Common use of Joint Activities Clause in Contracts

Joint Activities. If any invention is jointly owned by the Parties (each a “Joint Invention”), the Parties will (except as the Parties may otherwise agree in writing) cooperate to file, prosecute and maintain Patent Applications covering invention(s) jointly owned by the Parties in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany (e.g., through a European Patent Convention application) and Japan (collectively, the “Core Countries”) and other countries or multinational jurisdictions agreed upon in writing by the Parties. The Parties shall agree which Party shall be responsible for conducting such activities with respect to a particular Joint Invention. The Party conducting such activities shall keep the other Party fully informed as to the status of such patent matters, including, without limitation, by providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity, to review and comment on any documents relating to the Joint Invention which will be filed in any patent office before such filing, and promptly providing the other Party copies of any material documents relating to Joint Invention which the Party conducting such activities receives from such patent offices, including notice, without limitation, of all interferences, reissues, reexaminations, oppositions or requests for patent term extensions. Subject to Sections 9.4.2, the Parties will share equally all expenses and fees associated with the filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance of any Patent Application and resulting Patent for a Joint Invention in the Core Countries and other agreed countries or multinational jurisdictions.