Provision Language
21. EFFECT OF TERMINATION
21.1 Termination of this Agreement howsoever arising shall be without prejudice to the rights and duties of any Party accrued prior to termination. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Clause 21, the Clauses in this Agreement which expressly have effect after or notwithstanding termination (including without limitation Clauses 1, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30) shall continue to be enforceable notwithstanding termination.
21.2 Upon termination prior to the end of the Programme, PTC shall return all funding received from the Trust under this Agreement which is unspent at the date of termination (after deduction of costs and non–cancellable commitments incurred prior to the date of termination).
21.3 On termination of this Agreement by the Trust in accordance with Clauses 20.2 or 20.5(b)(ii); PTC shall, so far as it is able to do so without violating legal requirements or breaching contractual obligations that existed prior to the event giving grounds for termination:
(a) for no consideration assign all of its rights in the Programme Intellectual Property to the Trust or a Third Party nominated by the Trust;
(b) for no consideration procure that any licences of Programme Intellectual Property granted to PTC shall be assigned to the Trust or a Third Party nominated by the Trust or sub–licensed to the Trust or a Third Party nominated by the Trust on a world–wide, perpetual basis. Such sub-licenses shall be: (a) non–exclusive to complete the Programme and exclusive in relation to Development and Exploitation; and (b) free of charge and royalty free.
(c) upon request from the Trust and at no charge to the Trust, provide such assistance to the Trust as the Trust may reasonably require to assist in the assignment or sub–licensing of the rights in the Programme Intellectual Property or any licences pursuant to this Clause 21.3 and/or in the closure of the Programme;
(d) upon request from the Trust:
(i) grant to the Trust as requested by the Trust a world–wide, royalty free, perpetual, non–exclusive licence to use any and all of the PTC Background Intellectual Property owned or sub-licensable by PTC or any member of the PTC Group and required for further research in accordance with the Programme and/or Development and Exploitation of Programme Intellectual Property; and
(ii) discuss in good faith a worldwide, non–exclusive licence to use any and all of the PTC Background Intellectual Property owned or sub-licensable by PTC or any member of the PTC Group for additional research, Development and Exploitation;
(e) provide to the Trust with all laboratory notebooks and other records relating to the Programme Intellectual Property and the Programme Books and Records;
(f) as requested by the Trust, carry out a hand over of the Programme to the Trust or wind down the Programme for a reasonable period of time, such period not to exceed [**] months following termination; and
(g) return all equipment acquired by PTC using the Trust Award.
21.4 On termination of this Agreement by the Trust in accordance with Clauses 20.3, 20.4, 20.5(a), or 20.5(b)(i), PTC shall meet with Trust to in good faith to address mitigation of any harm to Trust resulting from PTC’s actions giving rise to the termination right, and any failure to reach an agreement on such resolution within [**] days may be referred in the Trust’s sole discretion to the dispute resolution and arbitration procedures specified in Clause 19. For clarity, this Clause 21.4 shall not be interpreted to limit Trust’s ability to seek additional remedies available under this Agreement or otherwise at law with respect to the events giving rise to the applicable termination right.
21.5 On termination of this Agreement by PTC in accordance with Clause 20.2, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all of the Trust’s rights under Clauses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, as well as any rights to receive payments pursuant to Schedule 6, shall be extinguished and of no further force and effect. For clarity, this Clause 21.5 shall not be interpreted to limit PTC’s ability to seek additional remedies available under this Agreement or otherwise at law with respect to the events giving rise to the applicable termination right.