Provision Language
Definitions
“Licensed Biological Materials” means:
a) Plasmid constructs encoding the wild type or mutant forms of the Cyanovirin-N gene, and;
b) Polyclonal antibodies and hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies specific for wild type or mutant forms of Cyanovirin-N.
“Licensed Patent Rights” shall mean:
a) Patent applications (including provisional patent applications and PCT patent applications) and/or patents listed in Appendix A, all divisions and continuations of these applications, all patents issuing from such applications, divisions, and continuations, and any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of all such patents;
b) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in a) above: i) continuations-in-part of a) above; ii) all divisions and continuations of these continuations-in-part; iii) all patents issuing from such continuations-in-part, divisions, and continuations; iv) priority patent application(s) of a) above; and v) any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions and reregistrations of all such patents;
c) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in a) above: all counterpart foreign and U.S. patent applications and patents to a) and b) above, including those listed in Appendix A.
Licensed Patent Rights shall not include b) or c) above to the extent that they contain one or more claims directed to new matter which is not the subject matter disclosed in a) above.
“Licensed Process(es)” means processes which, in the course of being practiced would be within the scope of one or more claims of the Licensed Patent Rights that have not been held unpatentable, invalid or unenforceable by an unappealed or unappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
“Licensed Product(s)” means tangible materials which, in the course of manufacture, use, sale, or importation would be within the scope of one or more claims of the Licensed Patent Rights that have not been held unpatentable, invalid or unenforceable by an unappealed or unappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
“Research License” means a nontransferable, nonexclusive license to make and to use the Licensed Products or Licensed Processes as defined by the Licensed Patent Rights in the Licensed Field of Use for purposes of research and not for purposes of commercial manufacture, sale, distribution or for development for such commercial purposes.
3. GRANT OF RIGHTS
3.01 PHS hereby grants and Licensee accepts, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, an exclusive license under the Licensed Patent Rights in the Licensed Territory to make and have made, to use and have used, to sell and have sold, to offer to sell, and to import any Licensed Products in the Licensed Field of Use and to practice and have practiced any Licensed Processes in the Licensed Field of Use.
3.02 This Agreement confers no license or rights by implication, estoppel, or otherwise under any patent applications or patents of PHS other than Licensed Patent Rights regardless of whether such patents are dominant or subordinate to Licensed Patent Rights. PHS represents to Licensee that as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, PHS is unaware of any other PHS patent rights that block or limit the Licensed Patent Rights.
3.03 PHS grants Licensee the benefit of any patent term extensions and reregistrations applicable to the Licensed Patent Rights and any Orphan Drug Act registrations applicable to Licensed Products and Licensed Processes and any comparable extensions and registrations in the Licensed Territory. PHS agrees to reasonably cooperate, such as by submitting applications to appropriate 4 governmental agencies, at the request and sole expense of Licensee, in connection with applying for and obtaining such extensions and registrations.
3.04 To the extent permitted by law, governmental regulation, and PHS policy, and other agreements between PHS and third parties, and for purposes only of seeking regulatory approval to commercialize Licensed Products and Licensed Processes in the Licensed Field of Use, PHS agrees to consider in good faith any requests from Licensee to make its preclinical and clinical data, if any, relating to Licensed Products and Licensed Processes available nonexclusively to Licensee , such requests shall be considered on an expedited basis and shall not be unreasonably denied and, in particular, where access by Licensee to such data may expedite obtaining approval from applicable regulatory agencies.
3.05 In addition to the above-mentioned rights, PHS grants to Licensee, subject to royalties as described herein, the use of Licensed Biological Materials required for use of the Licensed Patent Rights granted hereunder.
4. SUBLICENSING
4.01 Upon written approval by PHS , which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, Licensee may enter into sublicensing agreements under the Licensed Patent Rights. Such sublicensing arrangements shall be deemed to have been accepted by PHS if PHS does not object within Forty Five (45) days of Licensee ’s written request for approval of a sublicense.
4.02 Licensee agrees that any sublicenses granted by it shall provide that the obligations to PHS of Paragraphs 5.01-5.04, 8.01, 10.01, 10.02, 12.05, and 13.05-13.10 of this Agreement shall be binding upon the sublicensee as if it were a party to this Agreement. Licensee further agrees to attach copies of these Paragraphs to all sublicense agreements. PHS acknowledges that some of the obligations in these Paragraphs may not appropriately apply to sublicensees, and agrees to reasonably consider limitations added by Licensee to such Paragraphs in a sublicense agreement to the extent permitted by law.
