Diligent Completion The Company agrees to use its reasonable efforts to cause the completion of the Project as soon as practicable, but in any event on or prior to the end of the Investment Period.
ACCESS AND COOPERATION; DUE DILIGENCE (a) Between the date of this Agreement and the Funding and Consummation Date, the COMPANY will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of METALS and the Other Founding Companies access to all of the COMPANY's sites, properties, books and records and will furnish METALS with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the COMPANY as METALS or the Other Founding Companies may from time to time reasonably request. The COMPANY will cooperate with METALS and the Other Founding Companies, its representatives, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. METALS, NEWCO, the STOCKHOLDERS and the COMPANY will treat all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement or the due diligence investigations conducted with respect to the Other Founding Companies as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof. In addition, METALS will cause each of the Other Founding Companies to enter into a provision similar to this Section 7.1 requiring each such Other Founding Company, its stockholders, directors, officers, representatives, employees and agents to keep confidential any information obtained by such Other Founding Company.
Completion of Due Diligence VPI has substantially completed its due diligence of the COMPANY as of the date hereof, except for any additional investigation that may be needed as a result of a notice pursuant to Section 7.7 or an amendment pursuant to Section 7.8.
Development Diligence Novartis shall dedicate commercially reasonable efforts, during each [**] month period, necessary to continue the advancement of Licensed Compounds and Licensed Products with respect to at least one Profile towards the next clinical Development milestone or approval milestone, as described in Sections 7.4.2 or 7.4.3, respectively. If Novartis (itself or through its Affiliates or sublicensees) fails to dedicate commercially reasonable efforts, during any [**] month period, necessary to continue the advancement of Licensed Compounds and Licensed Products with respect to at least one Profile towards such next milestone, then any dispute regarding Novartis’ failure of development diligence with respect to such Profile shall be resolved in accordance with Article 13.
Satisfactory Completion of Due Diligence The Company and the Shareholders shall have completed their legal, accounting and business due diligence of the Parent and the results thereof shall be satisfactory to the Company and the Shareholders in their sole and absolute discretion.
Litigation and Regulatory Cooperation During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company in the defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or which may be brought in the future against or on behalf of the Company which relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Executive’s full cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being available to meet with counsel to prepare for discovery or trial and to act as a witness on behalf of the Company at mutually convenient times. During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive also shall cooperate fully with the Company in connection with any investigation or review of any federal, state or local regulatory authority as any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Executive’s performance of obligations pursuant to this Section 7(f).
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.
Prosecution and Maintenance Each party retains the sole right to protect at its sole discretion the Intellectual Property and Technology owned by such party, including, without limitation, deciding whether to file and prosecute applications to register patents, copyrights and mask work rights included in such Intellectual Property, whether to abandon prosecution of such applications, and whether to discontinue payment of any maintenance or renewal fees with respect to any patents included in such Intellectual Property.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance 14.1 REGENTS will diligently prosecute and maintain the United States and foreign patent applications and patents under REGENTS' PATENT RIGHTS, subject to LICENSEE’S reimbursement REGENTS’ out of pocket costs under Paragraph 14.3 below, and all patent applications and patents under REGENTS’ PATENT RIGHTS will be held in the name of REGENTS. REGENTS will have sole responsibility for retaining and instructing patent counsel, but continued use of such counsel at any point in the patent prosecution process subsequent to initial filing of a U.S. patent application covering the INVENTION shall be subject to the approval of LICENSEE. If LICENSEE rejects three of REGENTS’ choice of prosecution counsel, then REGENTS may select new prosecution counsel without LICENSEE’s consent. REGENTS shall promptly provide LICENSEE with copies of all relevant documentation so that LICENSEE may be currently informed and apprised of the continuing prosecution and LICENSEE agrees to keep this documentation confidential in accordance with Article 26. LICENSEE may comment upon such documentation, provided, however, that if LICENSEE has not commented upon such documentation in reasonable time for REGENTS to sufficiently consider LICENSEE’s comments prior to the deadline for filing a response with the relevant government patent office, REGENTS will be free to respond appropriately without consideration of LICENSEE's comments. LICENSEE and LICENSEE's patent counsel will have the right to consult with patent counsel chosen by REGENTS.
Diligent Efforts Pfizer and Xenogen Cranbury each shall use reasonably diligent efforts to achieve the objectives of the Research Program. Xenogen Cranbury will use reasonably diligent efforts to achieve the objectives listed in the Research Plan and Pfizer will use reasonably diligent efforts to assist Xenogen Cranbury in such efforts.
