Joint Inventions. For Subject Inventions conceived or first actually reduced to practice under this Agreement that are joint Subject Inventions made by CONTRACTOR and USER, each Party shall have the option to elect and retain title to its undivided rights in such joint Subject Inventions.
Joint Inventions. (a) There are countries (not including the United States) which require the express consent of all inventors or their assignees to the grant of licenses or rights under patents issued in such countries for joint inventions.
Joint Inventions. The Parties shall have joint title to (i) any invention conceived or first reduced to practice jointly by MIT employees and/or students, and Sponsor personnel in the performance of the Research, and (ii) any invention conceived or first reduced to practice by Sponsor personnel in the performance of the Research with significant use of MIT administered facilities or resources (each, a “Joint Invention”). Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of any Joint Invention; in the case of MIT, such notification shall be provided to Sponsor after an invention disclosure is received by MIT’s Technology Licensing Office (“TLO”). MIT shall have the first right to file a patent application on a Joint Invention in the names of both Parties, unless otherwise agreed. 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.
Joint Inventions. The JMT shall establish the patent strategy for all Joint Inventions and supervise and direct the filing, prosecution (including any interferences, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) and maintenance of all Patents covering Joint Inventions. The JMT shall provide each Party with (i) drafts of any new patent application that covers a Joint Invention prior to filing that application, allowing adequate time for review and comment by the Party if possible; provided, however, the JMT shall not be obligated to delay the filing of any patent application; and (ii) copies of all correspondence from any and all patent offices concerning patent applications covering Joint Inventions and an opportunity to comment on any proposed responses, voluntary amendments and submissions of any kind to be made to any and all such patent offices. BMS shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute and maintain Joint Patents claiming particular Joint Inventions that constitute Improvement Inventions to the BMS Core Technology or that are licensed to BMS under Section 6.1 hereof in such countries as selected by BMS. BMS shall reasonably consider any recommendations provided by Exelixis regarding patent filing, prosecution, and/or maintenance of any such patents pertaining thereto, but the final decision as to filing, prosecution, maintenance and abandonment matters shall rest with BMS. In the event that Exelixis desires that BMS file and prosecute a patent application claiming such a Joint Invention, and BMS does not file such a patent application within [ * ] of such request, or decides to abandon prosecution of such a filed application or maintenance of an issued Joint Patent, then Exelixis may thereafter file, prosecute (including any interferences, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) and/or maintain at Exelixis' expense and in the name of Exelixis and BMS the patent(s) claiming such particular Joint Inventions, and BMS agrees to cooperate reasonably with Exelixis in such efforts. Exelixis shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to file, prosecute and maintain Joint Patents claiming particular Joint Inventions that constitute Improvement Inventions to the Exelixis Core Technology in such countries as selected by Exelixis. Exelixis shall reasonably consider any recommendations provided by BMS regarding patent filing, prosecution, and/or maintenance of any such patents pertaining thereto, but the final decision as to filing, prosecution (i...
Joint Inventions. The Parties or their Affiliates shall jointly own all inventions conceived jointly by employees, agents and consultants of Xxxxxxx and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and employees, agents and consultants of Legend and its Affiliates, on the other hand, in the course of performing Development, CMC Development, Manufacturing or Commercialization activities under this Agreement, on the basis of each Party having an undivided interest in the whole (“Joint Inventions”).
Joint Inventions. During the Collaboration Period, all Inventions conceived jointly by employees or agents of Senomyx and employees or agents of Aurora (the "Joint Inventions") and all Joint Patent Rights shall be owned jointly by Aurora and Senomyx. Aurora hereby assigns to Senomyx all right, title and interest in and to any Joint Inventions that consist of improvements to the Senomyx Technology or the Senomyx Compounds, and all Joint Patent Rights claiming such Joint Inventions, subject to the license granted to Aurora pursuant to Section 4.2. In the event that Aurora is legally unable to assign such rights to Senomyx, then Aurora agrees either to waive the enforcement of such rights against Senomyx and any sublicensees and assignees, or to grant Senomyx an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid license, with right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicense, to such rights. Senomyx hereby irrevocably assigns to Aurora all right, title and interest in and to any Joint Inventions that consist of improvements to the Aurora Technology, the Aurora Reporters or the Aurora Compounds, and all Joint Patent Rights claiming such Joint Inventions, subject to the licenses granted to Senomyx pursuant to Section 4.1. In the event that Senomyx is legally unable to assign such rights to Aurora, then Senomyx agrees either to waive the enforcement of such rights against Aurora and any sublicensees and assignees, or to xxxxx Xxxxxx an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid license, with right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicense, to such rights.
