Joint Patent Rights. 11.8.1 Genmab shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute, maintain and defend Patent Rights relating to Joint Inventions (“Joint Patent Rights”) throughout the Territory, at its sole expense, and Genmab shall give timely notice to CureVac, and, if during the Research Period, with a copy to the IP Sub-Committee, of any desire to not file patent applications claiming Joint Patent Rights or to cease prosecution and/or maintenance of Joint Patent Rights on a country-by-country basis and, in such cases, shall permit CureVac, in its sole discretion, to file such patent applications or to continue prosecution, maintenance or defense of such Joint Patent Rights at its own expense. At the latest [*****] before filing, the prosecuting Party shall give the non-prosecuting Party an opportunity to review and comment upon the text of any application with respect to such Joint Patent Right, shall consult with the non-prosecuting Party with respect thereto, shall not unreasonably refuse to address any of the non-prosecuting Party’s comments and supply the non-prosecuting Party with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. The prosecuting Party shall keep the non-prosecuting Party reasonably informed of the status of the actual and prospective prosecution, and maintenance, including but not limited to any substantive communications with the competent patent offices that may affect the scope of such filings, and the prosecuting Party shall give the non-prosecuting Party a timely, prior opportunity to review and comment upon any such substantive communication and shall consult with such non- prosecuting Party with respect thereto, and shall not unreasonably refuse to address any of such non-prosecuting Party’s comments.
Joint Patent Rights. In the event the Parties make any Joint Know-How, the Parties will promptly meet to discuss and determine, based on mutual consent, whether to seek patent protection thereon. Neither Party will file any Joint Patent Right without mutual consent. Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, if the Parties decide to seek patent protection for any Joint Know-How: (i) BioNTech will have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any Joint Patent Right predominantly relating to the RNA Technology or RNA Process Technology throughout the world, and (ii)Pfizer will have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any other Joint Patent Right throughout the world, in each case of (i) and (ii) with the respective provisions of Section 7.3.1(a) or 7.3.1(b)(i) to apply mutatis mutandis except as provided in this Section 7.3.1(c). The non-filing Party will reimburse the filing Party for 50% of the costs reasonably incurred by the filing Party in preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patent Rights, which reimbursement will be made pursuant to, and within 75 days of, invoices (including supporting documentation) submitted by the filing Party to the non-filing Party no more often than once per Calendar Quarter. The non-prosecuting Party will cooperate with the prosecuting Party in taking reasonable measures to control costs and non-prosecuting Party shall be responsible for 100% of (x) any fees or costs related to any correspondence of outside counsel with or instructions to outside counsel by such Party (or any of such Party’s Representatives) which is independent of joint prosecution efforts, or (y) any patent office fees, and associated counsel/agent fees and costs, for extensions which are not incurred at the request of, and not due to the actions of, the prosecuting Party. If, once the Parties have agreed to prepare and file an application of Joint Patent Rights, either Party (the “Declining Party”) at any time thereafter declines to participate in the preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance of any Joint Patent Right or share in the costs of filing, prosecuting and maintaining any Joint Patent Right, on a country-by-country basis, the Declining Party will provide the other Party (the “Continuing Party”) with 30 days prior written notice to such effect, in which event, the Declining Party will (A) have no responsibility with respect to the filing, prosecution or m...
Joint Patent Rights. Lilly shall have the first right to enforce Joint Patent Rights and to control the defense of any declaratory judgment action relating thereto, with respect to such Infringement at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice reasonably acceptable to Zymeworks (such acceptance which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and Zymeworks shall have the right, at its own expense, to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice. If Lilly fails to bring or defend such action within (a) […***…] days following the notice of alleged Infringement or (b) […***…] days before the time limit, if any, set forth in the Applicable Laws for the filing of such actions, whichever comes first, Zymeworks shall have the right to bring and control any such action at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice, and Lilly shall have the right, at its own expense, to be represented in any such action by counsel of its own choice. In no event shall either Party admit the invalidity of, or after exercising its right to bring and control an action under this Section 7.3.3, fail to defend the validity of any Joint Patent Rights without the other Party’s prior written consent.
Joint Patent Rights. (i) The parties will cooperate to file, prosecute and maintain patent applications covering the Joint Invention(s) in the United States, European Union (in Europe through a European Patent Convention application) and Japan (collectively, the "Core Countries") and other countries agreed by the parties. The parties shall agree which party shall be responsible for conducting such activities with respect to a particular Joint Invention. The party conducting such activities shall keep the other party fully informed as to the status of such patent matters, including, without limitation, by providing the other party the opportunity, at the other party's expense, to review and comment on any documents relating to the Joint Invention which will be filed in any patent office at least thirty (30) days before such filing, and promptly providing the other party copies of any documents relating to Joint Invention which the party conducting such activities receives from such patent offices, including notice of all interferences, reissues, reexaminations, oppositions or requests for patent term extensions. The parties will share equally all expenses and fees associated with the filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance of any patent application and resulting patent for a Joint Invention in the Core Countries and other agreed countries and such amounts shall be included within the Research Program funding described in Section 2.3.
Joint Patent Rights. Decisions regarding Enforcement Actions with respect to the Joint Patent Rights shall be made by the JPC, upon *Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. consultation with the Joint Steering Committee. Upon the identification of an infringement of Joint Patent Rights with respect to a Collaboration Product, the JPC shall (i) promptly discuss such infringement, (ii) promptly discuss the strategy for enforcing such Joint Patent Rights, and (iii) designate the Controlling Party to be responsible for controlling an Enforcement Action with respect to such Joint Patent Rights, and determine a reasonable allocation between the Parties of the costs of such Enforcement Action. The Controlling Party shall be responsible, using outside counsel mutually acceptable to both Parties, to implement the decisions of the JPC regarding such Enforcement Action. The non-Controlling Party shall reasonably cooperate, as requested by the Controlling Party, in such Enforcement Action. The Controlling Party shall keep the Joint Steering Committee and the JPC informed of the progress of any action or proceeding to enforce the Joint Patent Rights. The Controlling Party shall keep the JPC advised of all communications, actual and prospective filings or submissions regarding such Joint Patent Rights, and shall provide the JPC an opportunity to review and comment on any such communications, filing and submissions. The Controlling Party shall not settle or consent to an adverse judgment in any such Enforcement Action with respect to the Joint Patent Rights, unless approved by the Joint Steering Committee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Joint Patent Rights. Subject to Section 6.2.1(d), in the event the Parties make any Joint Invention (excluding a Covered SMIP Improvement), the Joint Patent Committee shall promptly meet to discuss and determine whether to seek patent protection thereon. If the Joint Patent Committee decides to seek patent protection on such Joint Invention, then Wyeth shall have the primary obligation to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any corresponding Joint Patent Rights throughout the Territory using patent counsel mutually agreeable to the Parties, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld. Wyeth shall give Trubion a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the text of any patent application with respect to such Joint Patent Right before filing, shall consult with Trubion with respect thereto, shall reasonably consider and address any of Trubion's comments, and shall supply Trubion with a copy of each such patent application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. Wyeth shall keep Trubion advised of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings (including, without limitation, the grant of any Joint Patent Rights), shall provide Trubion with a reasonable opportunity to comment on all correspondence received from and all proposed submissions to be made to any government patent office or authority related to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent filings, shall consult with Trubion with respect thereto, and shall reasonably consider and address any of Trubion's comments on such correspondence and submissions. Trubion shall reimburse Wyeth for *** of the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Wyeth in connection with preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patent Rights (other than out-of-pocket expenses for inventorship determinations and inventorship disputes), which reimbursement will be made within *** of receiving invoices, such invoices to be submitted by Wyeth no more often than once per Calendar Quarter and to be
Joint Patent Rights. The JSC shall determine the jurisdictions within the Territory in which patent applications will be filed with respect to Joint Patent Rights and the Party that shall be responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights. The Parties will share equally all expenses incurred by the filing Party for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Joint Patent Rights.
