Joint Patent Committee. (a) The Parties will establish a “
Joint Patent Committee. (a) The Parties will establish a joint patent committee that will serve as the primary contact and forum for discussion between the Parties with respect to intellectual property matters arising under this Agreement (the “
Joint Patent Committee. The Parties shall establish a joint patent committee (“Joint Patent Committee” or “JPC”).
Joint Patent Committee. Within fifteen (15) days after the Effective Date, the Committee Parties shall establish a joint patent committee (the “Joint Patent Committee” or “JPC”). Each Committee Party shall designate one representative to serve on the JPC. The JPC shall be responsible for discussing material Patent issues and to allow the Committee Parties to provide input to each other regarding the strategy for prosecution, maintenance, enforcement and defense of Joint Inhaled Collaboration Know-How, Joint Inhaled Collaboration Patents, Joint Vaccine Collaboration Know-How and Joint Vaccine Collaboration Patents and Liquidia Technology, including with respect to Liquidia Patents licensed to Liquidia under the UNC License Agreement as further described in Section 11.7. The JPC shall be responsible for working together to achieve a robust Patent portfolio taking into consideration the Liquidia Patents, Joint Inhaled Collaboration Patents and Joint Vaccine Collaboration Patents. In addition, the JPC shall be responsible for consulting with the JIRC, JVRC and JSC on the matters set forth in Sections 2.1(d)(v), (vi) and (vii), and determining whether any Joint Inhaled Collaboration Know-How or Joint Vaccine Collaboration Know-How is independently related to General Biological Effects and has broad applicability to therapeutic uses outside of any vaccines applications and/or the Inhaled Field. Decisions of the JPC shall be made by consensus. In the event of an unresolved dispute at the JPC, after escalation to senior patent counsels of the Committee Parties, Liquidia shall have final decision-making authority over issues related to the prosecution of Liquidia Technology, and GSK and GSK Bio collectively would have final decision-making authority over all issues related to the prosecution of the Joint Inhaled Collaboration Patents and Joint Vaccine Collaboration Patents; provided that no Committee Party shall have the right to make the final decision with respect to determining whether any Joint Inhaled Collaboration Know-How or Joint Vaccine Collaboration Know-How is independently related to General Biological Effects and has broad applicability to therapeutic uses outside of any vaccines applications and the Inhaled Field (such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Article 16).
Joint Patent Committee. (a) As soon as practicable (but not later than [***] days) following the Implementation Date, the Parties will establish a joint patent committee (the “
Joint Patent Committee. Within [ * ] the Effective Date, a Joint Patent Committee (the "JPC") shall be formed. The JPC, in consultation with the JSC, will devise a strategy for the protection of intellectual property arising from the Collaboration, including Antibody Target Candidates, Antibody Targets and Antibody Inventions, and will supervise and direct the filing, prosecution and maintenance of all Patents covering the Joint Inventions, as further described in Article 10. This committee will consist of one member from each Party's management team or the Party's designated alternate. The PDL representative will serve as the Chairperson of the JPC. During the term of this Agreement, the JPC will meet at [ * ], as provided in Section 3.5, and may hold additional meetings at the request of either Party.
Joint Patent Committee. 8.1.1. Unless the Parties mutually agree to establish it sooner, the Parties will establish a “
Joint Patent Committee. The Parties shall establish a joint patent committee, or JPC, [***] after the Closing date, but in no event later than [***] thereafter. The JPC shall be comprised of representatives of both Parties (who may be replaced at any time by providing written notice thereof) and which will have overall responsibility for developing a strategy to protect Collaboration Technology and to develop and coordinate strategy with respect to the preparation, filing, maintenance and prosecution of [***], and to discuss strategies related to the enforcement and defence of [***] To this end, each Party will supply or make available on request to all members of the JPC [***]. A [***] representative to the JPC shall serve as the chairperson of the JPC. The Parties shall establish the timing and agenda for all JPC meetings by mutual consent and shall send notice of such meetings, including the agenda therefor, to all JPC members; provided, however, either Party may request that specific items be included in the agenda and may request that additional meetings be scheduled as needed. The first JPC meeting shall be held at [***] offices. Thereafter, the location of regularly scheduled JPC meetings shall alternate between the offices of the Parties, unless otherwise agreed. Meetings may be held telephonically or by video conference. Each Party will bear its own costs associated with holding and attending JPC meetings. A quorum of at least [***] the JPC members appointed by each Party shall be present at or shall otherwise participate in each JPC meeting. The Party hosting any JPC meeting shall appoint one (1) person (who need not be a member of the JPC) to record the minutes of the meeting in writing. Such minutes shall be circulated to the Parties promptly following the meeting for review, comment and approval. If no comments are received within [***] days of the minutes’ receipt by a Party, unless otherwise agreed, they shall be deemed to be approved by such Party. The JPC shall meet [***] times per Calendar Year, or as otherwise agreed by the Parties. All decisions of the JPC will be made by consensus between the representatives of both Parties but in the event the Parties cannot agree, the dispute will be finally resolved in accordance with Clause 25.3(B) but subject always to Clauses 10.5 and 10.10.
Joint Patent Committee. Hybridon and Isis will, within sixty (60) days after the execution of this Agreement, establish a committee (the "Joint Patent Committee") consisting of three representatives of each Party. The Joint Patent Committee shall confer twice each calendar year or as necessary to support timely decision making during the term of this Agreement to discuss patent prosecution issues, budgets and strategies relating to the Hybridon Antisense Patent Rights. The Joint Patent Committee shall also, as set forth in Section 5.2(b), determine which Party faces the greatest competitive threat in the event of infringement by a third party of any of the Hybridon Antisense Patent Rights. In the event that the Joint Patent Committee is unable to resolve any matter presented for resolution,. either Party shall have the right to submit such matter to binding arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII.
Joint Patent Committee. AltaRex and UP will, within sixty (60) days after the execution of this Agreement, establish a committee (the “Joint Patent Committee”) consisting of three representatives of each party. The Joint Patent Committee shall confer twice each calendar year or as necessary to support timely decision making during the term of this Agreement to discuss patent prosecution issues, budgets and strategies relating to the Patents.
