Litigable Matter definition

Litigable Matter means any dispute between the Parties concerning the validity, scope, enforceability, inventorship, or ownership of intellectual property rights, or any breach or alleged breach by a Party of any of Sections 12.1, 12.2, 15.1, 15.2 and 15.3 by a Party.
Litigable Matter means any dispute between the Parties concerning the validity, scope, enforceability, inventorship, or ownership of a Patent, without prejudice to the provisions of the penultimate sentence of Section 15.1.
Litigable Matter a Dispute to the extent relating to (a) the validity or enforceability of Patent Rights, or (b) the non-disclosure, non-use and maintenance of Confidential Information.

Examples of Litigable Matter in a sentence

  • As applicable, Tactical Matters may be discussed by the applicable Committee, but Tactical Matters shall not be subject to the Committee decision-making or dispute resolution processes described in this Agreement, except to the extent they involve disputes relating to whether such decisions involve an Arbitrable Matter or a Litigable Matter.

  • Any Unresolved DO Matter that is a Litigable Matter shall, at the election of either Party, be decided by litigation or such other dispute resolution procedure as the Parties may agree, except that (a) any Unresolved DO Matter that is subject to Section 16.3 shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.3 and (b) any Arbitrable Matter shall, at the election of either Party, be resolved by expedited arbitration as provided in Section 16.4.

  • Any dispute as to whether a particular dispute is an Arbitrable Matter, a Litigable Matter or an Expert Matter shall be resolved by arbitration pursuant to this Section 13.2. If the determination of the nature of the dispute is urgent, it may be resolved as an emergency matter by an emergency arbitrator pursuant to Article 37 of the AAA Rules.

  • Subject to Section 2.1(c), Party Tactical Matters may be discussed by the applicable Committees, but Party Tactical Matters shall not be subject to the Committee decision-making or dispute resolution processes described in this Agreement, except to the extent they involve disputes relating to whether such decisions involve an Arbitrable Matter or a Litigable Matter.

  • All Litigable Matters (including any Unresolved Committee Matter that is a Litigable Matter) shall, at the election of either Party, be decided by litigation in accordance with Section 14.5, provided that any Litigable Matter regarding the validity, scope, enforceability, inventorship or ownership of Intellectual Property Rights shall be submitted by either Party to a court of competent jurisdiction in the country in which such rights apply.

  • Notwithstanding anything contained in Sections 16.1 and 16.2, any dispute regarding the validity, scope, enforceability, inventorship or ownership of intellectual property rights shall be a Litigable Matter and shall not be subject to arbitration pursuant to this Article 16, but instead shall be submitted by either Party to a court of † [*****] REPRESENTS CONFIDENTIAL PORTION WHICH HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.


More Definitions of Litigable Matter

Litigable Matter means any dispute between the Parties (or their representatives on the SC) concerning (a) the validity, interpretation or construction of, compliance with, or breach of, this Agreement or (b) the validity, scope, enforceability, inventorship or ownership of Intellectual Property Rights.
Litigable Matter means any dispute between the Parties concerning the validity, scope, enforceability, inventorship, or ownership of a Patent Right.

Related to Litigable Matter

  • Litigation Claims means the claims, rights of action, suits or proceedings, whether in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, that any Debtor or any Estate may hold against any Person or Entity, including, without limitation, the Causes of Action of the Debtors or their Estates, in each case solely to the extent of the Debtors’ or their Estates’ interest therein. A non-exclusive list of the Litigation Claims held by the Debtors as of the Effective Date will be Filed with the Plan Supplement, which will be deemed to include any derivative actions filed against any Debtor as of the Effective Date.

