Patent Expenses Unless agreed otherwise, the Party filing a Patent Application will pay all preparation and filing expenses, prosecution fees, issuance fees, post issuance fees, patent maintenance fees, annuities, interference expenses, and attorneys’ fees for that Patent Application and any resulting Patent(s). If a license to any CRADA Subject Invention is granted to Collaborator, then Collaborator will be responsible for all expenses and fees, past and future, in connection with the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any Patent Applications and Patents claiming exclusively licensed CRADA Subject Inventions and will be responsible for a pro-rated share, divided equally among all licensees, of those expenses and fees for non-exclusively licensed CRADA Subject Inventions. Collaborator may waive its exclusive option rights at any time, and incur no subsequent financial obligation for those Patent Application(s) or Patent(s).
Patent Costs Within 30 days after receiving a statement from Stanford, ***** will reimburse Stanford:
(A) $ to offset Licensed Patent’s patenting expenses, including any interference or reexamination matters, incurred by Stanford before the Effective Date; and
(B) for all Licensed Patent’s patenting expenses, including any interference or reexamination matters, incurred by Stanford after the Effective Date. In all instances, Stanford will pay the fees prescribed for large entities to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Litigation Expenses If either party successfully seeks to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to collect any amount claimed to be due under it, this party will be entitled to reimbursement from the other party for any and all of its out-of-pocket expenses and costs including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with the enforcement or collection.
Development Costs Licensee shall be responsible for all of its costs and expenses in connection with the Development of, and obtaining and maintaining Regulatory Approvals for, the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory.
Litigation Costs If any legal action or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement or to remedy its breach, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover its actual attorney's fees and other costs incurred in the action or proceeding, in addition to such other relief to which it may be entitled.
Joint Patents With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, the Parties shall meet and agree upon which Party shall prosecute and maintain Patent applications covering such Joint Invention (any such Patent application and any Patents issuing therefrom, a “Joint Patent”) in particular countries and jurisdictions throughout the world. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Xxxxxx will prosecute and maintain any Joint Patents in the Licensed Territory, and Onconova will prosecute and maintain the Joint Patents outside the Licensed Territory, subject to the Parties coordinating their efforts as appropriate to make such prosecution activities as efficient, convenient, and harmonious as possible. The Parties ** all expenses of filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patents. The Party that prosecutes a Joint Patent (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party the opportunity to review and comment on any and all such prosecution efforts regarding the applicable Joint Patent in the particular jurisdictions, and such other Party shall provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts; provided that the Prosecuting Party shall have final control over such prosecution efforts after reasonably considering the other Party’s comments, if any. 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 any duty of candor and/or duty of disclosure requirements of any Patent authority. Except to the extent a Party is restricted by the licenses granted by such Party to the other Party under the terms of this Agreement, and/or the other covenants contained in this Agreement, each Party shall be entitled to practice, and grant licenses to Third Parties and Affiliates of such Third Parties to practice, the Joint Patents and all Joint Inventions without restriction or an obligation to account to the other Party, and the other Party shall consent and hereby consents, without additional consideration, to any and all such licenses.
Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights (a) At the initiative of ProPhase or Licensor, the Parties shall consult in good faith with each other regarding the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of all Licensed Patents. The Licensed Patents shall be diligently filed, prosecuted and maintained by Licensor using reputable counsel. Licensor shall keep ProPhase reasonably informed with regard to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the Licensed Patents, including by providing ProPhase (or its designee) copies of office actions issued from patent offices, proposed responses to such office actions, and any other patent related filings, to be made to such patent authority in the Territory sufficiently in advance of submitting such filings or responses so as to allow for a reasonable opportunity for ProPhase to review and comment thereon. Licensor shall consider in good faith any such comments for incorporation into such draft. Licensor represents that during the Term that (a) all Licensed Patents will be diligently prosecuted in the respective patent offices in the Territory in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, (b) all Licensed Patents will be filed and maintained properly and correctly, (c) Licensor will pay all applicable fees on or before the due date for payment, and (d) all Licensed Patents will identify each and every inventor of the claims thereof as determined in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Patent is filed. Prophase shall reimburse Global BioLife for reasonable attorney fees and patent office costs associated with the prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Patents on a quarterly basis commencing on September 30, 2022.
(b) If, at any time during the Term, the Parties may mutually agree that it is undesirable, as to one or more countries, to file, prosecute or maintain any Licensed Patent, then Global BioLife shall have discretion to refrain from filing, prosecuting and/or maintaining any Licensed Patent or permitting the Licensed Patent to lapse.
(c) The Parties shall cooperate with each other and discuss, in good faith, the Patent Rights within the Licensed Patents Covering the Licensed Compound and Licensed Products to enable Prophase to make filings with Regulatory Authorities, as required or allowed in connection with (A) in the United States, the FDA’s Orange Book and (B) outside the United States, under the national implementations of Article 10.l(a)(iii) of Directive 2001/EC/83 or other international equivalents thereof. Global BioLife shall cooperate with Prophase’s reasonable requests in connection therewith, including meeting any submission deadlines, in each case, to the extent required or permitted by applicable law.
(d) The Parties shall cooperate in obtaining Patent Term Extensions pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 156 and foreign counterparts and equivalents thereof, including supplementary protection certificates, to the extent such extensions are available with respect to the applicable Patent Rights (“Extension Activities”).
Enforcement Expenses The Maker agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.
Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party Notwithstanding any limitations of Sections 3(c), 4 and 5 above, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in part, in defense of any Proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, including, without limitation, the dismissal of any action without prejudice, or if it is ultimately determined, by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal, that the Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to be indemnified against Expenses, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith.
Expenses of the Parties Except as otherwise provided herein, all expenses incurred by or on behalf of the parties hereto in connection with the authorization, preparation and consummation of this Agreement, including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of agents, representatives, counsel and accountants employed by the parties hereto in connection with the authorization, preparation, execution and consummation of this Agreement shall be borne solely by the party who shall have incurred the same.
