Product-Specific Patent Rights Sample Clauses

Product-Specific Patent Rights. 15.3.1. Assignment of Product-Specific Patent Rights.
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Product-Specific Patent Rights. Subject to any contractual obligations to, or restrictions imposed by, the Parties' Third Party licensors, the JSC shall make all decisions regarding whether and how to file, prosecute and maintain any Product-Specific Patent Rights relevant to the exercise by the Sandoz Parties of the licenses granted in Section 2.1, including without limitation, the ability of Momenta or a Sandoz Party, as the case may be, to assume control of the filing, prosecution or maintenance of such Product-Specific Patent Rights of the Sandoz Parties or Momenta, respectively, in the name of the Sandoz Parties or Momenta, respectively, if the Sandoz Parties or Momenta, respectively, decline to file, prosecute or maintain such Product-Specific Patent Rights, elect to allow any such Product-Specific Patent Right to lapse or elect to abandon any such Product-Specific Patent Right before all appeals within the respective patent office have been exhausted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, in the event of a dispute with respect to such decisions that the Parties are unable to resolve, mutually acceptable outside patent counsel not regularly employed by any Party or their Affiliates shall be retained to resolve such dispute.
Product-Specific Patent Rights. (i) Roche shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to, at Roche’s discretion, file, prosecute, and maintain (including the defense of any interference or opposition proceedings) Roche Collaboration Patent Rights that constitute Product Specific Patent Rights. Roche shall provide to Alnylam copies of all prosecution filings related to such Product Specific Patent Rights sent to or received from patent offices in the Territory, unless otherwise directed by Alnylam, and, with respect to patent applications containing such Product Specific Patent Rights having information not previously filed that is intended to be submitted to patent offices in the Territory, shall use reasonable efforts to provide Alnylam with a draft of each such filing reasonably in advance of submission and shall consider in good faith any comments regarding such draft application that Alnylam may timely provide. If Roche decides (A) not to file a patent application on Roche Collaboration Know-How that would contain Product Specific Know-How, (B) to abandon prosecution of any Roche Collaboration Patent Right that would constitute a Product Specific Patent Right, or (C) not to otherwise maintain or extend any such Product Specific Patent Right, Roche shall give Alnylam written notice sufficiently in advance of any loss of rights to allow Alnylam to file, prosecute, maintain or extend, as the case may be, such Product Specific Patent Rights, in Roche’s name.
Product-Specific Patent Rights. (a) Biogen shall, at its own expense (subject to Section 13.4.1(d)), prepare, file, prosecute and maintain any Product-Specific Patent Rights, in all countries determined by Biogen. Biogen shall keep AGTC advised on the status of the prosecution of all patent applications included within such Product-Specific Patent Rights and the maintenance of any issued patents included within such Product-Specific Patent Rights. Further, Biogen shall consult and reasonably cooperate with AGTC with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Product-Specific Patent Rights, including: (i) allowing AGTC a reasonable opportunity and reasonable time to review and comment regarding such drafts before any applicable filings are submitted to any relevant patent office or Governmental Authority; and (ii) reflecting any reasonable comments offered by AGTC in any final filings submitted by Biogen to any relevant patent office or Governmental Authority, to the extent such comments are intended to prevent any detrimental effect on the prosecution and maintenance of any Patent Rights owned or Controlled by AGTC, provided that Biogen does not reasonably determine that such comments are detrimental to the prosecution, maintenance or enforcement of any Patent Rights owned or Controlled by Biogen.
Product-Specific Patent Rights. (i) In the event that, through Astellas’s exercise of its Development Option, the Development Compound or Backup Compound designated by Astellas is Covered by one or more Product-Specific Patent Rights, Astellas will (1) be responsible for and have final decision making authority with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Product-Specific Patent Rights and (2) become responsible for all such activities and one hundred percent (100%) of all costs associated therewith. If requested by Astellas, PTI will exercise Commercially Reasonable Efforts to prepare and file separate patent applications, including continuations-in-part, within the Collaboration Patent Rights or PTI Patent Rights, that become Product Specific Patent Rights pursuant to this Section, provided, however, that Astellas will reimburse PTI for all costs incurred by PTI in connection with the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Product-Specific Patent Rights.

Related to Product-Specific Patent Rights

  • Licensed Patent Rights The term “Licensed Patent Rights” shall mean rights arising out of or resulting from:

  • Joint Patent Rights 11.8.1 Genmab shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute, maintain and defend Patent Rights relating to Joint Inventions (“Joint Patent Rights”) throughout the Territory, at its sole expense, and Genmab shall give timely notice to CureVac, and, if during the Research Period, with a copy to the IP Sub-Committee, of any desire to not file patent applications claiming Joint Patent Rights or to cease prosecution and/or maintenance of Joint Patent Rights on a country-by-country basis and, in such cases, shall permit CureVac, in its sole discretion, to file such patent applications or to continue prosecution, maintenance or defense of such Joint Patent Rights at its own expense. At the latest [*****] before filing, the prosecuting Party shall give the non-prosecuting Party an opportunity to review and comment upon the text of any application with respect to such Joint Patent Right, shall consult with the non-prosecuting Party with respect thereto, shall not unreasonably refuse to address any of the non-prosecuting Party’s comments and supply the non-prosecuting Party with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. The prosecuting Party shall keep the non-prosecuting Party reasonably informed of the status of the actual and prospective prosecution, and maintenance, including but not limited to any substantive communications with the competent patent offices that may affect the scope of such filings, and the prosecuting Party shall give the non-prosecuting Party a timely, prior opportunity to review and comment upon any such substantive communication and shall consult with such non- prosecuting Party with respect thereto, and shall not unreasonably refuse to address any of such non-prosecuting Party’s comments.

  • Patent Rights The State and the U. S. Department of Transportation shall have the royalty free, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to use and to authorize others to use any patents developed by the Engineer under this contract.

  • Licensed Patents Licensee shall be responsible for all further patent prosecution with respect to the Licensed Patents and Licensed Technologies set out in Exhibit “A”. Licensee may select the patent agent for the prosecution of the Licensed Patents, subject to the approval of Licensor as the patent owner, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld. Licensee shall provide Licensor with copies of all relevant documentation related to the filing and prosecution of the Licensed Patents so that Licensor may be informed and apprised of and meaningfully consulted as to the continuing prosecution. Licensor shall keep all such documentation confidential. In the event the Licensee does not agree that any given patent application or patent should be filed, prosecuted or maintained (hereinafter referred to as a “Refused Licensed Patent”) in a particular jurisdiction(s) Licensee shall indicate such disagreement in writing (hereinafter “Refusal Notice”) and upon Licensor’s receipt of such Refusal Notice Licensor shall have the right unilaterally to make, prosecute and maintain such Refused Licensed * Confidential Information, indicated by [***], has been omitted from this filing and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission Patent in such jurisdiction(s) in the name of its owners, at Licensor’s expense, and Licensee shall not have any rights or obligations to such Refused Licensed Patent in such jurisdiction(s); provided, however, that Licensee shall retain all of its ownership rights in any Refused Licensed Patent that is a Co-Owned Technology. In such case Licensor shall provide Licensee with copies of all relevant documentation related to the filing and prosecution of the Refused Licensed Patents so that Licensee may be informed and apprised of and be meaningfully consulted with as to the continuing prosecution. Licensor shall have no obligation to continue prosecution or maintenance of any Refused Licensed Patent and may abandon same without any prior notice or any obligation to Licensee. Both Licensee and Licensor shall make best efforts to respond promptly to any request from the other Party for input or assistance with respect to matters pertaining to the Licensed Patents. Licensee shall use reasonable efforts to amend any patent application to include claims reasonably requested by the other Party and required to protect the Licensed Technology. In addition to Licensee’s obligations pursuant to section 4.1 above, Licensee shall be solely responsible for all patent and legal costs relating to the Licensed Patents and Licensed Technology (excluding Refused Licensed Patents) from the Effective Date onward, including all costs relating to the transfer of the Licensed Patents to the new patent agents selected by Licensee and approved by Licensor. For any patent and legal costs relating to the Licensed Patents and Licensed Technology (excluding Refused Licensed Patents) paid by Licensor after the Effective Date (including, without limitation, those expenses related to patentability assessments and drafting, filing, prosecution, maintenance, and taxes (the “Patent Costs”)), Licensee shall promptly reimburse Licensor for such Patent Costs upon receipt of an invoice from Licensor for such expenses. For any work in progress with respect to the Licensed Patents for which the Patent Costs have not already been paid by Licensor to its patent firm prior to the transfer of the Licensed Patents to Licensee’s patent agent, Licensor will direct its patent firm to copy Licensee on all such invoices from said patent firm and Licensee will promptly pay said invoices directly to Licensor’s patent firm.

  • Third Party Patent Rights If either Party desires to bring an opposition, action for declaratory judgment, nullity action, interference, declaration for non-infringement, reexamination or other attack upon the validity, title or enforceability of a Patent Right owned or controlled by a Third Party and having one or more claims that Cover the Compound or Product, or the use, sale, offer for sale or importation of the Compound or Product (except insofar as such action is a counterclaim to or defense of, or accompanies a defense of, a Third Party’s claim or assertion of infringement under Section 7.6, in which case the provisions of Section 7.6 shall govern), such Party shall so notify the other Party and the Parties shall promptly confer to determine whether to bring such action or the manner in which to settle such action. Provention shall have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to bring, at its own expense and in its sole control, such action in the Territory. If Provention does not bring such an action in the Territory, within ninety (90) days of notification thereof pursuant to this Section 7.7(a) (or earlier, if required by the nature of the proceeding), MacroGenics shall have the right, but not the obligation, to bring, at MacroGenics’ own expense, such action. The Party not bringing an action under this Section 7.7(a) shall be entitled to separate representation in such proceeding by counsel of its own choice and at its own expense, and shall cooperate fully with the Party bringing such action. Any awards or amounts received in bringing any such action shall be first allocated to reimburse the initiating Party’s expenses in such action, and any remaining amounts shall be allocated between the Parties as provided in Section 7.5(e).

  • Joint Patents With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, AstraZeneca shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to prepare patent applications based on such Joint Invention, to file and prosecute (including defense of any oppositions, interferences, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) such patent applications, and to maintain any Joint Patents issuing therefrom, in any jurisdictions throughout the Territory. FibroGen shall have the corresponding first right, but not the obligation, in any jurisdictions outside of the Territory other than China, in respect of which the China Agreement shall govern. If AstraZeneca determines in its sole discretion to abandon, cease prosecution or otherwise not file or maintain any Joint Patent anywhere in the Territory, then AstraZeneca shall provide FibroGen written notice of such determination at least thirty (30) days before any deadline for taking action to avoid abandonment (or other loss of rights) and shall provide FibroGen with the opportunity to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain such Joint Patent. The Party that is responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining a particular Joint Patent (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such prosecution efforts regarding such Joint Patent, and such other Party shall provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts. The Prosecuting Party shall provide the other Party with a copy of all material communications from any patent authority in the applicable jurisdictions regarding the Joint Patent being prosecuted by such Party, and shall provide drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent authorities a reasonable amount of time in advance of submitting such filings or responses. In particular, each Party agrees to provide the other Party with all information necessary or desirable to enable the other Party to comply with the duty of candor/duty of disclosure requirements of any patent authority. Either Party may determine that it is no longer interested in supporting the continued prosecution or maintenance of a particular Joint Patent in a country or jurisdiction, in which case: (i) the disclaiming Party shall, if requested in writing by the other Party, assign its ownership interest in such Joint Patent in such country or jurisdiction to the other Party for no additional consideration; and (ii) if such assignment is effected, any such Joint Patent would thereafter be deemed a FibroGen Patent in the case of assignment to FibroGen, or a AstraZeneca Patent in the case of assignment to AstraZeneca; provided, however, that the disclaiming party would have an immunity from suit under such FibroGen Patent or AstraZeneca Patent, as the case may be, in the applicable country or jurisdiction. In addition, any Joint Patent that becomes a FibroGen Patent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be excluded from the license granted to AstraZeneca in Section 7.1. Each Party shall bear its own internal costs in respect of the prosecution of Joint Patents. Out-of-pocket costs incurred in respect of the prosecution and maintenance of Joint Patents in the Territory shall be borne equally by AstraZeneca and FibroGen. In the event a Party elects to disclaim its interest in a Joint Patent, the costs incurred with respect to such Patent after the date of such disclaimer shall thereafter be borne exclusively by the other Party, without reimbursement or credit.

  • Third Party Patents If any Third Party claims that a patent it owns or controls claims any aspect of a Licensed Product or its manufacture, use or sale, the Party with notice of such claim shall notify the other Party promptly, and the Parties shall as soon as practicable thereafter discuss in good faith regarding the best response.

  • ROYALTIES AND PATENTS The Contractor shall pay all royalties and license fees. The Contractor shall defend all suits or claims for infringement of any patent rights and shall save the State harmless from loss on account thereof, except that the State shall be responsible for all such loss when a particular design, process or the product of a particular manufacturer or manufacturers is specified, but if the Contractor has reason to believe that the design, process or product specified is an infringement of a patent, The Contractor shall be responsible for such loss unless he promptly gives such information to the Architect.

  • Licensed Product “Licensed Product” shall mean any article, composition, apparatus, substance, chemical material, method, process or service whose manufacture, use, or sale is covered or claimed by a Valid Claim within the Patent Rights. For clarity, a “Licensed Product” shall not include other product or material that (a) is used in combination with Licensed Product, and (b) does not constitute an article, composition, apparatus, substance, chemical material, method, process or service whose manufacture, use, or sale is covered or claimed by a Valid Claim within the Patent Rights.

  • Patent/Copyright Materials/Proprietary Infringement Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Contract, Contractor shall be solely responsible for clearing the right to use any patented or copyrighted materials in the performance of this Contract. Contractor warrants that any software as modified through services provided hereunder will not infringe upon or violate any patent, proprietary right, or trade secret right of any third party. Contractor agrees that, in accordance with the more specific requirement contained in paragraph “HH” below, it shall indemnify, defend and hold County and County Indemnities harmless from any and all such claims and be responsible for payment of all costs, damages, penalties and expenses related to or arising from such claim(s), including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees, costs and expenses.

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