Common use of IMPROVEMENT INVENTIONS Clause in Contracts

IMPROVEMENT INVENTIONS. Improvement Inventions shall be disclosed to Lynx promptly. Improvement Inventions shall be assigned to Lynx, and Lynx shall grant to AgrEvo a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to use such Improvement Inventions, and any resulting Patents or copyrights secured by Lynx based on such Improvement Inventions, for all fields. AgrEvo shall make all appropriate assignments and take all other actions reasonably necessary to give effect to the ownership interest of Lynx in Improvement Inventions. Lynx will be entitled, in its sole discretion and at its expense, to prosecute, maintain and protect any Intellectual Property associated with such Improvement Inventions. Lynx also shall have the sole and exclusive right, but not the obligation, to bring an appropriate action against any person or entity infringing any Patents claiming Improvement Inventions, whether such infringement is direct or contributory. Upon Lynx's reasonable request and at Lynx's expense, AgrEvo will provide reasonable assistance to Lynx in obtaining and managing the prosecution, maintenance, protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property associated with Improvement Inventions. The foregoing shall not be construed to grant AgrEvo rights broader [ * ] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED.