Primary Prosecution Rights Sample Clauses

Primary Prosecution Rights. The responsibility for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications (including, but not limited to, provisional, reissue, continuing, continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional, and substitute applications and any foreign counterparts thereof) Covering a Program Invention; (b) maintaining any Program Patent Rights; and (c) managing any interference or opposition or similar proceedings relating to the foregoing ((a) through (c), collectively, "Patent Prosecution") shall be the responsibility of the party owning such Program Invention; provided, however, that with respect to any Joint Program Inventions, such responsibility shall be assigned by the Joint Management Committee on a case-by-case basis. In determining which party shall be responsible for Patent Prosecution of a jointly owned patent application, the Joint Management Committee shall consider, among other factors, the relative contribution of each party to the claimed subject matter and the relatedness of the claimed subject matter to that in other patent applications being prosecuted by each party. Each party shall bear all Patent Prosecution expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by such party in the performance of Patent Prosecution, except that, unless the parties agree otherwise the Patent Prosecution expenses, including attorneys' fees, for Joint Program Inventions shall be shared equally by the parties.
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Primary Prosecution Rights. The responsibility for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications (including, but not limited to, provisional, reissue, continuing, continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional, and substitute applications and any foreign counterparts thereof) Covering inventions within the Program Technology and Program Intellectual Property; (b) maintaining any Program Patent Rights; and (c) managing any interference or opposition or similar proceedings relating to the foregoing ((a) through (c), collectively, “Patent Prosecution”) shall be the responsibility of the owner of such inventions determined in accordance with Section 11.1; provided that the Joint Management Committee shall determine which of the parties shall be responsible for Patent Prosecution with respect to inventions jointly owned by the parties, taking into account, among other factors, the nature of the claimed subject matter, the relative contribution of each party to the claimed subject matter and the relatedness of the claimed subject matter to that in other patent applications being prosecuted by the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the party holding an exclusive license under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 to Program Patent Rights Covering a Program Antibody, Program Antisense Compound, Program Protein or Collaboration Product or Reverted Product that incorporates or is derived from any Program Antibody, Program Antisense Compound or Program Protein shall be responsible for Patent Prosecution with respect to such Program Patent Rights. All decisions related to (y) [**] or (z) [**], shall be the responsibility of the party responsible for Patent Prosecution.
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Primary Prosecution Rights. The responsibility for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications (including reissue, continuing, divisional, and substitute applications and any foreign counterparts thereof); (b) for maintaining any Patent Rights; and (c) for managing any interference or opposition proceedings relating to the foregoing ("Patent Prosecution") Covering an invention conceived or reduced to practice during the course of the performance of activities pursuant to this Agreement shall be the responsibility of the Party owning such invention, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that with respect to any such invention that is jointly owned by the Parties, such responsibility shall be shared by the Parties as determined by agreement of the Parties on a case-by-case basis. All Patent Prosecution expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by a Party in the performance of Patent Prosecution shall be borne by such Party or, in the case of an invention that is jointly owned, shared by the Parties as agreed.
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Primary Prosecution Rights. As between the Parties and subject to Section 5.6.2, Axcan shall have the right, at its expense, to control the Prosecution and Maintenance, using counsel of its choice, of all Patents within the Aeroquin™ IP and Development IP (the “Product Patents”).
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Primary Prosecution Rights. The responsibility for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications (including, but not limited to, provisional, reissue, continuing, continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional, and substitute applications and any foreign counterparts thereof) Covering inventions within the Program Technology and Program Intellectual Property; (b) maintaining any Program Patent Rights; and (c) managing any interference or opposition or similar proceedings relating to the foregoing ((a) through (c), collectively, "Patent Prosecution") shall be the responsibility of Lexicon, unless otherwise determined by the Joint Management Committee. In making such determination, the Joint Management Committee shall consider, among other factors, the nature of the claimed subject matter, the relative contribution of each party to the claimed subject matter and the relatedness of the claimed subject matter to that in other patent applications being prosecuted by the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all decisions related to (y) [**] or (z) [**], shall be the responsibility of the Joint Management Committee.
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Primary Prosecution Rights. SPRI shall have responsibility for Patent Prosecution (as defined below) of Program Patent Rights Covering inventions within the Program Materials
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Related to Primary Prosecution Rights

  • Registration Rights of Third Parties Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Securities Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed by the Company.

  • Filing Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights 7.1 Patent Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance.

  • No Registration Rights to Third Parties Without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, the Company covenants and agrees that it shall not grant, or cause or permit to be created, for the benefit of any person or entity any registration rights of any kind (whether similar to the demand, “piggyback” or Form F-3 registration rights described in this Section 2, or otherwise) relating to any securities of the Company which are senior to, or on a parity with, those granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities.

