Termination of Patent Rights Sample Clauses

Termination of Patent Rights. By written notification to UNIVERSITY at least [**] in advance of any filing or response deadline or fee due date (i.e., a date by which an action must be taken to avoid payment of a late fee), LICENSEE may elect not to have a particular patent application filed in a particular country or not to pay expenses associated with prosecuting or maintaining any particular patent application or issued patent, provided that LICENSEE pays for all PATENT EXPENSES associated with the particular patent application or issued patent incurred up to UNIVERSITY’s receipt of such notification. LICENSEE’s failure to provide a timely notification shall be considered by UNIVERSITY to be LICENSEE’s consent that it expressly wishes to support any particular issued patent(s) or patent application(s). Upon notice that LICENSEE elects not to have a particular patent application filed or prosecuted or issued patent maintained in any particular country, or not to reimburse UNIVERSITY for all PATENT EXPENSES associated with prosecuting or maintaining any patent application or patent, UNIVERSITY may at its sole discretion elect to file, prosecute, and/or maintain such particular patent applications or issued patents at its own expense and for its own benefit, and any rights or license granted under this AGREEMENT held by LICENSEE or SUBLICENSEE(s) with respect to such patent application(s) or issued patent(s) shall be irrevocably terminated, forfeited, and relinquished. For the avoidance of doubt, LICENSEE and each SUBLICENSEE shall have no right to share in any revenue derived from such particular patent application or issued patents.
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Termination of Patent Rights. SUBLICENSEE shall have the right at any time to terminate this Agreement in whole or with respect to any portion of the PATENT RIGHTS by giving written notice to TI. This notice of termination shall be effective sixty (60) days after the date of TI’s receipt of such notice.
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Related to Termination of Patent Rights

  • Prosecution of Patents (a) The Licensor shall be solely responsible for preparing, prosecuting and maintaining the BENTLEY Patents.

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

  • Prosecution of Patent Applications The Party filing a Patent Application will provide the non-filing Party with a copy of any official communication relating to prosecution of the Patent Application within thirty (30) days of transmission of the communication. Each Party will also provide the other Party with the power to inspect and make copies of all documents retained in the applicable Patent Application or Patent file. The Parties agree to consult with each other regarding the prosecution of Patent Applications directed to joint CRADA Subject Inventions. If Collaborator elects to file and prosecute Patent Applications on joint CRADA Subject Inventions, then Collaborator agrees to use the U.S.P.T.O. Customer Number Practice and/or grant PHS a power(s) of attorney (or equivalent) necessary to assure PHS access to its intellectual property rights in these Patent Applications. PHS and Collaborator will cooperate with each other to obtain necessary signatures on Patent Applications, assignments, or other documents.

  • 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.

  • Enforcement of Patent Rights Kite, at its sole expense, shall have the right to determine the appropriate course of action to enforce Licensed Patent Rights or otherwise xxxxx the infringement thereof, to take (or refrain from taking) appropriate action to enforce Licensed Patent Rights, to defend any declaratory judgments seeking to invalidate or hold the Licensed Patent Rights unenforceable, to control any litigation or other enforcement action and to enter into, or permit, the settlement of any such litigation, declaratory judgments or other enforcement action with respect to Licensed Patent Rights, and shall consider, in good faith, the interests of Cabaret in so doing. Kite shall bring any such enforcement action in Kite’s own name; provided, however, if necessary for standing purposes only, (a) Kite shall have, subject to Cabaret prior consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed for more than […***…] after written request by Kite, or conditioned, the right to bring such action in the name of ***Confidential Treatment Requested Cabaret (all costs to be borne by Kite) if Cabaret is the party with legal standing, and (b) Cabaret shall make all reasonable efforts to enable Kite to bring such enforcement action in the name of any Licensor that is the party with legal standing. If Kite does not, within […***…] of receipt of notice from Cabaret, xxxxx the infringement or file suit to enforce the Licensed Patent Rights against at least one infringing party, Cabaret shall have the right to take whatever action it deems appropriate to enforce the Licensed Patent Rights; provided, however, that, within […***…] after receipt of notice of Cabaret’s intent to file such suit, Kite shall have the right to jointly prosecute such suit and to fund up to […***…] the costs of such suit. The party controlling any such enforcement action shall not settle the action or otherwise consent to an adverse judgment in such action that diminishes the rights or interests of the non-controlling party without the prior written consent of the other party. All monies recovered upon the final judgment or settlement of any such suit to enforce the Licensed Patent Rights shall be used (a) first, to reimburse the costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) of Kite and Cabaret; and (b) second, (i) if Cabaret is the controlling party in such action, any remaining recovery shall be divided equally between Kite and Cabaret, or (ii) if the controlling party is Kite, any remaining recovery shall be divided between Kite and Cabaret in shares that reflect the damages incurred by each party to reflect the applicable royalty to Cabaret hereunder for lost sales, and the lost profits (net of such royalties) to Kite for lost sales , provided that in any case the amount paid to Cabaret shall not be less than the applicable royalty rate if such recovery was received as Net Sales.

  • Joint Patent Rights With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, the Parties shall confer and agree upon which Party, if any, shall prepare, file, Prosecute (including any interferences, reissue proceedings, and other administrational proceedings) and Maintain patent applications covering such Joint Invention (any such patent application and any patents issuing therefrom a “Joint Patent Right”), at the responsible Party’s expense. It is the intention of the Parties that, unless otherwise agreed in writing, ATI would prepare, file, Prosecute and Maintain any Joint Patent Rights. The Party that Prosecutes a patent application in the Joint Patent Rights (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such Prosecution efforts regarding the applicable Joint Patent Rights in the particular jurisdictions, 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 Rights 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 to enable the other Party to comply with the duty of candor/duty of disclosure requirements of any patent authority. Should ATI determine that it will no longer support the continued Prosecution or Maintenance of a particular Joint Patent Right in a country or jurisdiction, ATI shall provide Rigel with written notice of such determination at least thirty (30) Business Days prior to any deadline for taking action to avoid abandonment of such Joint Patent Right. Rigel shall have the right, but not ***Text Omitted and Filed Separately Confidential Treatment Requested Under 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 obligation, to file, Prosecute and Maintain such Joint Patent Rights in the applicable jurisdiction at Rigel’s expense.

  • Infringement of Patents by Third Parties (a) Except as expressly provided in the remainder of this Section 6.3, Intrexon shall have the sole right to take appropriate action against any person or entity directly or indirectly infringing any Intrexon Patent (or asserting that an Intrexon Patent is invalid or unenforceable) (collectively, “Infringement”), either by settlement or lawsuit or other appropriate action.

  • Termination for Patent Challenge Either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement solely on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis upon written notice if the other Party or any of its Affiliates challenges the validity, scope or enforceability of or otherwise opposes any Patent (i) included in the Vividion Intellectual Property and that is licensed to Celgene under this Agreement in any action or proceeding, or (ii) included in the Celgene Patents or Celgene License Collaboration Patents under this Agreement in any action or proceeding (subject to the exceptions described in this Section 14.3(d), a “Challenge”) (other than as may be necessary or reasonably required to assert a defense, cross-claim or a counter-claim in an action or proceeding asserted by either Party or any of its Affiliates or Licensee Partners against the other Party or any of its Affiliates or to respond to a court request or order or administrative law, request or order), it being understood and agreed that either Party’s right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 14.3(d) shall not apply to any actions undertaken by an Affiliate of the other Party (the “Challenging Party”) that first becomes such an Affiliate as a result of a Change of Control involving the Challenging Party, where such new Affiliate was undertaking any of the activities described in the foregoing clause prior to such Change of Control; provided that, a Party’s right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 14.3(d) shall apply to actions undertaken by such new Affiliate if the Challenging Party is the acquiror in such Change of Control and such new Affiliate does not terminate or otherwise cease participating in such action, proceeding, challenge or opposition within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such Change of Control. If a Licensee Partner of Celgene challenges the validity, scope or enforceability of or otherwise opposes any Patent included in any of the intellectual property described in this Section 14.3(d) under which such Licensee Partner is sublicensed in any action or proceeding, then Celgene shall, upon written notice from Vividion, terminate such sublicense. For the avoidance of doubt, an action by a Party or any of its Affiliates (collectively the “Pursuing Party”) in accordance with this Agreement or the Master Agreement to amend claims within a pending patent application of the other Party during the course of the Pursuing Party’s Prosecution of such pending patent application or in defense of a Third Party proceeding, or to make a negative determination of patentability of claims of a patent application of the other Party or to abandon a patent application of the other Party during the course of the Pursuing Party’s Prosecution of such pending patent application, shall not constitute a challenge under this Section 14.3(d). Neither Party shall, and each Party shall ensure that its Affiliates and Licensee Partners do not, use or disclose any Confidential Information of the other Party or any nonpublic information regarding the Prosecution or enforcement of any Vividion Patents, Celgene License Collaboration Patents or Joint Patents to which a Party or any of its Affiliates or Licensee Partners are or become privy as a consequence of the rights granted to Celgene pursuant to Article X, in initiating, requesting, making, filing or maintaining, or in funding or otherwise assisting any other Person with respect to, any Challenge.

  • 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.

  • Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights (a) Ardelyx shall be responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution (including without limitation conducting any interferences, oppositions, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) and maintenance of the Listed Patents, unless and until Sanofi has exercised the Option to Continue and Ardelyx has received the Continuation Milestone. Ardelyx agrees to prosecute and maintain the Listed Patents in those countries set forth on Exhibit C. A detail of Patent Costs incurred by Ardelyx in prosecuting and maintaining the Listed Patents prior to the Effective Date is set forth on Exhibit B; provided, however, that the costs and expenses set forth on Exhibit B do not include those costs and expenses incurred by Ardelyx in the drafting and filing of the Listed Patents. Ardelyx will bear the [***] of Patent Costs after the Effective Date and prior to Sanofi’s exercise of the Option to Continue. After Ardelyx has paid such amount, Sanofi shall reimburse Ardelyx for any additional Patent Costs incurred by Ardelyx after the Effective Date during the Term until such time as Sanofi exercises the Option to Continue and Ardelyx has received the Continuation Milestone. Ardelyx shall submit invoices to Sanofi at the beginning of each Calendar Quarter, which invoice shall detail the Patent Costs in the previous Calendar Quarter and, if applicable, include all copies of invoices from outside counsel. Sanofi shall pay each invoice within thirty (30) days of its receipt thereof. During the time that Ardelyx is responsible for the prosecution of the Listed Patents, Ardelyx shall provide Sanofi with advance copies of, and a reasonable opportunity to comment upon, proposed patent filings, related prosecution strategies and proposed correspondence with patent officials or other Third Parties relating to any Listed Patents. Ardelyx, in the course of such activities, will consider comments received from Sanofi with respect to such proposed filings, strategies and correspondence in good faith and will not unreasonably reject such comments to the extent such comments could reasonably be deemed to impact Ardelyx Compounds. In any event, Ardelyx will not finally abandon any claims and will not limit any claims that are specific to Ardelyx Compounds without Sanofi’s prior written consent. Ardelyx shall cooperate to assist Sanofi in assuming the prosecution and maintenance of the Listed Patents as provided by Section 8.4(i), including by transferring to Sanofi the patent files associated with such Licensed Products and providing any other information reasonably requested by Sanofi and access to the relevant inventors.

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