Common use of Initial Responsibility Clause in Contracts

Initial Responsibility. EMulate will be responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of Joint Patents worldwide, subject to the rest of this Section 9.2(e). EMulate will be responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining all Joint Patents, using a patent counsel selected by EMulate and reasonably acceptable to Hapbee; provided, that Hapbee and EMulate will share equally the cost and expenses of the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of Joint Patents, and Hapbee will reimburse EMulate for Hapbee’s portion of such costs and expenses incurred by EMulate within thirty (30) days from the date of invoice for such costs and expenses by EMulate.