Joint Inventions. (i) For purposes of this Agreement, a Joint Invention shall mean any invention made by one or more of Lucent's employees, contractors, consultants or agents working on the Development Project jointly with one or more of Company's employees, contractors, consultants or agents, which Joint Invention is first conceived or first actually reduced to practice during the Development Project.
Joint Inventions. With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, the Parties will meet and agree upon which Party will lead (in a joint effort with the other Party) the preparation, filing, prosecution (including any interferences, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) and maintenance of patent applications covering such Joint Invention (any such patent application and any patents issuing therefrom a “Joint Patent”) in any jurisdiction. Joint Patents are included within both the KKC Technology and AEVI Technology and within the licenses granted to each Party hereunder. The Party that leads prosecution of a patent application in the Joint Patents (the “Prosecuting Party”) will provide the other Party reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such prosecution efforts regarding the applicable Joint Patents in the particular jurisdictions, and such other Party will provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts, including providing any necessary powers of attorney and executing any other required documents or instruments for such prosecution. The Prosecuting Party will provide the other Party with a copy of all material communications from any patent authority in the applicable jurisdictions regarding the Joint Patent being prosecuted by such Party, and will 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 or desirable to enable the other Party to comply with the duty of candor/duty of disclosure requirements of any patent authority. Either Party may determine that it is no longer interested in supporting the continued prosecution or maintenance of a particular Joint Patent in a country or jurisdiction, in which case: (i) the disclaiming Party will no longer be obligated to pay any costs for filing, prosecution or maintenance thereof; (ii) the disclaiming Party will, if requested in writing by the other Party, assign its ownership interest in such Joint Patent in such country or jurisdiction to the other Party for no additional consideration and (iii) if such assignment is effected, any such Joint Patent would thereafter be deemed a patent of AEVI in the case of assignment to AEVI, or a patent of KKC in the case of assignment to KKC.
Joint Inventions. All Inventions conceived jointly by employees or agents of Senomyx and employees or agents of Nestlé (the "Joint Inventions") and all Joint Patent Rights will be owned jointly by Nestlé and Senomyx. United States intellectual property ownership laws will determine ownership of patentable inventions, including but not limited to, joint and several ownership for Joint Inventions. Nestlé hereby irrevocably assigns to Senomyx all interest in and to any Joint Inventions that consist of improvement to Senomyx Technology, Compounds, Product Compounds or Selected Compounds and uses thereof, and all Joint Patent Rights claiming such Joint Inventions, subject to the licenses granted to Nestlé under Section 8. In the event that Nestlé is legally unable to assign such rights to Senomyx, then Nestlé agrees either to waive the enforcement of such rights against Senomyx and any sublicensees and assignees, or to grant Senomyx an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid license, with right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicense, to such rights. Senomyx hereby irrevocably assigns to Nestlé all interest in and to any Joint Inventions that consist of improvement to Nestlé Technology and uses thereof, and all Joint Patent Rights claiming such Joint Inventions, subject to the licenses granted to Senomyx under Section 8. In the event that Senomyx is legally unable to assign such rights to Nestlé, then Senomyx agrees either to waive the enforcement of such rights against Nestlé and any sublicensees and assignees, or to grant Nestlé an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid license, with right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicense, to such rights.
Joint Inventions. All Know-How discovered, developed, generated or invented jointly by employees, agents and consultants of Celgene or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and employees, agents and consultants of Vividion or its Affiliates, on the other hand, in the conduct of activities under this Agreement (“Joint Inventions” and, any Patents Covering such Joint Inventions, “Joint Patents”) shall be owned jointly on the basis of each Party (or its applicable Affiliate(s)) having an undivided interest without a duty to account to the other Party (other than as set forth in this Agreement) and shall be deemed to be Controlled by each Party. Each Party shall have the right to use such Joint Inventions, or license such Joint Inventions to its Affiliates or any Third Party, or sell or otherwise transfer its interest in such Joint Inventions to its Affiliates or a Third Party, in each case without the consent of the other Party or its applicable Affiliate(s) (and, to the extent that applicable Law requires the consent of the other Party or its applicable Affiliate(s), this Section 10.1(c) shall constitute such consent), so long as such use, sale, license or transfer is subject to Section 8.6 and the licenses granted pursuant to this Agreement and is otherwise consistent with this Agreement.
