Challenge means any challenge to the validity or enforceability of any of the Licensed Patent Rights before any administrative, judicial or other governmental authority, court, tribunal or arbitration panel, including by (a) filing a declaratory judgment action in which any of the Licensed Patent Rights is alleged to be invalid or unenforceable; (b) citing prior art pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §301, filing a request for re-examination of any of the Licensed Patent Rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §302 and/or §311, or provoking or becoming a party to an interference with an application for any of the Licensed Patent Rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §135; or (c) filing or commencing any re-examination, opposition, cancellation, nullity or similar proceedings against any of the Licensed Patent Rights in any country.
Challenge means, with respect to any Patent under the Contract Services IP, to commence or voluntarily join a legal action to contest the validity or enforceability of any such Patent, in whole or in part, in any court, arbitration proceeding or other tribunal, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, and the United States International Trade Commission. As used in this term “Challenge”, the term “contest” includes (a) filing an action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202 seeking a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such Patent; (b) filing, or joining in, a petition under 35 U.S.C. § 311 to institute inter partes review of any such Patent, or any portion thereof; (c) filing, or joining in, a petition under 35 U.S.C. § 321 to institute post-grant review of any such Patent, or any portion thereof; (d) any foreign equivalent of clauses (a), (b) or (c) in any country outside of the United States; or (e) filing or commencing any opposition, nullity or similar proceedings challenging the validity of any such Patent in any country outside the United States; but excludes (i) filing a request under 35 U.S.C. § 302 for re-examination of any such Patent, (ii) filing a request under 35 U.S.C. § 251 for a reissue of any such Patent, or (iii) any foreign equivalents of clause (i) or (ii) applicable in a country outside of the United States.
Challenge means to appeal a ruling of the Chair.
Examples of Challenge in a sentence
See Pelletiere, Hamas and Hizbollah: The Radical Challenge to Israel in the Occupied Territories.
In such circumstances the Price payable by the Customer shall be calculated in accordance with the table set out in clause 6 by reference to the date on which the Challenger is withdrawn from the Programme by World Challenge.
If the re-encryption key rki→ j was not generated yet, the challenger creates it.– Challenge: This can only be queried once.
The Case Against Integration, The Challenge Press, Little Rock, Arkansas, p.
Candidate for Director-General of the World Trade Organization The Challenge The WTO was facing very significant development and prosperity.
More Definitions of Challenge
Challenge means Licensee or a Sublicensee will be deemed to have made a “Challenge” of the Penn Patent Rights if Licensee or a Sublicensee: (a) institutes or voluntarily joins as a party to, or causes its counsel to institute on Licensee’s or such Sublicensee’s behalf, any interference, opposition, re-examination, post-grant review or similar proceeding with respect to any Penn Patent Right with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any foreign patent office; or (b) files or voluntarily joins as a party to any legal proceeding, or causes its counsel to institute or voluntarily join as a party to any legal proceeding on Licensee's or such Sublicensee's behalf, with a court or other Governmental Body (including, without limitation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any foreign patent office) having authority to determine the validity, enforceability or scope of the Penn Patent Rights, in which one or more claims in such legal proceeding challenges the validity or enforceability of any Penn Patent Right.
Challenge means any challenge to the validity or enforceability of any of the Licensor Patents, including without limitation by (a) filing a declaratory judgment action in which any of the Licensor Patents is alleged to be invalid or unenforceable; or (b) filing or commencing any re-examination, interference, derivation proceeding, post-issuance proceeding, opposition, cancellation, nullity or similar proceedings against any of the Licensor Patents in the courts or patent offices in any country.
Challenge has the meaning set forth in Section 13.19(a).
Challenge has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.4.
Challenge means, with respect to Patent Rights, to challenge the validity or enforceability of any Patent Rights, including without limitation by (i) filing a declaratory judgment action in which Patent Rights are alleged to be invalid or unenforceable; (ii) citing prior art pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Sec. 301, making a request for re-examination of Patent Rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Sec. 302 and/or 311, or provoking or becoming party to an interference with an application for Patent Rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Sec. 135; or (iii) filing or commencing any opposition, cancellation, nullity or similar proceedings against Patent Rights in any country.
Challenge means any challenge to the [***], or [***] of any of the Licensed Patent Rights, including without limitation: (a) filing a declaratory judgment action in which any of the Licensed Patent Rights is alleged to be invalid or unenforceable; (b) citing prior art pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §122 or §301, filing a request for re-examination of any of the Licensed Patent Rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §302 or §311, filing [***] of the Licensed Patent Rights pursuant to [***], or filing [***] of the Licensed Patent Rights pursuant to [***]; or (c) filing or commencing any re-examination, opposition, cancellation, nullity or similar proceeding against any of the Licensed Patent Rights in any country.