Supply Arrangement. ENZO shall purchase its requirements for GROUP A1, C, K and K1 PRODUCTS from CIL. Such supply arrangement shall be on an exclusive basis worldwide. If, at any time after the first anniversary of the issuance of a United States patent to CIL covering digoxigenen labeled nucleotides, oligonucleotides or polynucleotides (a "dig patent"), and during the term of this Agreement, such dig patent is or appears to be infringed by a third party in connection with the sale of a product in competition with the PRODUCTS described herein, the party having knowledge thereof shall notify the other and the parties shall consult to consider what, if any, action should be taken. The decision regarding institution of proceedings to ▇▇▇▇▇ the infringement shall be at CIL's discretion, and in the event CIL elects to initiate legal proceedings, ENZO shall give CIL all reasonable assistance in such proceedings. In the event CIL shall elect not to institute infringement proceedings, and if ENZO can show, by market research performed by a researcher mutually acceptable to both parties, that infringing sales exceed 20% of the market for a particular PRODUCT, the payment to CIL for such PRODUCT pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced by 25% until CIL commences legal action against such infringer of settlement has been reached between such infringer and CIL. The foregoing sentence does not constitute a validation, endorsement or belief (express or implied) on the part of ENZO in the validity of any CIL patent claims. PRODUCT specifications, etc. shall be identical in all respects to PRODUCT distributed by CIL. Labeling of any such PRODUCTS shall not include any reference to CIL except as may be required by law.
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Supply Arrangement. ENZO shall purchase its requirements for GROUP A1, C, K * and K1 * PRODUCTS from CIL. Such supply arrangement shall ---------- * The information omitted is confidential and has been filed separately with the Commission pursuant to Rule 406. be on an exclusive basis worldwide. If, at any time after the first anniversary of the issuance of a United States patent to CIL covering digoxigenen labeled nucleotides, oligonucleotides or polynucleotides (a "dig patent"), and during the term of this Agreement, such dig patent is or appears to be infringed by a third party in connection with the sale of a product in competition with the PRODUCTS described herein, the party having knowledge thereof shall notify the other and the parties shall consult to consider what, if any, action should be taken. The decision regarding institution of proceedings to ▇▇▇▇▇ the infringement shall be at CIL's discretion, and in the event CIL elects to initiate legal proceedings, ENZO shall give CIL all reasonable assistance in such proceedings. In the event CIL shall elect not to institute infringement proceedings, and if ENZO can show, by market research performed by a researcher mutually acceptable to both parties, that infringing sales exceed 20% * of the market for a particular PRODUCT, the payment to CIL for such PRODUCT pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced by 25% * until CIL commences legal action against such infringer of settlement has been reached between such infringer and CIL. The foregoing sentence does not constitute a validation, endorsement or belief (express or implied) on the part of ENZO in the validity of any CIL patent claims. PRODUCT specifications, etc. shall be identical in all respects to PRODUCT distributed by CIL. Labeling of any such PRODUCTS shall not include any reference to CIL except as may be required by law.
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