Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date: (i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Business or the Specialty Products Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or (ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for such Licensed Patent, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Business (if AgCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Business (if SpecCo is the Notifying Party). (b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo), as of the Effective Date. (c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and (ii). (i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c)) shall be a SpecCo Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo Licensed Patent if SpecCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, shall be deemed to be the AgCo Field for such Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo Field for such Patent if SpecCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice. (ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the AgCo Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that: (i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or (ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent. (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from and are not subject to a Wrong Pockets Notice.
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Samples: Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (Corteva, Inc.), Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (DuPont De Nemours, Inc.), Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (Corteva, Inc.)
Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date:
(i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Business or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or
(ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not (1) in the case of a Notifying Party that Controls such Licensed Patent, within the scope of its retained rights (i.e., such use is within the scope of the Receiving Party’s exclusively licensed field of use with respect to such Patent hereunder) or (2) in the case of a Notifying Party that is the Licensee, within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for (i.e., such Licensed Patentuse is not captured by any MatCo Patent Field or AgCo Patent Field, as applicable), and, in each case (in respect of the foregoing (1) and (2)), such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Business (if AgCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party).
(b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCoMatCo), as of the Effective Date.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a2.7(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCoMatCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use with respect to such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii)), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and through (iiiii).
(i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) shall be a SpecCo MatCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinfor clarity, shall be deemed to be the an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent (to the extent the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.7(c)) shall be deemed to be an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if AgCo is the Receiving Party and a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if MatCo is the Receiving Party, and such Use and natural evolutions thereof shall no longer be included in the exclusive field for which such Patent is licensed to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a2.7(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a2.7(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that:
(i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or;
(ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent; and
(iii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(aFor clarity, (i) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from AgCo and are its Affiliates shall not subject be required to submit a Wrong Pockets NoticeNotice with respect to any AgCo Restricted Heritage Use of an AgCo Heritage Product under an AgCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6, and (ii) MatCo and its Affiliates shall not be required to submit a Wrong Pockets Notice with respect to any MatCo Restricted Heritage Use of a MatCo Heritage Product under a MatCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6.
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Samples: Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (Corteva, Inc.), Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (DowDuPont Inc.), Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (Dow Inc.)
Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date:
(i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Specialty Products Business or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or
(ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not (1) in the case of a Notifying Party that Controls such Licensed Patent, within the scope of its retained rights (i.e., such use is within the scope of the Receiving Party’s exclusively licensed field of use with respect to such Patent hereunder) or (2) in the case of a Notifying Party that is the Licensee, within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for (i.e., such Licensed Patentuse is not captured by any MatCo Patent Field or SpecCo Patent Field, as applicable), and, in each case (in respect of the foregoing (1) and (2)), such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Specialty Products Business (if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party).
(b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo), or the Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is MatCo), as of the Effective Date.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a2.7(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo) or the Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is MatCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use with respect to such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii)), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and through (iiiii).
(i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) shall be a SpecCo MatCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinfor clarity, shall be deemed to be the AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent (to the extent the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.7(c)) shall be deemed to be a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if SpecCo is the Receiving Party and a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if MatCo is the Receiving Party, and such Use and natural evolutions thereof shall no longer be included in the exclusive field for which such Patent is licensed to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a2.7(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a2.7(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that:
(i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or;
(ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent; and
(iii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(aFor clarity, (i) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from SpecCo and are its Affiliates shall not subject be required to submit a Wrong Pockets NoticeNotice with respect to any SpecCo Restricted Heritage Use of a SpecCo Heritage Product under a SpecCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6, and (ii) MatCo and its Affiliates shall not be required to submit a Wrong Pockets Notice with respect to any MatCo Restricted Heritage Use of a MatCo Heritage Product under a MatCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6.
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Samples: Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (Dow Inc.), Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement (DowDuPont Inc.)
Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date:
(i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Specialty Products Business or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or
(ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not (1) in the case of a Notifying Party that Controls such Licensed Patent, within the scope of its retained rights (i.e., such use is within the scope of the Receiving Party’s exclusively licensed field of use with respect to such Patent hereunder) or (2) in the case of a Notifying Party that is the Licensee, within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for (i.e., such Licensed Patentuse is not captured by any MatCo Patent Field or SpecCo Patent Field, as applicable), and, in each case (in respect of the foregoing (1) and (2)), such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Specialty Products Business (if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party).
(b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo), or the Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is MatCo), as of the Effective Date.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a2.7(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo) or the Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is MatCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use with respect to such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii)), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and through (iiiii).