4.03 Any sublicenses granted by Licensee shall provide for the termination of the sublicense, or the conversion to a license directly between such sublicensees and PHS, at the option of the sublicensee, upon termination of this Agreement under Article 13. Such conversion is subject to PHS approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and contingent upon acceptance by the sublicensee of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
4.04 Licensee agrees to forward to PHS a copy of each fully executed sublicense agreement postmarked within thirty (30) days of the execution of such agreement. To the extent permitted by law, PHS agrees to maintain each such sublicense agreement as commercial and financial information obtained from a person and as privileged and confidential pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.09 of this Agreement.
5. STATUTORY AND PHS REQUIREMENTS AND RESERVED GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
5.01 PHS reserves on behalf of the Government an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license for the practice of all inventions licensed under the Licensed Patent Rights throughout the world by or on behalf of the Government and on behalf of any foreign government or not-for-profit, public health international organization pursuant to any existing or future treaty or agreement to which the Government is a signatory. Prior to First Commercial Sale and to the extent that Licensee has available material, Licensee agrees to provide PHS, subject to appropriate Materials Transfer Agreements, reasonable quantities of Licensed Products or materials made through the Licensed Processes for PHS research use, at a cost no greater than Licensee’s fully burdened cost; i.e., direct costs of manufacturing plus overhead costs.
5.02 Licensee agrees that products used or sold in the United States embodying Licensed Products or produced through performance of Licensed Processes shall be manufactured substantially in the United States, unless a written waiver is obtained in advance from PHS.
5.03 Licensee acknowledges that PHS may enter into future Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) under the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement. Licensee agrees not to unreasonably deny requests for a Research License from such future collaborators with PHS when acquiring such rights is necessary in order to make a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) project feasible. Licensee may request an opportunity to join as a party to the proposed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). PHS agrees to notify Licensee in writing as soon as practicable, and before execution, that it is contemplating a CRADA with a research plan that overlaps with the Licensed Field of Use of this Agreement.
5.04 In addition to the reserved license of Paragraph 5.01 above, PHS reserves the right to grant nonexclusive Research Licenses directly or to require Licensee to grant nonexclusive Research Licenses in the Licensed Field of Use , on reasonable terms. The purpose of this Research License is to encourage basic research, whether conducted at an academic or corporate facility. In order to safeguard the Licensed Patent Rights, however, PHS shall consult with Licensee before granting to commercial entities a Research License in the Licensed Field of Use or providing to them research samples of materials made through the Licensed Processes for use in the Licensed Field of Use, except that PHS may not distribute such Licensed Products or materials provided to PHS by Licensee pursuant to Section 5.01.
5.05 In the event that PHS makes any filings or submissions such as an IND or NDA (or foreign equivalent) to the Food and Drug Administration (or foreign equivalent) in order to conduct clinical trials or seek regulatory approval of a Licensed Product in Licensed Fields of Use, PHS agrees to provide Licensee with an automatic right of reference to such filings, including all data, reports and documents submitted in connection therewith. PHS agrees to sign appropriate documentation to permit such reference and to promptly notify Licensee upon making such filings.
10. PERFORMANCE
10.01 Licensee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to bring the Licensed Products and Licensed Processes to Practical Application. “Commercially reasonable efforts” for the purposes of this provision shall include adherence by Licensee to the Commercial Development Plan at Appendix F and performance of the Benchmarks at Appendix E. For purposes of this Article 10, Licensee’s efforts shall be deemed to include the efforts of its sublicensees.
10.02 Upon the First Commercial Sale, until the expiration of this Agreement, Licensee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make Licensed Products and Licensed Processes reasonably accessible to the United States public. For the purposes of this Article 10, Licensee’s efforts shall be deemed to include the efforts of its sublicensees.
APPENDIX B: Licensed Field of Use and Territory
Licensed Fields of Use: Compositions, devices and methods for the prevention of infection by HIV and other sexually transmitted pathogens, by topical, but not systemic, administration, utilizing cyanovirin-N, anti-HIV mutants of cyanovirin-N, including glycosylation-resistant mutants of cyanovirin-N, and anti-HIV fragmentsof both, including conjugated forms of cyanovirin-N, mutants of cyanovirin-N, and anti-HIV fragments of both, to increase the in vivo half-life, but excluding pegylated cyanovirin-N, pegylated mutants of cyanovirin-N, and pegylated anti-HIV fragments of both. For the avoidance of doubt, such compositions shall include sustained release formulations; devices shall include all drug delivery systems, including but not limited to condoms, sponges, vaginal rings, suppositories, IUDs and other solid matrices; and topical administration shall include administration to mucosal membranes, including vaginal, anal and oral membranes.
Licensed Territory: Worldwide