patents.
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Samples: Option for a License Agreement (Macrogenics Inc), Option for a License Agreement (Macrogenics Inc)
Joint IP. (a) MacroGenics shall have the first right, at MacroGenics’ discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Patents claiming patentable inventions included in the Joint IP (“Joint Patents”) in the MacroGenics Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier. Servier shall have the first right, at Servier’s discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Joint Patents in the Servier Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier.
(b) With respect to Joint Patents, if the Party with the responsibility for filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Patents in accordance with clause (a) above (the “Responsible Party”) elects not to seek or continue to seek or maintain patent protection on any Joint Patent in its territory, the other Party shall have the right to seek, prosecute and maintain patent protection on such Joint Patent in the other Party’s name and the Responsible Party shall assign its entire right, title and interest in such Joint Patent to the other Party. The Responsible Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to make available to the other Party its authorized attorneys, agents or representatives, and to assist the other Party in obtaining and maintaining such patent protection. The Responsible Party shall sign or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to have signed all legal documents necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications or to obtain or maintain such patents.
(c) The Parties shall establish procedures to coordinate the filing and prosecution of Joint PatentPatents. With respect to Joint Patents, the Responsible Party shall provide the other Party, within *** after submitting or receiving such filings or correspondence, with copies of all filings and correspondence submitted to and received from patent offices and, with respect to substantive filings and correspondence to be submitted to patent offices, shall use reasonable efforts to provide the other Party with drafts of such filings and correspondence reasonably in advance of submission and shall consider in good faith any comments regarding such filings and correspondence that the other Party may timely provide.
(d) Each Party shall be responsible for the costs and expenses it occurs in connection with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patents.
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Samples: Option for a License Agreement (Macrogenics Inc), Option for a License Agreement (Macrogenics Inc)
Joint IP. (a) MacroGenics shall have the first right, at MacroGenics’ discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Patents claiming patentable inventions included in the Joint IP (“Joint Patents”) in the MacroGenics Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier. Servier shall have the first right, at Servier’s discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Joint Patents in the Servier Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier.
(b) With respect to Joint Patents, if the Party with the responsibility for filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Patents in accordance with clause (a) above (the “Responsible Party”) elects not to seek or continue to seek or maintain patent protection on any Joint Patent in its territory, the other Party shall have the right to seek, prosecute and maintain patent protection on such Joint Patent in the other Party’s name and the Responsible Party shall assign its entire right, title and interest in such Joint Patent to the other Party. The Responsible Party shall use *** = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission. Commercially Reasonable Efforts to make available to the other Party its authorized attorneys, agents or representatives, and to assist the other Party in obtaining and maintaining such patent protection. The Responsible Party shall sign or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to have signed all legal documents necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications or to obtain or maintain such patents.
(c) The Parties shall establish procedures to coordinate the filing and prosecution of Joint PatentPatents. With respect to Joint Patents, the Responsible Party shall provide the other Party, within *** after submitting or receiving such filings or correspondence, with copies of all filings and correspondence submitted to and received from patent offices and, with respect to substantive filings and correspondence to be submitted to patent offices, shall use reasonable efforts to provide the other Party with drafts of such filings and correspondence reasonably in advance of submission and shall consider in good faith any comments regarding such filings and correspondence that the other Party may timely provide.
(d) Each Party shall be responsible for the costs and expenses it occurs in connection with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patents.
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Samples: Option for a License Agreement
Joint IP. Pfizer and Servier shall jointly and equally (a50/50) MacroGenics shall have the first right, at MacroGenics’ discretion, to file, prosecuteown any Joint Intellectual Property, and maintain the Parties will share (including 50/50) of the defense of any interference remaining interest in such Joint Intellectual Property. Each Party shall, and does hereby, assign, and shall cause its Affiliates, licensees, contractors and Sublicensees (and its and their employees or opposition proceedings), all Patents claiming patentable inventions included in the Joint IP agents) to so assign (“Joint Patents”) in the MacroGenics Territoryor, in the names case of both MacroGenics contractors, licensees and Servier. Servier shall have the first rightSublicensees, at Servier’s discretionuse Commercially Reasonable Efforts to cause such contractors, licensees and Sublicensees to assign or license), to file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Joint Patents in the Servier Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier.
(b) With respect to Joint Patents, if the Party with the responsibility for filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Patents in accordance with clause (a) above (the “Responsible Party”) elects not to seek or continue to seek or maintain patent protection on any Joint Patent in its territory, the other Party shall have the right to seek, prosecute and maintain patent protection on such Joint Patent in the other Party’s name and the Responsible Party shall assign its entire , without additional compensation, such right, title and interest in such and to any Joint Patent Intellectual Property, as is necessary to fully effect the joint ownership provided for in this Section 12.1.3. Subject to the grant of licenses under Section 2.1, each Party’s representations, warranties and covenants under ARTICLE 14 and the Parties’ other rights and obligations under this Agreement, each Party shall be free to exploit, either itself or through the grant of licenses to Third Parties (which Third Party licenses may be further sublicensed), Joint IP throughout the world without restriction, without the need to obtain further consent from or provide notice to the other Party and without any duty to account or otherwise make any payment of any compensation to the other Party. The Responsible Party Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Pfizer acknowledges and agrees to comply with its obligations to Cellectis under the Servier / Cellectis Agreement arising from being Servier’s sublicensee under that agreement, (except to any extent relieved in accordance with any agreement between Pfizer and Cellectis related thereto) and obligations to Cellectis with respect to, any and all inventions, Know-How and other intellectual property arising during the Term under this Agreement that would be defined as “Joint IP” under the Servier / Cellectis Agreement shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to make available be governed by the terms of the Servier / Cellectis Agreement, and the Parties’ rights in and each Party’s obligations to the other Party its authorized attorneys, agents or representatives, and to assist the other Party in obtaining and maintaining under this Agreement for any such patent protection. The Responsible Party shall sign or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to have signed all legal documents necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications or to obtain or maintain such patents.
