The License 3.1.1 Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in particular subject to the due fulfillment of all the obligations assumed towards Maha-Metro by the Licensee, Maha-Metro hereby grants and authorizes the Licensee to the following (the “Specified Purpose”) :
Know-How Royalty Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.4.1(a), in countries where the sale of Product by Merck or its Related Parties would not infringe a Valid Patent Claim, Merck shall pay royalty rates that shall be set at [***] of the applicable royalty rate determined according to Section 5.4.1(a). Such royalties shall be calculated after first calculating royalties under Section 5.4.1(a).
License Grants The licenses granted in this Section 2 are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this XXXX:
Sublicenses Merck shall have the right to sublicense ([…***…]) any or all of the licenses granted to Merck hereunder, including in connection with the performance of tasks and obligations with respect to the Research, Development and Commercialization of Program Nanobody(ies), Compound(s) and Product(s) as Merck deems appropriate and without the prior written consent of Ablynx. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such sublicense granted to a Third Party that encompasses material Commercialization of Program Nanobody(ies), Compound(s) and Product(s) for the U.S. or any Primary Country shall require prior written notification to Ablynx. Merck shall be responsible for ensuring that the performance by any of its sublicensees hereunder that are exercising rights under a sublicense hereunder is in accordance with the applicable terms of this Agreement (to the extent applicable to sublicensees), and the grant of any such sublicense shall not relieve Merck of its obligations under this Agreement (except to the extent they are performed by any such sublicensee(s) in accordance with this Agreement). In all cases, the rights granted to any sublicensee shall be subject and subordinate to the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement. Where a sublicensee of Merck that is not an Affiliate is to perform any Research Program activities during the Research Program Term for the applicable Research Program, the grant of such a sublicense shall require the prior written consent of Ablynx (not to be unreasonably withheld), and Merck shall oversee the performance by such sublicensee of the relevant activities by the sublicensee in a manner that would be reasonably expected to result in their timely and successful completion of such activities in accordance with this Agreement, and Merck shall remain responsible and primarily and fully liable for the performance of such activities in accordance with this Agreement. Merck hereby expressly waives any requirement that Ablynx exhaust any right, power or remedy, or proceed against such sublicensee for any obligation or performance hereunder, prior to proceeding directly against Merck with respect to the sublicense. Merck shall ensure compliance with the applicable terms of this Agreement (to the extent applicable to sublicensees) by its sublicensee, including with respect to provisions on confidentiality, intellectual property ownership and compliance with Applicable Laws. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that Merck grants a sublicense so as to enable said sublicensee to perform Research Program activities, Merck shall ensure that its sublicensee is obligated to assign rights to any Program Know-How made by such Third Party sublicensee so that such rights can be conveyed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Section 7.1.
Know-How Necessary for the Business The Intellectual Property Rights are all those necessary for the operation of the Company’s businesses as it is currently conducted or as represented, in writing, to the Purchasers to be conducted. The Company is the owner of all right, title, and interest in and to each of the Intellectual Property Rights, free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges, encumbrances, equities, and other adverse claims, and has the right to use all of the Intellectual Property Rights. To the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company has entered into any contract that restricts or limits in any way the scope or type of work in which the employee may be engaged or requires the employee to transfer, assign, or disclose information concerning his work to anyone other than of the Company.
Non-Exclusive License Grant In the event that either: (i) the making, have made or use by Merck or its Related Parties of any Cue Biologics during the term of this Agreement; or (ii) the making, having made, use, import, offer for sale and/or sale by Merck or its Related Parties of Compound or Product in the Territory would infringe a claim of an issued letters patent that Company (or its Affiliate) Controls and which patents are not covered by the grant in Section 3.1, Company hereby grants to Merck, to the extent Company is legally able to do so, a non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free license in the Territory under such issued letters patent for Merck and its Related Parties to conduct such activities with respect to the Cue Biologics, Compounds and Products for all activities in the Field.
License Fee The Licensee to shall make payment of the License Fee to Licensor on the date of this Agreement. All rights granted to Licensee by Producer in the Beat are conditional upon Licensee’s timely payment of the License Fee. The License Fee is a one-time payment for the rights granted to Licensee and this Agreement is not valid until the License Fee has been paid.
Milestone Payments In the event that any Sellers believe that any Additional Milestone has been achieved during the Post-Closing Milestone Period, the Sellers’ Representative shall provide notice of such achievement to Purchaser. If Purchaser determines in its sole and reasonable discretion that such Additional Milestone has been achieved during the Post-Closing Milestone Period, then within thirty (30) days of such notice from Sellers’ Representative or, if earlier, within thirty (30) days of Purchaser’s determination that such Additional Milestone has been achieved, Purchaser shall notify Sellers’ Representative of its determination and pay to Sellers the Additional Milestone Payment payable in respect of such Additional Milestone. If Sellers’ Representative delivers such a notice and Purchaser determines, in its sole and reasonable discretion, that the applicable Additional Milestone has not been achieved, then, within thirty (30) days of Sellers’ Representative’s notice Purchaser shall notify Sellers’ Representative of such determination. If Sellers’ Representative believes that Sellers are entitled to payment of all or any portion of an Additional Milestone Payment hereunder which they have not received within thirty (30) days following the achievement of the Additional Milestone for which payment is due, Sellers’ Representative may, not later than twelve (12) months following the achievement of such Additional Milestone, deliver to Purchaser a notice setting forth Sellers’ Representative’s determination that all or a portion of such Additional Milestone Payment is due under this Agreement (the “Post-Closing Assessment Notice”). If Sellers’ Representative does not deliver to Purchaser a Post-Closing Assessment *** Portions of this page have been omitted pursuant to a request for Confidential Treatment filed separately with the Commission. Notice within such twelve (12) month period, then Sellers shall have been deemed to agree that the Additional Milestone has not been met and no payment with respect to such Additional Milestone is due to Sellers hereunder and Sellers shall have no further rights to such Milestone Payment or any portion thereof. Such Post-Closing Assessment Notice may be delivered before or after the expiration of the Post-Closing Milestone Period without affecting Sellers’ rights to the applicable Milestone Payment, provided that that applicable Additional Milestone was actually achieved prior to the expiration of such Post-Closing Milestone Period. If Purchaser shall object to Sellers’ determination that a Additional Milestone has been achieved as set forth in the Post-Closing Assessment Notice, then Purchaser shall deliver a dispute notice (a “Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice”) to Sellers’ Representative within fifteen (15) days following Sellers’ Representative’s delivery of the Post-Closing Assessment Notice. A representative of Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Sellers’ Representative, on the other, shall attempt in good faith to resolve any such objections within fifteen (15) days of the receipt by Sellers of the Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice. If no Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice is delivered within the fifteen (15) day time period, then Sellers’ determination that the Additional Milestone has been achieved, and that the amount of the Milestone Payment specified in the Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice is due hereunder, shall be deemed to be accepted and Purchaser shall pay to Sellers those amounts set forth in the Post-Closing Assessment Notice no later than five (5) days after the expiration of such fifteen (15) day time period.
Sublicense Fees Licensee will pay Sublicense Fees indicated in Section 3.1(e) of the Patent & Technology License Agreement on or before the Quarterly Payment Deadline for the Contract Quarter.
