Neutral Determination Sample Clauses

Neutral Determination. (a) If the Parties are unable to agree on whether a license to any claims of any patents owned or Controlled by Maxygen is necessary for Avidia to practice the Authorized Method, either Party shall submit the matter to a mutually agreed independent * Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. patent attorney (the “Neutral”) who shall have the authority to determine whether a license to claims of any such patent is necessary for Avidia to practice the Authorized Method. As used in this Section 2.3.2, “necessary” means that the methods claimed in the Assigned Patent Rights and/or Subject Improvements cannot practically be practiced to perform the Authorized Method without infringing the applicable claims of any patent owned or Controlled by Maxygen.
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Neutral Determination. (a) If the Parties are unable to agree on whether a license to any claims of any patents owned or Controlled by Avidia is necessary for Maxygen to practice the Authorized Method, either Party shall submit the matter to a mutually agreed independent patent attorney (the “Neutral”) who shall have the authority to determine whether a license to claims of any such patent is necessary for Maxygen to practice the Authorized Method. As used in this Section 3.3.2, “necessary” means that the methods claimed in the Assigned Patent Rights and/or Subject Improvements cannot practically be practiced to perform the Authorized Method without infringing the applicable claims of any patent owned or Controlled by Avidia.
Neutral Determination. Any dispute, controversy or claim relating to the adoption of an updated Development Plan, Development Budget, Commercialization Plan or Commercialization Budget that is not resolved pursuant to Section 16.1 may be submitted by either Party to a mutually agreed Third Party with substantial experience regarding the development and marketing of pharmaceutical products (the “Neutral”). Within ten (10) days of the identification of the Neutral, each Party shall submit to the Neutral in writing its proposal for the updated Development Plan, Development Budget, Commercialization Plan or Commercialization Budget, as the case may be. The Neutral shall have the authority to determine whether one proposal is more consistent with the typical practices of the pharmaceutical industry with respect to the development or commercialization (as applicable) of a therapeutic product for such disease than the other proposal. If the Neutral determines that one proposal is more consistent, then such proposal shall become such updated Development Plan, Development Budget, Commercialization Plan or Commercialization Budget, as the case may be. If the Neutral determines that the two proposals are equally consistent, then the Neutral shall

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  • Final Determination Within 10 business days following the ------------------- final determination of the Final Outstanding Common Stock Number, the Final Per Share Cash Amount, the Final Per Share Common Stock Amount and the Total Merger Consideration as provided in this Section 1.9, (i) the Parent shall deliver to each Shareholder (a) the cash amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Final Per Share Cash Amounts payable to such Shareholder, as finally determined pursuant hereto, exceeds the aggregate of the Closing Per Share Cash Amounts paid to such Shareholder at the Closing; and (b) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, by which the aggregate of the Final Per Share Common Stock Amounts deliverable to such Shareholder, as finally determined pursuant hereto, exceeds the aggregate of the Closing Per Share Common Stock Amounts delivered to such Shareholder at the Closing; or (ii) each Shareholder shall deliver to the Parent (a) the cash amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Closing Per Share Cash Amounts paid to such Shareholder at the Closing exceeds the aggregate of the Final Per Share Cash Amounts payable to such Shareholder as finally determined pursuant hereto; and (b) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, by which the aggregate of the Closing Per Share Common Stock Amounts delivered to such Shareholder at the Closing exceeds the aggregate of the Final Per Share Common Stock Amounts deliverable to such Shareholder as finally determined pursuant hereto.

  • Expert Determination 41.5.1 For a Dispute on any decision referred to an expert the Parties hereby agree that such decision shall be conducted expeditiously by an expert selected unanimously by the Parties to the Dispute. The expert is not an arbitrator and shall not be deemed to be acting in an arbitral capacity. The independent expert shall have an established reputation in the international petroleum industry as an expert on the matter in dispute and shall not at the time of the Dispute be engaged by any Party for work other than as the expert. The Party desiring an expert determination shall give the other Party written notice of the request for such determination. If the Parties to the Dispute are unable to agree upon an expert within twenty (20) Days after receipt of the notice of request for an expert determination, then, upon the request of any of the parties to the Dispute, the International Centre for Expertise of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) shall appoint such expert and shall administer such expert determination through the ICC’s Rules for Expertise. The expert, once appointed, shall have no ex parte communications with any of the parties to the Dispute concerning the expert determination or the underlying Dispute. Any hearing with an expert determination shall take place in The Hague, the Netherlands, unless the parties agree otherwise. All Parties agree to cooperate fully in the expeditious conduct of such expert determination and to provide the expert with access to all facilities, books, records, documents, information and personnel necessary to make a fully informed decision in an expeditious manner. Each Party shall prepare and exchange a written position paper setting 106 out its positions with respect to the Dispute. Each Party shall also prepare and exchange a written response to the other Party’s position paper. The position papers and responses may be accompanied by data and information in the submitting Party’s discretion. Before issuing his final decision, the expert shall issue a draft report and allow the Parties to the Dispute ten (10) Days to comment on it. The expert shall endeavor to resolve the Dispute within sixty (60) Days (but no later than ninety (90) Days) after receipt of each Party’s written response to the other Parties’ position paper taking into account the circumstances requiring an expeditious resolution of the matter in dispute. The expert’s decision shall be final and binding on the Parties to the Dispute unless challenged in an arbitration pursuant to Sub-Article 41.2 within sixty (60) Days of the date the expert’s final decision is received by the Parties to the Dispute and until replaced by such subsequent arbitral award. In such arbitration (i) the expert determination on the specific matter shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption of correctness; and (ii) the expert shall not (without the written consent of the parties to the Dispute) be appointed to act as an arbitrator or as adviser to the Parties to the Dispute. 107

  • Arbitration Decision The arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding. The arbitrator shall issue a written arbitration decision revealing the essential findings and conclusions upon which the decision and/or award is based. A party’s right to appeal the decision is limited to grounds provided under applicable federal or state law.

  • Dispute Escalation In the event of a Dispute between the Parties, the Parties will first attempt to resolve such dispute by negotiation and consultation between themselves or the JSC. In the event that such dispute is not resolved on an informal basis within [***] days from receipt of the written notice of a Dispute, any Party may, by written notice to the other, have such dispute referred to the Executive Officers (or their designees, which designee is required to have decision-making authority on behalf of such Party), who will attempt to resolve such Dispute by negotiation and consultation for a [***] day period following receipt of such written notice.

  • Committee Determination Any adjustments or other action pursuant to this Section 4 shall be made by the Committee, and the Committee's determination as to what adjustments shall be made or actions taken, and the extent thereof, shall be final and binding.

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  • Challenge to Good Faith Determination Whenever the Board of Directors of the Company shall be required to make a determination in good faith of the fair value of any item under this Section 4, such determination may be challenged in good faith by the Holder, and any dispute shall be resolved by an investment banking firm of recognized national standing selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

  • Good Faith Determination The Company shall from time to time make the good faith determination whether or not it is practicable for the Company to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies providing the officers and directors of the Company with coverage for losses incurred in connection with their services to the Company or to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement.

  • Independent Expert Independent Expert means an investment ------------------ banking firm reasonably agreeable to the Company and the holder of this Warrant who does not (and whose affiliates do not) have a financial interest in the Company or any of its affiliates.

  • Committee Determinations The Committee shall have absolute discretion to determine the date and circumstances of the termination of your Service, and its determination shall be final, conclusive and binding upon you.

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