Joint Patent Rights. With respect to any notice of a Third Party infringer of the Joint Patent Rights, the Joint Patent Committee shall meet as soon as reasonably practicable to discuss such infringement and determine an appropriate course of action. Wyeth shall have the first right but not the obligation to bring an action against such Third Party infringer or otherwise address such alleged infringement within *** from the date of notice and to control such litigation or other means of addressing such infringement. Wyeth shall be responsible for, and shall bear, all the out-of-pocket expenses of any suit brought by it claiming infringement of any such Joint Patent Rights; provided that Trubion shall reimburse Wyeth for *** of the out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection therewith. Trubion shall cooperate with Wyeth, at Wyeth's expense, in any such suit brought by Wyeth and shall have the right to consult with Wyeth and participate in and be represented by independent counsel in such litigation at its own expense. Wyeth shall incur no liability to Trubion as a consequence of such litigation or any unfavorable decision resulting therefrom, including any decision holding any of the Joint Patent Rights invalid or unenforceable. Any recoveries obtained by Wyeth as a result of any proceeding against such Third Party infringer shall be allocated as follows:
Joint Patent Rights. As between the Parties, MyoKardia shall have the right to control the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of any Joint Patent Right relating to a Target at its sole expense and discretion. Otherwise, the Parties shall mutually agree as to which Party shall have the right to control the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of any other Joint Patent Right, and the Parties shall share the costs of such activities (“Jointly Controlled Patent Rights”). If MyoKardia no longer wishes to file or maintain any Joint Patent Right, then MyoKardia shall so notify Fulcrum and such Joint Patent Right shall become a Jointly Controlled Patent Right. Immediately upon such notice to Fulcrum, or within [**] before an official action is due or deemed required to the applicable Governmental Authority with respect to such Jointly Controlled Patent Right, Fulcrum will have the second right, but not the obligation, to assume the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of such Jointly Controlled Patent Right upon written notice to MyoKardia and, upon such written notice to MyoKardia, MyoKardia’s exclusive license to Fulcrum’s rights under such Jointly Controlled Patent Right under Section 5.1 (License Grant to MyoKardia) shall terminate. If either Party decides not to share in the cost of filing or maintaining any Joint Patent Right (an “Abandoned Patent Right”) and the other Party decides to continue prosecution or maintenance of the Joint Patent Right, then the continuing Party shall have sole discretion (and expense) regarding the prosecution and maintenance of the Abandoned Patent Right.
Joint Patent Rights. If the Parties make any Joint Know-How, the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss and determine whether to seek Joint Patent Rights thereon. If either Party decides to seek any Joint Patent Rights, then Sangamo shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain throughout the world, at its expense, any Joint Patent Right (other than a [***], the prosecution of which is governed by Subsection 10.2(a)) that claims the composition, manufacture or use of a ZF Compound or of a product or method containing, employing or made using a ZF Compound, using patent counsel or patent agent selected by Sangamo and reasonably acceptable to Shire. Shire shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain throughout the world, at its expense, any other Joint Patent Right (other than a [***], the prosecution of which is governed by Subsection 10.2(a)), using patent counsel or patent agent selected by Shire and reasonably acceptable to Sangamo. The prosecuting Party shall keep the non-prosecuting party informed as to material developments with respect to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Joint Patent Rights, including by providing copies of all material communications (including office actions and notices of interferences, reissues, re-examinations or oppositions) from any patent office regarding such Joint Patent Rights and shall provide the non-prosecuting party drafts of submissions relating thereto, including drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent offices, within a reasonable amount of time in advance of submitting such filings or responses to permit the non-prosecuting party an opportunity to review and comment thereon. The prosecuting party shall consider in good faith, take into account and implement where possible the reasonable comments made by the non-prosecuting party.
