Joint Inventions For Subject Inventions conceived or first actually reduced to practice under this Agreement that are joint Subject Inventions made by CONTRACTOR and USER, each Party shall have the option to elect and retain title to its undivided rights in such joint Subject Inventions.
Research Program 2.1 University will use reasonable efforts to conduct the Research Program described in Attachment A which is hereby incorporated in full by reference (“Research Program”), and will furnish the facilities necessary to carry out said Research Program. The Research Program will be under the direction of _____________________ (“Principal Investigator”), or his or her successor as mutually agreed to by the Parties and will be conducted by the Principal Investigator at the University.
Joint Patents With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, AstraZeneca shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare patent applications based on such Joint Invention, to file and prosecute (including defense of any oppositions, interferences, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) such patent applications, and to maintain any Joint Patents issuing therefrom, in any jurisdictions throughout the Territory. FibroGen shall have the corresponding first right, but not the obligation, in any jurisdictions outside of the Territory other than China, in respect of which the China Agreement shall govern. If AstraZeneca determines in its sole discretion to abandon, cease prosecution or otherwise not file or maintain any Joint Patent anywhere in the Territory, then AstraZeneca shall provide FibroGen written notice of such determination at least thirty (30) days before any deadline for taking action to avoid abandonment (or other loss of rights) and shall provide FibroGen with the opportunity to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain such Joint Patent. The Party that is responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining a particular Joint Patent (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such prosecution efforts regarding such Joint Patent, and such other Party shall provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts. The Prosecuting Party shall provide the other Party with a copy of all material communications from any patent authority in the applicable jurisdictions regarding the Joint Patent being prosecuted by such Party, and shall provide drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent authorities a reasonable amount of time in advance of submitting such filings or responses. In particular, each Party agrees to provide the other Party with all information necessary or desirable to enable the other Party to comply with the duty of candor/duty of disclosure requirements of any patent authority. Either Party may determine that it is no longer interested in supporting the continued prosecution or maintenance of a particular Joint Patent in a country or jurisdiction, in which case: (i) the disclaiming Party shall, if requested in writing by the other Party, assign its ownership interest in such Joint Patent in such country or jurisdiction to the other Party for no additional consideration; and (ii) if such assignment is effected, any such Joint Patent would thereafter be deemed a FibroGen Patent in the case of assignment to FibroGen, or a AstraZeneca Patent in the case of assignment to AstraZeneca; provided, however, that the disclaiming party would have an immunity from suit under such FibroGen Patent or AstraZeneca Patent, as the case may be, in the applicable country or jurisdiction. In addition, any Joint Patent that becomes a FibroGen Patent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be excluded from the license granted to AstraZeneca in Section 7.1. Each Party shall bear its own internal costs in respect of the prosecution of Joint Patents. Out-of-pocket costs incurred in respect of the prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patents in the Territory shall be borne equally by AstraZeneca and FibroGen. In the event a Party elects to disclaim its interest in a Joint Patent, the costs incurred with respect to such Patent after the date of such disclaimer shall thereafter be borne exclusively by the other Party, without reimbursement or credit.
Collaboration We believe joint effort toward common goals achieves trust and produces greater impact for L.A. County’s youngest children and their families.
Joint Patent Rights In the event the Parties make any Joint Invention, the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss and [***] Confidential Treatment Requested Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission determine, based on the advice of patent counsel selected jointly by the Parties, whether to seek patent protection thereon. If the Parties jointly decide to seek patent protection on a Joint Invention, the Parties shall jointly appoint one of the Parties (the “Prosecuting Party”) to have the obligation (subject to the opt out provisions of this Section 6.2.1(b)), to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any Joint Patent Right throughout the world to the extent determined jointly by the Parties, using patent counsel selected by jointly the Parties. The Prosecuting Party shall give the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review the text of any application with respect to such Joint Patent Right before filing, shall consult with such other Party with respect thereto, shall not unreasonably refuse to address any timely comments of such other Party with respect to such application and shall supply such other 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 other Party advised of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings (including, without limitation, the grant of any Joint Patent Rights), and shall provide such other Party with advance copies of any material official correspondence related to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent filings. Subject to the opt-out provisions below, the Party other than the Prosecuting Party shall reimburse the Prosecuting Party for [***] of the out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Prosecuting Party in preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patent Rights, which reimbursement will be made pursuant to invoices submitted by the Prosecuting Party to the other Party no more often than once per Calendar Quarter. If either Party (the “Declining Party”) at any time declines to share in the costs of filing, prosecuting and maintaining any such Joint Patent Right, on a country-by-country basis, the Declining Party shall provide the other Party (the “Continuing Party”) with thirty (30) days prior written notice to such effect, in which event the Declining Party shall (i) have no responsibility for any expenses incurred in connection with such Joint Patent Right in the applicable country after the end of such thirty (30) day period and (ii) if the Continuing Party elects to continue prosecution or maintenance, the Declining Party, upon the Continuing Party’s request, shall execute such documents and perform such acts, at the Continuing Party’s expense, as may be reasonably necessary (x) to assign to the Continuing Party all of the Declining Party’s right, title and interest in and to such Joint Patent Right and (y) to permit the Continuing Party to file, prosecute and/or maintain such Joint Patent Right. Any such Joint Patent Right shall cease to be a [***] Confidential Treatment Requested Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission Joint Patent Right and shall become a Patent Right of the Continuing Party.
Joint Work Product This Agreement is the joint work product of H-GAC and the Contractor. This Agreement has been negotiated by H-GAC and the Contractor and their respective counsel and shall be fairly interpreted in accordance with its terms and, in the event of any ambiguities, no inferences shall be drawn against any party.
Licensed Technology The term “Licensed Technology” shall mean the Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-How.
