Common use of Patent Office and Court Proceedings Clause in Contracts

Patent Office and Court Proceedings. Each Party shall inform the other Party of any request for, filing, or declaration of any proceeding before a patent office seeking to protest, oppose, cancel, reexamine, declare an interference proceeding, initiate a conflicts proceeding, or analogous process involving a patent application or patent included in the Patent Assets, or of the filing of an action in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a judgment that a patent included in the Patent Assets is either invalid or unenforceable or both. Each Party thereafter shall cooperate fully with the other with respect to any such patent office or court proceeding. Each Party will provide the other with any information or assistance that is reasonable.

Patent Office and Court Proceedings. Each Party shall inform the other Party of any request for, filing, or declaration of any proceeding before a patent office seeking to protest, oppose, cancel, reexamine, declare an interference proceeding, initiate a conflicts proceeding, or analogous process involving a patent application or patent included in the AVENTIS Patent Assets, or of the filing of an action in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a judgment that a patent included in the AVENTIS Patent Assets is either invalid or unenforceable or both. Each Party thereafter shall cooperate fully with the other with respect to any such patent office or court proceeding. Each Party will provide the other with any information or assistance that is reasonable.