Joint Invention definition

Joint Invention has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

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Joint Invention shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

Joint Invention means an Invention that is invented jointly by employees and/or agents of both Theravance and GSK hereunder and the patent rights in such Invention.

Examples of Joint Invention in a sentence

• If only one party wishes to seek patent protection with respect to such Joint Invention in such country or countries, it may file, prosecute and maintain patent applications and patents with respect thereto, at its own expense.

• All expenses incurred in obtaining and maintaining any patent on such Joint Invention shall be equally shared except that, if one Party declines to share in such expenses, the other Party may take over the prosecution and maintenance thereof, at its own expense, provided that title to the patent remains in the names of both Parties.

• Each Party shall be entitled to disclose such Jointly Owned Results without restrictions unless such Jointly Owned Results contain a Joint Invention in which case no disclosure must be made prior to the filing of a priority application.

• MIT shall have the first right to file a patent application on a Joint Invention in the names of both Parties, unless otherwise agreed.

• Each Party shall have the independent, unrestricted right to license to third parties any such Joint Invention without accounting to the other Party, except that Sponsor shall be entitled to request an exclusive license to MIT’s interest in a Joint Invention as provided under Section 11.B.2 below.

More Definitions of Joint Invention

Joint Invention means all Inventions conceived and/or made jointly by one or more employees of University and by one or more employees of Sponsor.

Joint Invention means any Invention conceived and/or reduced to practice jointly by or on behalf of both Parties.

Joint Invention has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.

Joint Invention means any Invention invented or discovered jointly by or on behalf of the employee(s), contractor(s) or agent(s) of BMS on one hand, and EXEL and/or EPC on the other hand (and/or their Affiliates).

Joint Invention means any Invention conceived or reduced to practice jointly by one or more employees of Lilly or its Affiliate or a Third Party acting on behalf of Lilly or its Affiliate, on the one hand, and one or more employees of Zymeworks or its Affiliate or a Third Party acting on behalf of Zymeworks or its Affiliate, on the other hand.

Joint Invention means an Invention that is conceived jointly by an employee of, or person under an obligation of assignment to, each of New River and Shire.

Joint Invention means any invention, whether or not patented, that is co-invented by a an employee, agent or contractor of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or one of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and an employee, agent or contractor of Licensee or one of its Affiliates, on the other hand, as determined in accordance with Section 7.1.1 (Inventorship) arising from activities conducted pursuant to this Agreement and to the extent related to the Exploitation of Compounds.