Patent Working Group. The JSC shall establish a working group to assist in the communication with respect to the prosecution and maintenance of Joint Research Patents and Product Specific Patents (the “Patent Working Group”), and each Party (through its representatives on the Patent Working Group) shall use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to [***] to [***] and to [***]. The Patent Working Group shall meet as necessary to perform its responsibilities or as otherwise directed by the JSC, and shall continue to exist only for so long as the Parties determine it is reasonably necessary.
Patent Working Group. Each Party shall designate to the other Party in writing a patent Prosecution and Maintenance representative to liaise with the other Party’s patent Prosecution and Maintenance representative with respect to the Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents under this Section 9.2; such representatives will meet no less frequently than quarterly during the Term, by means of teleconference, Internet conference, videoconference, or other similar communication method, to discuss matters relevant to the Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents under this Section 9.2, including timing of planned filings and other upcoming Prosecution and Maintenance actions. Each Party may update its patent Prosecution and Maintenance representative at any time upon written notice to the other Party.
Patent Working Group. The Parties shall establish a patent working group (“Patent Working Group”) to the extent useful to facilitate cooperation with respect to Prosecution and Maintenance activities contemplated by this Section 9.2 and coordination between the Parties with respect to such matters.
Patent Working Group. The Parties shall establish a patent working group comprising an equal number of up to three representatives of each Party (“Patent Working Group”), including a patent attorney or agent designated by such Party as its lead contact (“Patent Representative”), for the sole purposes of alignment of activities under this Article X governing responsibilities for Prosecuting and enforcing Arrowhead Patent Rights or any other patent matters pertaining to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Products hereunder. The Patent Working Group may hold meetings separate from, or in connection with, the meetings of the JSC as appropriate to discuss such patent matters. The Patent Working Group shall advise as appropriate the JSC on such patent matters.
Patent Working Group. Xxxxxxx and F-star shall establish a patent working group (“Patent Working Group”) comprising one or more patent attorneys or agents from each Party, with one patent attorney designated by each Party as its lead contact (“Patent Representative”), for discussing any patent matters. No patent matters shall be discussed by the Parties outside of the Patent Working Group unless both Parties’ Patent Representatives or other patent counsel are present. The Parties’ Patent Representatives shall be solely responsible for documenting at their discretion any issues discussed relating to any Patent Rights, which documents, and the content of such discussions, shall be held in strict confidence by the Parties to protect their common interests and preserve the privileged status of any attorney-client communication, advice, or legal opinion reflected therein.
Patent Working Group. The Parties shall establish a patent Working Group comprising up to [**] representatives from each of Achillion and Xxxxxxx (the “Patent Working Group”), including a patent attorney or agent designated by such Party as its lead contact (“Patent Representative”), for discussing any patent matters coming before the JSC pertaining to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Products hereunder. Neither the JSC nor any Working Group shall discuss any issue relating to any Achillion Background Patent Rights, Xxxxxxx Background Patent Rights, Development Program Patent Rights, or any Patent Rights of Third Parties relevant to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Products (including with respect to any of their scope, patentability, validity, Prosecution, or infringement), unless both Parties’ Patent Representatives are present, and the Patent Working Group may hold meetings separate from or in connection with the meetings of the JSC as appropriate to discuss such issues relating to any such Patent Rights. The Parties’ Patent Representatives shall be solely responsible for documenting at their discretion any issues discussed by the JSC relating to any Patent Rights, which documents and the content of such discussions shall be held in strict confidence by the Parties to protect their common interests and preserve the privileged status of any attorney-client communication, advice, or legal opinion reflected therein. The Parties acknowledge that the Patent Working Group is established for purposes of advising the JSC, and that Article X governs responsibilities for Prosecuting and enforcing the Achillion Background Patent Rights, Xxxxxxx Background Patent Rights, and Development Program Patent Rights.
Patent Working Group. The JSC shall establish a working group to assist in the communication, identification, and filing of Product Patents (the “Patent Working Group”), and each Party (through its representatives on the Patent Working Group) shall use diligent efforts to ensure that there are sufficient Product Patents claiming each Licensed Compound and Licensed Product, including by Werewolf filing divisional or continuing applications of Licensed Patents with focused claims that would qualify as Product Patents. If the Patent Working Group determines that is not feasible or advisable to pursue a Product Patent in a given country due to patent prosecution regulations in such country that are more restrictive than those in the United States, then the Patent Working Group shall devise a plan for providing Jazz with patent prosecution, maintenance and enforcement rights that are as close as possible to what it would have had if it were feasible or advisable to pursue a Product Patent. Until such plan is agreed, at Jazz’s request, Werewolf shall (a) file one or more claims in a Licensed Patent in such country that solely claim the composition of matter, manufacture or method of use of one or more Licensed Compounds or Licensed Products and (b) permit Jazz to control the prosecution (including amendment), maintenance and enforcement of such claims as if such claims were included in a Product Patent. The Patent Working Group shall also agree upon a strategy to [**], and such strategy to include [**] (a) [**] and (b) [**], including any [**] (i) [**], (ii) [**], (iii) [**], and (iv) [**]. The Patent Working Group shall meet as necessary to perform its responsibilities or as otherwise directed by the JSC and shall continue to exist only for so long as the JSC determines it is reasonably necessary.
Patent Working Group. The Parties will establish a patent working group (“Patent Working Group”) comprising an equal number of up to three (3) representatives of each Party, including a patent attorney or agent designated by such Party as its lead contact, for the sole purposes of alignment of activities under this Article 6 governing responsibilities for the preparation, filing, prosecution, pre-grant proceedings, post-grant proceedings (including any US interferences, reissue proceedings, reexaminations and EP oppositions), maintenance, enforcement and defense of all Arrowhead Patents and GSK Licensed Patents globally or any other patent matters pertaining to the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of the Compounds or any Products hereunder. The Patent Working Group will meet as frequently as necessary to carry out its duties under this Section 6.2, but no more often than once per Calendar Quarter, unless otherwise agreed by its members. The Patent Working Group may meet in person, by videoconference or by teleconference. Meetings of the Patent Working Group will be effective only if at least one (1) representative of each Party is present or participating in such meeting. Each Party will bear the expense of its respective Patent Working Group members’ participation in Patent Working Group meetings. For the avoidance of doubt, the Patent Working Group shall have no decision-making authority and, subject to the remainder of this Article 6, neither Party’s activities or decisions regarding the preparation, filing, prosecution, pre-grant proceedings, post-grant proceedings (including any US interferences, reissue proceedings, reexaminations and EP oppositions), maintenance, enforcement and defense of any Patents or any other patent matters pertaining to the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of the Compounds or any Products hereunder in their respective Territories shall require the approval, consent or agreement of the Patent Working Group.
Patent Working Group. The JSC shall not discuss any issue relating to any Patent Rights relevant to the research, Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of any Licensed Products (including with respect to any of their scope, patentability, validity, Prosecution, or infringement), unless the Patent Representative of each Party is present at the meeting. The Patent Representatives of each Party shall be solely responsible for documenting at its discretion any issues discussed by the JSC relating to any Patent Rights, and the content of such discussions shall be held in strict confidence by the Parties to protect their common interests and preserve the privileged status of any attorney-client communication, advice, or legal opinion reflected therein.
Patent Working Group. Within [***] after the Effective Date, the Parties shall cause their respective members on the JPT to establish a working group to coordinate and direct, in accordance with Article 15, the Prosecution of Licensed Patents and Joint Patents (the “Patent Working Group”), which working group shall include [***] internal patent counsel representing each Party, and shall include such additional representatives of each Party with appropriate expertise and authority as reasonably required for the Patent Working Group to conduct its role and exercise its authority efficiently and effectively.
