As between the Parties, SGI has the first right, but not the obligation, to defend against a declaratory judgment action or other action challenging any SGI Background Patent or Patent within the SGI Program IP, other than with respect to any defense of any SGI Background Patent or Patent within the SGI Program IP subject to # any counter-claims in any enforcement action, or # any action by a Third Party in response to an enforcement action brought by Unum pursuant to Section 12.6(b), which clause (A) or (B) defense will be controlled by Unum. If SGI does not take steps to defend within a commercially reasonable time, Unum has the right (but not the obligation) to defend any Patent within the SGI Program IP (but not any SGI Background Patent, except as provided above). Unum will not have any step-in right with respect to any such action regarding any SGI Background Patent, except as provided above.
For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that the above license in [Article 14.1.5] to Contractor Licensed IP includes Contractor Background IP incorporated into a Deliverable Item, such license shall not imply Delivery of other items and/or tools in addition to the Deliverable Item itself.
“Contractor Foreground IP” means, excluding any Customer Background IP, # any Intellectual Property developed, conceived, or created solely by or on behalf of the Contractor in the performance of this Contract that covers items set forth in any Statement of Work or within the scope of the Space Segment or the Satellite Control Center and # any and all modifications, enhancements, changes, updates, and new versions of Contractor Background IP made by or for Contractor, by itself or jointly with others, in the performance of this Contract; provided that, any new Intellectual Property that is created or developed by or for Contractor for Customer under a Statement of Work pursuant to Customer’s specifications related to satellite payload configurations, systems, and interfaces and data related thereto (“Customer Payload Configuration IP”) shall not be included in Contractor Foreground IP, but instead shall be included in Customer Foreground IP.
# grant to . Subject to the terms of the Agreement, hereby grants to a royalty-free, non-exclusive, nontransferable, non-sub licensable (except as expressly provided herein), irrevocable, worldwide license under Project IP and Background IP used in the development of the Product to:
GSK shall have the first right, but not the obligation, at its own cost to commence proceedings for infringement or misappropriation of any of the Background IP by a third party.
IP Contracts. [Schedule 2.19(c)] of the Company Schedules lists each Company Contract # under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries uses or licenses Intellectual Property Rights that any third-party owns, other than off-the-shelf software (the “Inbound IP Contracts”) and # under which the Company or any Subsidiary has granted to any Person any right or interest in any Company Intellectual Property, including settlement agreements and covenants not to sue (the “Outbound IP Contracts”, and together with the Inbound IP Contracts, the “IP Contracts”). Except as set forth in [Schedule 2.19(c)] of the Company Schedules, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (and with the passage of time, the giving of notice or both, will be) required or
Company IP. Except as set forth on [Schedule 2.19(d)] of the Company Schedules, the Company Intellectual Property includes all of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company and each Subsidiary to conduct its business and, to the Company’s knowledge, includes all of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary to conduct its business in the manner proposed to be conducted (including the research, manufacturing, licensing, marketing, importation, sale, offer for sale or use and future research, manufacturing, licensing, marketing, importation, sale, offer for sale or use, of any Company Product in development). Except as set forth on [Schedule 2.19(d)] of the Company Schedules, the Company or a Subsidiary # is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to or # has valid, exclusive and continuing rights to develop, manufacture, license, sublicense, market, import, sell, offer or use as the case may be, the Company Intellectual Property, in each case, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). No Company Intellectual Property is subject to # any judicial or administrative action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding, Company Contract, or order of a Governmental Entity that restricts the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than restrictions contained in the IP Contracts disclosed in [Schedule 2.19(c)] of the Company Schedules), or # which may affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property.
Registered IP. Part (b) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies as of the date of this Agreement: # each item of Registered IP; # the jurisdiction in which such item of Registered IP has been registered or filed and the applicable registration or serial number; and # any Person, other than the Seller
Joint IP. The Parties shall jointly own all Know-How, including Inventions, and intellectual property rights therein that arise under the Agreement and are not otherwise allocated to be owned solely by one party pursuant to [Section 8.1.2], [Section 8.1.3], or [Section 8.1.4] (“Joint IP”), including any Patent Rights with respect thereto (“Joint Invention Patents”) and the right to pursue the same therein. Subject to the licenses and obligations set forth in this Agreement, each Party has the right to practice, license, sublicense, assign, transfer and otherwise exploit such Party’s interest in the Joint IP (including Joint Invention Patents) for any and all purposes on a worldwide basis without restriction, and without the consent of and without a duty of accounting to the other Party. Each Party will grant and hereby does grant all permissions, consents and waivers with respect to, and all licenses under, such Party’s interest in the Joint IP, throughout the world, necessary to provide the other Party with the foregoing rights. For those countries where a specific license is required for a joint owner of a Joint IP to practice such Joint IP in such countries, each Party hereby grants to the other Party a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license, transferable and sublicensable, under the granting Party’s right, title and interest in and to all Joint IP to practice such Inventions.
SGI Background Know-How means Know-How Controlled by SGI or any of its Affiliates as of the Effective Date or during the Term that is necessary or reasonably useful for the Research, Development or Commercialization of Development Candidates or Products, including SEA Know-How, but excluding any SGI Program IP. For clarity, SGI Background Know-How will include Know-How Controlled by SGI or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the SGI Existing In-Licenses.
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