  • Litigation means any action, suit or proceeding before any court, mediator, arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

  • Agreement Disputes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

  • Specified Matter means any Amendment of a Portfolio Investment that (a) reduces the principal amount of such Portfolio Investment, (b) reduces the rate of interest payable on such Portfolio Investment, (c) postpones the due date of any scheduled payment or distribution in respect of such Portfolio Investment, (d) alters the pro rata allocation or sharing of payments or distributions required by any related underlying instrument in a manner adverse to the Company, (e) releases any material guarantor of such Portfolio Investment from its obligations, (f) terminates or releases any lien on a material portion on the collateral securing such Portfolio Investment, (g) changes any of the provisions of any such underlying instrument specifying the number or percentage of lenders required to effect any of the foregoing or (h) materially changes any financial maintenance covenant.

  • Unresolved Claims shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).

  • Indemnified Matter has the meaning specified in Section 11.4 (Indemnities).

  • Dispute means any dispute, controversy, claim or difference of whatever nature arising out of, relating to, or having any connection with this Agreement, including a dispute regarding the existence, formation, validity, interpretation, performance or termination of this Agreement or the consequences of its nullity and also including any dispute relating to any non-contractual rights or obligations arising out of, relating to, or having any connection with this Agreement.

  • Third Party Claims has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.

  • Disagreement means a difference of opinion between personnel of a reporting issuer responsible for finalizing the reporting issuer’s financial statements and the personnel of a predecessor auditor responsible for authorizing the issuance of audit reports on the reporting issuer’s financial statements or authorizing the communication of the results of the auditor’s review of the reporting issuer’s interim financial report, if the difference of opinion

  • Tax Contest means an audit, review, examination, or any other administrative or judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining Taxes (including any administrative or judicial review of any claim for refund).

  • Resolved With respect to a Repurchase Request, means that (i) the related Material Defect has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has made a Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement has been entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

  • Excluded Matter means any action, suit or proceeding by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries against any Indemnitee who is or was an employee, but not an officer, of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee, but not as a director or officer, of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.

  • Legal Dispute means any action, suit or proceeding between or among the Parties arising in connection with any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any related document.

  • foreign matter means anything that is not part of the cotton plant.

  • Unresolved Claim means a Claim, which at the relevant time, in whole or in part: (a) has not been Finally Determined to be a Proven Claim in accordance with the Amended Claims Procedure Order and this Plan; (b) is validly disputed in accordance with the Amended Claims Procedure Order; and/or (c) remains subject to review and for which a Notice of Allowance or Notice of Revision or Disallowance (each as defined in the Amended Claims Procedure Order) has not been issued to the Creditor in accordance with the Amended Claims Procedure Order as at the date of this Plan, in each of the foregoing clauses, including both as to proof and/or quantum;

  • Third Party Claim Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).

  • Deadlock has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(d).

  • dispute resolution proceeding ’ means any process in which an alternative means of dispute resolution is used to resolve an issue in controversy in which a neutral is appointed and specified parties participate;

  • Third Party Claim has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

  • Causes of Action means any claims, interests, damages, remedies, causes of action, demands, rights, actions, suits, obligations, liabilities, accounts, defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, liens, indemnities, guaranties, and franchises of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, assertable, directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, in contract, tort, law, equity, or otherwise. Causes of Action also include: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law; (b) the right to object to or otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (c) claims pursuant to sections 362, 510, 542, 543, 544 through 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (d) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code.

  • Adjudicatory proceeding means a contested case, a proceeding that may culminate in a contested case, a petition for declaratory order, a petition for expedited resolution of a negotiability dispute, or any other proceeding which may require the board or its designee to issue a decision, order, or ruling.

  • Personal conflict of interest means a situation in which a covered employee has a financial interest, personal activity, or relationship that could impair the employee’s ability to act impartially and in the best interest of the Government when performing under the contract. (A de minimis interest that would not “impair the employee’s ability to act impartially and in the best interest of the Government” is not covered under this definition.)

  • Tax Proceeding has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

  • Transaction Litigation has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(d).

  • Tax Matter has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

  • Potential conflict of interest means any action or any decision or recommendation by a person acting in a capacity as a public official, the effect of which could be to the private pecuniary benefit or detriment of the person or the person’s relative, or a business with which the person or the person’s relative is associated, unless the pecuniary benefit or detriment arises out of the following: