Common use of Jointly Owned Inventions Clause in Contracts

Jointly Owned Inventions. Subject to and except as otherwise provided under Section 10.1, all Inventions which are conceived, reduced to practice, or created jointly by the parties and/or their respective employees or agents (i.e., employees or agents who would be or are properly named as co-inventors under the laws of the United States on any patent application claiming such Inventions) in the course of the performance of or resulting from this Agreement shall be owned jointly by the parties, and each party shall have full rights to exploit such Inventions for its own commercial purposes without any obligation or duty of accounting to the other. [***]. The decision to file for patent coverage on jointly owned Inventions shall be mutually agreed upon, and the Parties shall select a mutually acceptable patent counsel to file and prosecute patent applications based on such joint Inventions.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Master Product Development and Clinical Supply Agreement, Master Product Development and Clinical Supply Agreement (Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc)