Lead Patent Party definition

Lead Patent Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2(c)(ii).
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Lead Patent Party with respect to a given SeaGen Product- Specific Patent, Joint Program Patent or Merck Product-Specific Patent, as applicable, in which case such other Party shall thereafter be the “Lead Patent Party” with respect to the applicable SeaGen Product-Specific Patent, Joint Program Patent or Merck Product-Specific Patent. 12.4.4
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Lead Patent Party means, for purposes of this Agreement [***].
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Examples of Lead Patent Party in a sentence

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  • For the avoidance of doubt, the Lead Patent Party may elect to use outside patent counsel for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Joint Patents subject to the approval of the non-Lead Patent Party.

  • The Lead Patent Party with respect to any other Joint Patents may file and prosecute to obtain extensions of such Joint Patents.

  • The Lead Patent Party shall be responsible for filing any and all applications to be filed in an individual nation and provide copies to the other Party of all Collaboration Patent and Prior Collaboration 17206 Patent filings and communications to or from all patent offices with the opportunity for the other Party to comment on all such filings and communications in advance.

  • The Lead Patent Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain the SeaGen Product- Specific Patents, Joint Program Patents and Merck Product-Specific Patents, as applicable, worldwide; provided that with respect to Joint Program Patents, such preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance shall be done through outside counsel mutually agreed to by the Parties.

  • The non-Lead Patent Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, assist and cooperate with the Lead Patent Party in filing, prosecuting and maintaining the Joint Patents to the extent not related to the Combination Product.


More Definitions of Lead Patent Party

Lead Patent Party means, (a) SeaGen, with respect to the SeaGen Product- Specific Patents and Joint Program Patents, and (b) Merck, with respect to the Merck Product- Specific Patents, in each case, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. 1.76 “Lead Regulatory Party” means, (a) with respect to the Licensed Product in the US Collaboration Territory, SeaGen (unless otherwise determined by the JSC), (b) with respect to the Licensed Product in the European Collaboration Territory, Merck (unless otherwise determined by the JSC), (c) with respect to the Licensed Product in the SeaGen Territory, SeaGen (unless otherwise determined by the JSC), and (d) with respect to the Licensed Product in the Merck Territory, Merck (unless otherwise determined by the JSC), in each case (a), (b), (c) and (d), except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. 1.77 “Lead Study Party” means, with respect to a given Clinical Trial for the Licensed Product, the Party that is designated by the JSC as the “Lead Study Party” for such Clinical Trial as set forth in the Development Plan, in each case, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. 1.78 “Lead Trademark Party” means, with respect to a given country in the Territory, unless otherwise determined by the JCC, the Party that is the “Lead Distribution Party” for such country, as set forth in this Agreement. 1.79 “Licensed Compound” means (a) SGN-LIV-1-A, (b) any Next Generation Compound for which Merck has delivered (or is deemed to have delivered) a Licensed Compound Notice pursuant to Section 2.9.2 or (c) any Acquired Competing Product that the non-Acquiring Competing Product Party elects to include as a “Licensed Compound” pursuant to an offer to do so from the Acquiring Competing Product Party pursuant to Section 2.9.3(c). For clarity, (i) as of the Effective Date, SGN-LIV-1-A is the only Licensed Compound; and (ii) the Parties may Develop one or more Licensed Compounds hereunder at any one time. 1.80 “Licensed Product” means a product containing or comprising a Licensed Compound, in any form, formulation, presentation or dosage strength. For clarity, (a) each Licensed Product containing or comprising the same Licensed Compound, in any form, formulation, presentation or dosage strength, including, for clarity, (i) for monotherapy use or in Combination Therapy with any product (including a Proprietary Product) or (ii) in any Combination Product, shall be considered the same Licensed Product for purposes o...
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Related to Lead Patent Party

  • Joint Patent means a patent that issues from a Joint Patent Application.

  • Joint Patent Rights means Patent Rights that contain one or more claims that cover Joint Technology.

  • Joint Patents has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

  • Licensed Patent means Stanford's rights in U.S. Patent Application, Serial Number , filed , any foreign patent application corresponding thereto, and any divisional, continuation, or reexamination application, extension, and each patent that issues or reissues from any of these patent applications. Any claim of an unexpired Licensed Patent is presumed to be valid unless it has been held to be invalid by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be or is taken. “Licensed Patent” excludes any continuation-in-part (CIP) patent application or patent.

  • Valid Patent Claim means a claim of an issued and unexpired Patent which has not been disclaimed, revoked, held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal, and which has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or otherwise.

  • Licensed Patent Rights means:

  • Licensed Patents means (a) all United States patents and patent applications listed in Exhibit A, as modified pursuant to Section 2.6.1, including patents arising from such patent applications; and (b) any re-examination certificates thereof, and their foreign counterparts and extensions, continuations, divisionals, and re-issue applications; provided that “Licensed Patents” will not include any claim of a patent or patent application covering any Manufacturing Technology.

  • Patent Prosecution means the responsibility and authority for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for any Patent, (b) paying, filing and maintenance fees relating to any Patent, (c) managing any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, revocation, nullification, or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing, (d) deciding to abandon Patent(s) and (e) settling any interference, opposition, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding.

  • Collaboration Patent Rights means Patent Rights claiming Collaboration Know-How.

  • Patent Right means: (a) an issued or granted patent, including any extension, supplemental protection certificate, registration, confirmation, reissue, reexamination, extension or renewal thereof; (b) a pending patent application, including any continuation, divisional, continuation-in-part, substitute or provisional application thereof; and (c) all counterparts or foreign equivalents of any of the foregoing issued by or filed in any country or other jurisdiction.

  • Collaboration Patents means any and all Patents that claim or cover any of the Collaboration Know-How.

  • Regents' Patent Rights means REGENTS' rights in (a) the patent and patent applications expressly identified in Appendix C and their foreign counterparts;

  • Patent Rights means the rights and interests in and to issued patents and pending patent applications (which, for purposes of this Agreement, include certificates of invention, applications for certificates of invention and priority rights) in any country or region, including all provisional applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, all letters patent granted thereon, and all reissues, re-examinations and extensions thereof, and all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.

  • Program Patent Rights means any Patent Rights that contain one or more claims that cover Program Inventions.

  • Product Patents means any Patent Controlled or owned by Quoin in the Territory that, absent the license in Section 2.1, would be infringed by the importation, sale, or use of the Product in the Territory by a third party.

  • Joint Patent Committee or “JPC” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.3(a).

  • Merck has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

  • Assigned Patent Rights means all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising:

  • Joint IP means Joint Know-How and Joint Patents.

  • Licensee Patents means all Patents that (i) claim any inventions developed by or on behalf of Licensee in the Development, manufacture or Commercialization of any of the Products in the Field pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) are Controlled by Licensee or its Affiliates during the Term and claim or cover any of the Products (including composition of matter, methods of manufacturing and methods of treatment or use).”

  • Joint Invention has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

  • Patent Application means an application for patent protection for a CRADA Subject Invention with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“U.S.P.T.O.”) or the corresponding patent-issuing authority of another nation.

  • BMS means the Company, all related companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, successors, assigns and all organizations acquired by the foregoing.

  • Novartis shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

  • ISIS means the department’s individualized services information system.

  • Patent Challenge means a challenge to the validity, patentability, enforceability and/or non-infringement of any of the Licensed Patents or otherwise opposing any of the Licensed Patents.