(i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) shall be a SpecCo MatCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinfor clarity, shall be deemed to be the AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent (to the extent the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.7(c)) shall be deemed to be a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if SpecCo is the Receiving Party and a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if MatCo is the Receiving Party, and such Use and natural evolutions thereof shall no longer be included in the exclusive field for which such Patent is licensed to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a2.7(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a2.7(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that:
(i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or;
(ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent; and
(iii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(aFor clarity, (i) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from SpecCo and are its Affiliates shall not subject be required to submit a Wrong Pockets NoticeNotice with respect to any SpecCo Restricted Heritage Use of a SpecCo Heritage Product under a SpecCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6, and (ii) MatCo and its Affiliates shall not be required to submit a Wrong Pockets Notice with respect to any MatCo Restricted Heritage Use of a MatCo Heritage Product under a MatCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6.
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Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date:
(i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Business or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or
(ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not (1) in the case of a Notifying Party that Controls such Licensed Patent, within the scope of its retained rights (i.e., such use is within the scope of the Receiving Party’s exclusively licensed field of use with respect to such Patent hereunder) or (2) in the case of a Notifying Party that is the Licensee, within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for (i.e., such Licensed Patentuse is not captured by any MatCo Patent Field or AgCo Patent Field, as applicable), and, in each case (in respect of the foregoing (1) and (2)), such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Business (if AgCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party).
(b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCoMatCo), as of the Effective Date.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a2.7(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCoMatCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use with respect to such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii)), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and through (iiiii).
(i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) shall be a SpecCo MatCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinfor clarity, shall be deemed to be the an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent (to the extent the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.7(c)) shall be deemed to be an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if AgCo is the Receiving Party and a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if MatCo is the Receiving Party, and such Use and natural evolutions thereof shall no longer be included in the exclusive field for which such Patent is licensed to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a2.7(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a2.7(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that:
(i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or;
(ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent; and
(iii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(aFor clarity, (i) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from AgCo and are its Affiliates shall not subject be required to submit a Wrong Pockets NoticeNotice with respect to any AgCo Restricted Heritage Use of an AgCo Heritage Product under an AgCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6, and (ii) MatCo and its Affiliates shall not be required to submit a Wrong Pockets Notice with respect to any MatCo Restricted Heritage Use of a MatCo Heritage Product under a MatCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6.
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Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date:
(i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Specialty Products Business or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or
(ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not (1) in the case of a Notifying Party that Controls such Licensed Patent, within the scope of its retained rights (i.e., such use is within the scope of the Receiving Party’s exclusively licensed field of use with respect to such Patent hereunder) or (2) in the case of a Notifying Party that is the Licensee, within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for (i.e., such Licensed Patentuse is not captured by any MatCo Patent Field or SpecCo Patent Field, as applicable), and, in each case (in respect of the foregoing (1) and (2)), such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Specialty Products Business (if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party).
(b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo), or the Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is MatCo), as of the Effective Date.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a2.7(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCo) or the Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is MatCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use with respect to such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii)), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and through (iiiii).
(i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) shall be a SpecCo MatCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinfor clarity, shall be deemed to be the AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent (to the extent the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.7(c)) shall be deemed to be a SpecCo Non- Exclusive Patent Field if SpecCo is the Receiving Party and a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if MatCo is the Receiving Party, and such Use and natural evolutions thereof shall no longer be included in the exclusive field for which such Patent is licensed to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the AgCo a SpecCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo SpecCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a2.7(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a2.7(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that:
(i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or;
(ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent; and
(iii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(aFor clarity, (i) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from SpecCo and are its Affiliates shall not subject be required to submit a Wrong Pockets NoticeNotice with respect to any SpecCo Restricted Heritage Use of a SpecCo Heritage Product under a SpecCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6, and (ii) MatCo and its Affiliates shall not be required to submit a Wrong Pockets Notice with respect to any MatCo Restricted Heritage Use of a MatCo Heritage Product under a MatCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6.
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Wrong Pockets. (a) A Party (a “Notifying Party”) shall have the right to provide prompt written notice (a “Wrong Pockets Notice”) to the other Party (a “Receiving Party”), including in response to an inquiry from the Receiving Party, if, following the Effective Date:
(i) a Notifying Party identifies a Patent Controlled by the other Party as of the Effective Date that is not included in the Licensed Patents licensed to such Notifying Party, and such Notifying Party reasonably believes that such Patent was Used in the Agriculture Business or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business, as applicable, as of the Effective Date; or
(ii) a Notifying Party identifies a Use by such Notifying Party of a Licensed Patent (including, for clarity, any Wrong Pockets Patent) that is not (1) in the case of a Notifying Party that Controls such Licensed Patent, within the scope of its retained rights (i.e., such use is within the scope of the Receiving Party’s exclusively licensed field of use with respect to such Patent hereunder) or (2) in the case of a Notifying Party that is the Licensee, within such Notifying Party’s licensed field of use hereunder for (i.e., such Licensed Patentuse is not captured by any MatCo Patent Field or AgCo Patent Field, as applicable), and, in each case (in respect of the foregoing (1) and (2)), such Notifying Party reasonably believes that the Use of such Licensed Patent as of the Effective Date was within the Agriculture Business (if AgCo is the Notifying Party) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party).
(b) Each Wrong Pockets Notice shall both identify the applicable Patent and describe the Use thereof in the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo), or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCoMatCo), as of the Effective Date.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, if a Notifying Party provides a Wrong Pockets Notice in accordance with Section 2.5(a2.7(a), the Notifying Party shall, within sixty (60) days of providing the Wrong Pockets Notice, demonstrate to the Receiving Party by clear and convincing evidence (the “Evidentiary Requirement”) that the identified Patent was Used in the manner identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice within the Agriculture Business (if the Notifying Party is AgCo) or the Specialty Products Materials Science Business (if the Notifying Party is SpecCoMatCo) as of the Effective Date (such evidence, the “Demonstration of Use”). The Receiving Party shall notify the Notifying Party in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Demonstration of Use whether it reasonably believes in good faith that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement. Solely to the extent (with respect to the Patent and Use identified in the applicable Wrong Pockets Notice) that the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements (whether determined by the Receiving Party in accordance with the foregoing, or in accordance with Section 9.1), or if the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response regarding whether the Demonstration of Use satisfies the Evidentiary Requirements within the applicable thirty (30) day period in accordance with the foregoing, such Patent shall be licensed to the Notifying Party for such Use (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i)) (each such Patent, a “Wrong Pockets Patent”), such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use with respect to such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii)), or such Use shall be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for such Patent (in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii)), as applicable, in each case, as further described in the following subsections (i) and through (iiiii).
(i) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), each Patent identified in such notice (if the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) shall be a SpecCo MatCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party or an AgCo Non-Exclusively Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party, and for clarity, the license to the Notifying Party therefor shall be non-exclusive and the field for which it is licensed pursuant to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinfor clarity, shall be deemed to be the an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party) shall be limited solely to the Use made by such Notifying Party and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date (to the extent that the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement) and natural evolutions thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of Licensor or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(ii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.5(c2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent (to the extent the Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.7(c)) shall be deemed to be an AgCo Non- Exclusive Patent Field if AgCo is the Receiving Party and a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field if MatCo is the Receiving Party, and such Use and natural evolutions thereof shall no longer be included in the exclusive field for which such Patent is licensed to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing in this Section 2.7(c), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, with respect to a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), each Use for a Licensed Patent identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice (to the extent that Demonstration of Use therefor satisfies the Evidentiary Requirement or the Receiving Party fails to provide the Notifying Party with a response in accordance with this Section 2.5(c2.7(c)) and natural evolutions thereof shall be deemed to be in the an AgCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if AgCo is the Notifying Party and in the SpecCo a MatCo Non-Exclusive Patent Field for such Licensed Patent if SpecCo MatCo is the Notifying Party and the license granted to such field shall be nonexclusive; provided that the rights with respect to such Use retained by the Notifying Party shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any licenses and other rights granted by or on behalf of the Receiving Party or any of its Affiliates to any Third Parties with respect to such Patent prior to the date of the Wrong Pockets Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, each Party shall only have two (2) years after the Effective Date to provide a Wrong Pockets Notice pursuant to Section 2.5(a2.7(a) to the other Party; provided that, in the case of Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), with respect to Patent applications filed prior to the Effective Date, such period shall extend until the date that is six (6) months after the publication of such Patent application if the expiration of such six (6) month period occurs after such two (2) year period expires.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(a2.7(a) through (d), unless and only to the extent that the Receiving Party provides its prior written consent (which the Receiving Party may withhold in its sole discretion), in the event that the Parties expressly discussed prior to the Effective Date that:
(i) any Patent would not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in Section 2.5(a)(i2.7(a)(i), such Patent shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s Licensed Patents (provided that, in determining that such Patent would not be a Licensed Patent hereunder, the Parties discussed prior to the Effective Date the Use identified in the Wrong Pockets Notice for such Patent); or;
(ii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (1) of Section 2.7(a)(ii), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s retained field of use for such Patent; and
(iii) any Use would not be included in the Notifying Party’s field of use for a specific Licensed Patent in the case of a Wrong Pockets Notice described in subsection (2) of Section 2.5(a)(ii2.7(a)(ii) (as applicable), such Use shall not be included in the Notifying Party’s licensed field of use for such Patent.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.5(aFor clarity, (i) through 2.5(e), those patents set forth on Schedule K are specifically excluded from AgCo and are its Affiliates shall not subject be required to submit a Wrong Pockets NoticeNotice with respect to any AgCo Restricted Heritage Use of an AgCo Heritage Product under an AgCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6, and (ii) MatCo and its Affiliates shall not be required to submit a Wrong Pockets Notice with respect to any MatCo Restricted Heritage Use of a MatCo Heritage Product under a MatCo Transferred Patent or any update, enhancement, modification or similar evolution thereof licensed under Section 2.6.
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