Examples of Biogen Idec Patent Rights in a sentence
The purposes of the JPC shall be to prepare, file and prosecute the PDL Patent Rights, the Biogen Idec Patent Rights and the Joint Patent Rights, as described in and subject to the terms of Article 12.
Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, decisions of the JPC shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure a reasonable scope of protection for the PDL Patent Rights, the Biogen Idec Patent Rights and the Joint Patent Rights, to obtain broad patent protection for Collaboration Products and to strengthen the Parties’ ability to broadly protect and enforce such Patent Rights against infringers within the scope of Collaboration Products.
Decisions regarding Enforcement Actions with respect to Biogen Idec Patent Rights that are not Biogen Idec Target Patent Rights shall be made by Biogen Idec.
Biogen Idec shall keep the Joint Patent Committee informed of the progress of any such Enforcement Action with respect to the Biogen Idec Patent Rights that are not Biogen Idec Target Patent Rights.
Decisions regarding the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Biogen Idec Patent Rights that are not Biogen Idec Target Patent Rights shall be made solely by Biogen Idec.
Subject to the licenses granted hereunder, Biogen Idec shall own (i) the Biogen Idec Background Technology, the Biogen Idec Patent Rights and the Biogen Idec Proprietary Materials, (ii) all Biogen Idec Program Technology and (iii) all inventions (including, without limitation, Improvements) conceived and reduced to practice solely by employees of or agents or others obligated to assign inventions to Biogen Idec or a Biogen Idec Affiliate (“Biogen Idec Inventions”).
After the Effective Date, and subject to its rights under Section 8.5, Biogen Idec will promptly inform PTI if, to Biogen Idec’s knowledge, any threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim is asserted by any Third Party challenging Biogen Idec’s, or any Third Party licensor’s ownership rights in the Biogen Idec Patent Rights.
After the Effective Date, and subject to its rights under Section 8.4, Biogen Idec will make all filings for the Biogen Idec Patent Rights and those Licensed Patents over which it controls prosecution in compliance with the applicable requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.56.
Biogen Idec is responsible for filing, prosecution and maintenance of all Biogen Idec Patent Rights and Joint Collaboration Patent Rights, and all costs associated therewith.
After the Effective Date, and subject to its rights under Section 8.4, Biogen Idec will take reasonable steps to prevent any of the Biogen Idec Patent Rights and those Licensed Patents over which it controls prosecution from ceasing to exist or becoming invalid or unenforceable.