Valid Claims definition

Valid Claims means Settlement Claims in an amount approved by the Claims Administrator or found to be valid through the claims processing and/or dispute resolution process described in ¶ 2.5.

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Valid Claims means any claim contained in an issued and unexpired patent included within the Patents that has not been held unenforceable, unpatentable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, or unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal, and that has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer.

Valid Claims means any claim(s) in an unexpired patent or pending in a patent application included within the Licensed Patents which has not been held unenforceable, unpatentable, 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. If in any country there should be two or more such decisions conflicting with respect to the validity of the same claim, the decision of the higher or highest tribunal shall thereafter control; however, should the tribunals be of equal rank, then the decision or decisions upholding the claim shall prevail when the conflicting decisions are equal in number, and the majority of decisions shall prevail when the conflicting decisions are unequal in number.

Examples of Valid Claims in a sentence

• The Amount of the Net Settlement available for Settlement Class Member distribution is unknown at this time and will be based upon the amount of the Settlement Administration Costs, the amount of attorneys’ fees, costs, and Service Awards, and the number of Valid Claims received from Settlement Class Members.

• Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Defendants shall pay Valid Claims only.

• This Agreement does not create any vested property interest or unclaimed property rights for Settlement Class Members who do not file Valid Claims.

• If any of the Settlement Claims Amount remains in the Settlement Account after the payment of all Valid Claims, and the Court finds that the Notice Plan has been implemented in accordance with the Preliminary Approval Order and that Class Members have had an opportunity to submit claims and participate in distributions of the Settlement Claims Amount under this Agreement, any portion of the Settlement Claims Amount remaining will be returned to the United States Treasury.

• Subject to the rights, terms, and conditions of this Agreement, Defendants will issue or cause to be issued Coffee Product Vouchers for Valid Claims.

More Definitions of Valid Claims

Valid Claims means Claims in an amount approved by the Settlement Administrator or found to be valid through the claims processing and/or Dispute Resolution process.

Valid Claims means a claim in any patent within the Elan Patents which has not lapsed or become abandoned and which claim has not been declared invalid by an unreversed or an unappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Valid Claims means Settlement Claims in an amount approved by the Claims

Valid Claims means Settlement Claims Form submitted by a Settlement Class Member that indicate the Settlement Class Member’s Settlement benefit election, and provide the Settlement Administrator with correct information for disbursal of a Documented Loss Payment or Cash Award, and that are sent to the Settlement Administrator prior to the Claims Deadline.

Valid Claims means either:

Valid Claims means either (a) a claim of an issued and unexpired patent included within the LICENSED PATENT RIGHTS, which has not been held invalid by an unappealable or unappealed within the time limit allowed for appeal, decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time limit allowed for appeal or (b) a claim of a pending patent application included within the LICENSED PATENT RIGHTS, which claim has not been abandoned without the possibility of revival or pursued through a timely filed continuation or divisional application or finally disallowed without the possibility of appeal.

Valid Claims means any claim(s) in an unexpired patent or pending in a patent application or provisional application which has not been held unenforceable, unpatentable, 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 abandoned or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer. The parties acknowledge the requirement under United States law that patent claims must satisfy the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. §112.