Common use of Patent Enforcement and Defense Clause in Contracts

Patent Enforcement and Defense. The rights and obligations of each Party with respect to the enforcement and defense of a given Patent for a Collaboration Invention (including settling related claims, suits or actions) shall be the same as the rights and obligations of such Party with respect to the Prosecution and Maintenance of such Patent under Section 6.3 mutatis mutandis. In the event that a Party takes action to enforce or defend a given Patent for a Collaboration Invention, the other Party, at the acting Party’s expense, shall provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation, including, by way of example, being joined as a party to the action, providing any necessary powers of attorney and executing any other required documents or instruments for such purposes.

Patent Enforcement and Defense. The rights and obligations of each Party with respect to the enforcement and defense of a given Patent for a Collaboration Invention (including settling related claims, suits or actions) shall be the same as the rights and obligations of such Party with respect to the Prosecution and Maintenance of such Patent under Section 6.3 6.4 mutatis mutandis. In the event that a Party takes action to enforce or defend a given Patent for a Collaboration Invention, the other Party, at the acting Party’s expense[***], shall provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation, including, by way of example, being joined as a party to the action, providing any necessary powers of attorney and executing any other required documents or instruments for such purposes.