  • Patent Prosecution 7.1 UFRF shall diligently prosecute and maintain the Licensed Patents using counsel of its choice. UFRF shall provide Licensee with copies of all patent applications amendments, and other filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices. UFRF will also provide Licensee with copies of office actions and other communications received by UFRF from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices relating to Licensed Patents. Licensee agrees to keep such information confidential.

  • Joint Patent Rights If not already established under the Research Collaboration Agreement, prior to either Party filing any Patent Right disclosing Joint Program Technology or Joint TAP Platform Improvements, the Parties shall establish a patent committee (the “Patent Committee”) comprised of at least one (1) representative of each Party for the purpose of facilitating the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of Joint Patent Rights. As agreed upon by the Parties, meetings of the Patent Committee may be face-to-face or may be conducted by teleconferences or videoconferences, from time to time as needed. The Patent Committee will be the forum through which the Parties coordinate their respective obligations to each other described in Sections 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 hereof and in this Section. In the event the Parties conceive or generate any Joint Program [***] Certain information contained herein has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. Confidential Treatment Requested by CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. Technology or Joint TAP Platform Improvements, the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss and determine, based on mutual consent, whether to seek patent protection thereon, which Party will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents and how to pay for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents. It is presumed that CytomX will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights claiming Joint Program Technology or Joint Unconjugated Probody Platform Improvements, and that ImmunoGen will control filing, prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patent Rights claiming Joint TAP Platform Improvements or Joint Conjugation Probody Platform Improvements. Neither Party will file any Joint Patent Right without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Party controlling filing and prosecution of any such Joint Patent Right (a) shall keep the other Party informed regarding each Patent Right, (b) shall consider in good faith any recommendations made by the other Party in regard to the filing, prosecution or maintenance of any such Patent Right and (c) shall not unreasonably refuse to incorporate any recommendations made by the other Party in regard to such filing, prosecution or maintenance.

  • Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents RENOVIS agrees to file, prosecute and maintain in the Territory, upon appropriate consultation with MERCK, the RENOVIS Patent Rights licensed to MERCK under this Agreement; provided, however, with respect to Joint Information and Inventions that are not Improvements to RENOVIS Patent Rights or RENOVIS Technology, MERCK shall have the first right to file patent applications for such Joint Information and Inventions. With respect to RENOVIS Information and Inventions, RENOVIS may elect not to file and if so MERCK shall have the right to file patent applications. In such event, RENOVIS shall execute such documents and perform such acts at RENOVIS’ expense as may be reasonably necessary to effect an assignment of such Patent Rights to MERCK in a timely manner to allow MERCK to continue such prosecution or maintenance. In each case, the filing Party shall give the non-filing Party an opportunity to review the text of the application before filing, shall consult with the non-filing Party with respect thereto, and shall supply the non-filing Party with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. RENOVIS shall keep MERCK advised of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings and upon the request of MERCK, provide advance copies of any papers related to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent filings. RENOVIS shall promptly give notice to MERCK of the grant, lapse, revocation, surrender, invalidation or abandonment of any Patent Rights licensed to MERCK for which RENOVIS is responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance. With respect to all filings hereunder, the filing Party shall be responsible for payment of all costs and expenses related to such filings.

  • Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights ALNYLAM will have the right and responsibility to file, prosecute and maintain patent protection in the Territory for all ALNYLAM Patent Rights. [ * ]

  • Prosecution of Patent Applications At its own expense, each Assignor shall diligently prosecute all material applications for (i) United States Patents listed in Annex F hereto and (ii) Copyrights listed on Annex G hereto, in each case for such Assignor and shall not abandon any such application prior to exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies (other than applications deemed by such Assignor to be no longer prudent to pursue), absent written consent of the Collateral Agent.

  • Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, Licensee agrees to take responsibility for, but to consult with, the PHS in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall furnish copies of relevant patent-related documents to PHS.

  • Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance Each of Dyax and Genzyme shall be responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of all patent applications and patents which make up its Patent Rights. The Steering Committee shall designate either Dyax or Genzyme as the Party responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of all patent applications and patents which make up the Joint Patent Rights. For so long as any of the license grants set forth in Article 3 hereof remain in effect and upon request of the other Party, each of Dyax and Genzyme agrees to file and prosecute patent applications and maintain the patents covering the Patent Rights for which it is responsible in all countries in the Territory selected by the Steering Committee. Each of Dyax and Genzyme shall consult with and keep the other fully informed of important issues relating to the preparation and filing (if time permits), prosecution and maintenance of such patent applications and patents, and shall furnish to the other Party copies of documents relevant to such preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance in sufficient time prior to filing such document or making any payment due thereunder to allow for review and comment by the other Party and, to the extent possible in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, the filing Party shall incorporate all such comments.

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