Common use of PUBLICATION AND AUTHORSHIP Clause in Contracts

PUBLICATION AND AUTHORSHIP. Notwithstanding Section 11.6(e) below, the Company will have the right to author, to publish and to retain or transfer copyright to scientific reports describing the methods and results of any or all Bionics Controlled IP that does not constitute Shared Future Intellectual Property; provided that, if the studies were conducted with the financial and/or technical support of Bionics or any of its Affiliates, such reports shall include an acknowledgment to that effect. Prior to publishing any reports or submitting any manuscripts wherein the publication could adversely affect patent rights for any Bionics Controlled IP (i.e., new inventions for which patent applications have not been filed), (i) the Company shall make the manuscripts for such reports available to Bionics or one of Bionics’ Affiliates, using reasonable efforts to provide Bionics or such Affiliate copies of such manuscripts at least thirty (30) days before submission to a journal or other publisher so that Bionics can take any steps it deems necessary to protect such Surgi-Vision IP disclosed in such manuscripts, (ii) Bionics will promptly review such manuscripts, and (iii) the Company will delay its submission to such journal or other publisher for up to one hundred eighty (180) days if Bionics, in its reasonable discretion, determines that it needs additional time to protect such Bionics Controlled IP.