Background IP As between the Parties, each Party will retain all right, title and interest in and to all of its Background IP.
Background Technology List here prior contracts to assign Inventions that are now in existence between any other person or entity and you.
Foreground IP The following subparagraphs of this paragraph e shall not apply to any Services to the extent their development was funded by the U.S. Government.
i. All IP conceived, developed, or first reduced to practice by, for, or with Seller, either alone or with others, in performance of this Contract (collectively, “Foreground IP”) shall be the exclusive property of Buyer. To the extent Foreground IP consists of works of authorship, such works shall be works made for hire with the copyrights vesting in Buyer. Seller hereby transfers, conveys, and assigns all right, title and interest in such Foreground IP free of charge to Buyer. Seller hereby irrevocably transfers, conveys, and assigns all right, title and interest in any other Foreground IP not considered a work made for hire free of charge to Buyer. Seller shall protect Foreground IP that is Proprietary Information and Materials as required by this Contract and shall mark documents or portions of documents containing Foreground IP as “Boeing Proprietary” information or as otherwise directed by Xxxxx in writing.
ii. Seller will, within two (2) months after conception or first actual reduction to practice of any invention and prior to Contract completion, disclose in writing to Buyer all inventions, whether or not patentable, in sufficient technical detail to clearly convey the invention to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains. Seller shall promptly execute all written instruments, and assist as Buyer reasonably directs in order to file, acquire, prosecute, maintain, enforce and assign Buyer’s Foreground IP rights. Seller hereby irrevocably appoints Xxxxx and any of Buyer’s officers and agents as Xxxxxx’s attorney in fact to act on Xxxxxx’s behalf and instead of Seller, with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Xxxxxx, with respect to executing any such written instruments.
iii. Buyer grants to Seller a non-exclusive, royalty-free right during the term of this Contract to use, reproduce, modify, practice and prepare derivative works of any Foreground IP solely as necessary for Seller to perform its obligations under this Contract, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller may use and disclose Proprietary Information and Materials as permitted under this Contract. Seller shall not, without Buyer’s prior written consent, use Foreground IP or such derivative works in any manner not authorized under this Contract, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, obtaining a certification to manufacture, offering for sale or selling any product, equipment, or service which utilizes or is enabled by Foreground IP.
Joint Technology The Parties agree that, in order to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.4.2, subject to any exclusive licenses granted hereunder, (a) the non-use provisions of this Article 9 shall not apply to each Party’s use of Joint Technology, and (b) each Party may disclose the Joint Technology to Third Parties who are under terms of confidentiality no less strict than those contained in this Agreement.
Background Intellectual Property It is possible that one or both Parties may possess rights in background intellectual property, that is, intellectual property not otherwise subject to this Agreement, which would be useful or essential to the practice or commercialization of the results of this Agreement. For example, the RI might own a patent which would be infringed by the SBC when it attempted to commercialize the results of this Agreement unless a license was obtained from the RI. Where the Parties determine that background technology may exist, consideration should be given to negotiating license rights which will allow the practice and commercialization of the results of this Agreement.
Patent Rights The State and the U. S. Department of Transportation shall have the royalty free, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to use and to authorize others to use any patents developed by the Engineer under this contract.
Licensed Technology (a) LICENSOR is not aware of any interference, infringement, misappropriation, or other conflict with any intellectual property rights of third parties, and LICENSOR has never received any charge, complaint, claim, demand, or notice alleging any such interference, infringement, misappropriation, or violation (including any claim that LICENSOR must license or refrain from using any intellectual property rights of any third party). To the knowledge of LICENSOR, no third party has interfered with, infringed upon, misappropriated, or otherwise come into conflict with any of the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY.
(b) Exhibit A identifies each patent or registration which has been issued to LICENSOR with respect to any of the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY and identifies each pending patent application or application for registration which LICENSOR has made with respect to any of the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY. LICENSEE acknowledges that LICENSOR has previously made available to LICENSEE correct and complete copies of all such patents, registrations and applications (as amended to-date) in LICENSOR’s possession and has made available to LICENSEE correct and complete copies of all other written documentation in LICENSOR’s possession evidencing ownership and prosecution (if applicable) of each such item.
(c) Exhibit A identifies each item of LICENSED TECHNOLOGY that is assigned to LICENSOR or that LICENSOR uses pursuant to license, sublicense, agreement, or permission. LICENSOR has made available to LICENSEE correct and complete copies of all such licenses, sublicenses, agreements, patent prosecution files and permissions (as amended to-date) in LICENSOR’s possession. With respect to each item of LICENSED TECHNOLOGY required to be identified in Exhibit A and to the knowledge of LICENSOR: (i) the license, sublicense, agreement, or permission covering the item is legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect; (ii) the license, sublicense, agreement, or permission will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on identical terms following the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) no Party to the license, sublicense, agreement, or permission is in breach or default, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default or permit termination, modification, or acceleration thereunder; (iv) no party to the license, sublicense, agreement, or permission has repudiated any provision thereof; (v) the underlying item of LICENSED TECHNOLOGY is not subject to any outstanding lien or encumbrance, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge; (vi) no action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand is pending or is threatened which challenges the legality, validity, or enforceability of the underlying item of LICENSED TECHNOLOGY; and (vii) except as provided in Exhibit A, LICENSOR has not granted any license or similar right to the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY within the GENERAL FIELD or PARTHENOGENESIS FIELD.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - INVENTION AND PATENT RIGHTS A. General
1. NASA has determined that 51 U.S.C. § 20135(b) does not apply to this Agreement. Therefore, title to inventions made (conceived or first actually reduced to practice) under this Agreement remain with the respective inventing party(ies). No invention or patent rights are exchanged or granted under this Agreement, except as provided herein.
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Joint Patent Rights If not already established under the Research Collaboration Agreement, prior to either Party filing any Patent Right disclosing Joint Program Technology or Joint Probody Platform Improvements, the Parties shall establish a patent committee (the “Patent Committee”) comprised of at least one (1) representative of each Party for the purpose of facilitating the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of Joint Patent Rights. As agreed upon by the Parties, meetings of the Patent Committee may be face-to-face or may be conducted by teleconferences or videoconferences, from time to time as needed. The Patent Committee will be the forum through which the Parties coordinate their respective obligations to each other described in Sections 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 hereof and in this Section. In the event the Parties conceive or generate any Joint Program Technology or Joint Probody Platform Improvements, the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss and determine, based on mutual consent, whether to seek patent protection thereon, which Party will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents and how to pay for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents. It is presumed that ImmunoGen will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights claiming Joint Program Technology or Joint Conjugation Probody Platform Improvements, and that CytomX will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights claiming Joint Unconjugated Probody Platform Improvements. Neither Party will file any Joint Patent Right without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Party controlling filing and prosecution of any such Joint Patent Right (a) shall keep the other Party informed regarding each Patent Right, (b) shall consider in good faith any recommendations made by the other Party in regard to the filing, prosecution or maintenance of any such Patent Right and (c) shall not unreasonably refuse to incorporate any recommendations made by the other Party in regard to such filing, prosecution or maintenance.