(c) The Parties shall establish procedures to coordinate the filing and prosecution of “Joint Patent. With respect to Joint Patents, the Responsible Party shall provide the other Party, within *** after submitting or receiving such filings or correspondence, with copies of all filings and correspondence submitted to and received from patent offices and, with respect to substantive filings and correspondence to be submitted to patent offices, shall use reasonable efforts to provide the other Party with drafts of such filings and correspondence reasonably in advance of submission and shall consider in good faith any comments regarding such filings and correspondence that the other Party may timely provide.
(d) Each Party IP” shall be responsible for subject to any applicable terms of the costs and expenses it occurs in connection with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint PatentsServier / Cellectis Agreement.
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Samples: Exclusive License and Collaboration Agreement (Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.)
Joint IP. (ai) MacroGenics The JDC shall have the first rightdetermine which Party shall prepare, at MacroGenics’ discretion, to file, prosecute, and maintain prosecute (including any interferences, oppositions, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) and maintain, jointly in Active Biotech’s and Chelsea’s names, with the defense out-of-pocket expenses (including all costs of outside counsel, which counsel shall be subject to the other Party’s reasonable approval) shared equally by the Parties, any interference or opposition proceedings), all Patents claiming patentable inventions included patent applications necessary to protect the proprietary positions of the Parties in the Joint IP (“any Joint Patents. Active Biotech and Chelsea shall consult in good faith and mutually agree to which countries (hereinafter “Core Countries”) in the MacroGenics Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics and Servier. Servier which such Party shall have the first right, at Servier’s discretion, to file, prosecute, prosecute and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings), all Joint Patents in the Servier Territory, in the names of both MacroGenics such patent applications and Servier.
(b) With respect to Joint Patents, if the Party consult with the responsibility for filing, prosecuting and maintaining JDC regarding the same. If such Patents in accordance with clause (a) above (the “Responsible Party”) Party elects not to seek or continue to seek prepare, file, prosecute or maintain patent protection on any Joint Patent in its territory, such Party shall promptly notify the other Party and the other Party shall have the right to seekprepare, file, prosecute and maintain such patent protection on such application or patent, in Active Biotech’s and Chelsea’s names, with the out-of-pocket expenses shared equally by the Parties.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may decline to pay its share of out-of-pocket expenses for preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining any Joint Patent in a particular country or countries, in which case the other Party’s name and the Responsible declining Party shall assign to the other Party all of its entire right, title and interest in and to any such Joint patent application or patent in the relevant country or countries and all Patent to Rights related thereto shall be considered part of such other Party’s Patent Rights (i.e., Chelsea Patent Rights or Active Biotech Patent Rights, as the case may be).
(iii) Each Party shall provide the other PartyParty with copies of all proposed substantive communications to all patent offices regarding Joint Patents in reasonable time before the due date in order to enable the other Party an opportunity to comment on the content thereof, unless the other Party has declined to pay the expenses thereof. The Responsible Generally, a reasonable time for review and comment shall be thirty (30) days, unless the time periods set for filing by the relevant patent office is less than two (2) months from the date of receipt of the paper calling for a reply, in which case a shorter reasonable time shall be applicable. In any such situation where a shorter reasonable time is to be used, the prosecuting Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts promptly notify the other Party of the shorter period by which it intends to act. Each Party will provide the other Party with copies of all substantive communications from all patent offices regarding Joint Patents promptly after the receipt thereof, unless the other Party has declined to pay the expenses thereof. Each Party shall make available to the other Party Party, or its authorized attorneys, agents or representatives, and to assist such of its employees whom the other Party in its reasonable judgment deems necessary in order to assist it in obtaining and maintaining such patent protectionprotection for any inventions included within the Jointly-Owned IP. The Responsible Each Party shall sign or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts its best efforts to have signed all legal documents necessary to file and prosecute such patent applications Joint Patents or to obtain or maintain such patents.
(c) any Joint Patent at no cost to the other Party. The Parties shall establish procedures share equally all expenses and fees paid by either Party to coordinate the filing and prosecution of Joint Patent. With respect to Joint Patents, the Responsible Party shall provide the other Party, within *** after submitting or receiving such filings or correspondence, with copies of all filings and correspondence submitted to and received from any patent offices and, with respect to substantive filings and correspondence to be submitted to patent offices, shall use reasonable efforts to provide the other Party with drafts of such filings and correspondence reasonably in advance of submission and shall consider in good faith any comments regarding such filings and correspondence that the other Party may timely provide.
(d) Each Party shall be responsible office for the costs and expenses it occurs in connection activities associated with the filing, prosecution prosecution, issuance and maintenance of any Joint PatentsPatent in the Core Countries. Any internal and/or out-of-pocket-expenses (including outside counsel fees) for review costs incurred by either Party for the preparation, filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance of any such patent application and resulting patent shall be borne by such Party.
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Samples: Development and Commercialization Agreement (Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd.)