Common use of Maintenance and Prosecution Clause in Contracts

Maintenance and Prosecution. Each Party is responsible for any protection of the Foreground that it owns pursuant to this Consortium Agreement and shall have the right to file patent applications for such Foreground in their own name and at its own expense. If the Research Organization and/or the Industrial Party are joint owners of Foreground the owning Parties shall discuss which Party will be in the lead of patent prosecution and how the associated costs will be shared.

Maintenance and Prosecution. Each Party is responsible for any protection of the Foreground that it owns pursuant to this Consortium Agreement and shall have the right to file patent applications for such Foreground in their own name and at its own expense. If the Research Organization Organization(s) and/or the Industrial Party Partner are joint owners of Foreground the owning Parties shall discuss which Party will be in the lead of patent prosecution and how the associated costs will be shared.