Exhibit 10.39
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Under 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2
Amended and Restated
Cross-License Agreement
This Amended and Restated
Cross-License Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of June 28, 2004 (the “ Amendment
Date ”) and is hereby made effective as of April 9,
2002 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between
Micromet AG ,
having its principal offices at Staffelseestrasse 2, 81477 Munich,
Germany (“ Micromet ”), and Enzon Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. , having its principal offices at 685 Route
202/206, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807, USA (“ Enzon
”). Micromet and Enzon each may be referred to herein
individually as a “ Party ,” or collectively as
the “ Parties .”
Whereas , the Parties have
entered into that certain Cross-License Agreement, dated as of
April 9, 2002 (the “ Original License Agreement
”), pursuant to which the Parties granted each other certain
nonexclusive licenses with respect to certain patents owned by the
Parties;
Whereas , the Parties
desire to amend and restate the Original License Agreement to
reflect certain amendments agreed upon in connection with the
amendment and restatement of that certain Amended and Restated
Collaboration Agreement between Micromet and Enzon dated as of the
Effective Date (the “ Collaboration Agreement
”);
Now, therefore , in
consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual promises and
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, do hereby
agree as follows:
1. Definitions
When used in this Agreement,
capitalized terms will have the meanings as defined below and
throughout the Agreement. Unless the context indicates otherwise,
the singular will include the plural and the plural will include
the singular.
1.1 “ Affiliate
” means a legal entity that, directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with a Party. For purposes of this definition only,
“control” and, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” means (a) the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct the management or policies of a legal
entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by
contract relating to voting rights or corporate governance, or
(b) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of
the voting securities or other ownership interest of a legal
entity; provided that, if local law restricts foreign ownership,
control will be established by direct or indirect ownership of the
maximum ownership percentage that may, under such local law, be
owned by foreign interests
1.2 “ Antigen
” means any structure with binding affinity to antibody
variable domains.
1.3 “ BiTE
Product ” means any composition or formulation consisting
of, containing or comprising a bi-specific Single Chain Antibody
expressed as a single polypeptide chain, binding to T-cells for the
diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of human or non-human diseases
or conditions, but excluding any BiTE Research Product.
1.4 “ BiTE Research
Product ” means any composition or formulation consisting
of, containing or comprising a bi-specific Single Chain Antibody
expressed as a single polypeptide chain binding to T-cells used for
research purposes and not for the diagnosis, prophylaxis or
treatment of human or non-human diseases or conditions.
1.5 “ BLA
” means a Biologics License Application, as defined in the
U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, or a foreign equivalent to such
application.
1.6 “
Commencement ” with respect to a clinical trial means
the administration of the first dose to a patient in the clinical
trial.
1.7 “
Commercialization Rights ” means the right or option
(whether or not ultimately exercised) to market, co-market,
promote, co-promote or sell a product.
1.8 “ Consolidated
Patent Portfolio ” means the combined intellectual
property portfolio consisting of the Enzon Licensed Patents and the
Micromet Licensed Patents.
1.9 “ Control
” or “ Controlled ” means, with respect to
any know-how, Patent, or other intellectual property right,
possession of the right, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether by ownership, license or otherwise, to assign, or grant a
license, sublicense or other right to or under, such know-how,
Patent or right as provided for herein without violating the terms
of any agreement or other arrangements with any Third Party.
1.10 “ Curis
Cross-License Agreements ” means those certain
cross-license agreements dated as of November 23, 1993,
between Enzon and Creative BioMolecules, Inc., with respect to
which Curis, Inc. was the assignee of Creative BioMolecules, Inc.,
and with respect to which Micromet was the assignee of Curis,
Inc.
1.11 “ Diagnostic
SCA Product ” means an SCA Product that is under
development, approved or used for the diagnosis of human diseases
or conditions.
1.12 “ Enzon
License ” has the meaning assigned to it in section
2.2.1.
1.13 “ Enzon
Licensed Patents ” means those Patents now owned by or
licensed to Enzon which were the subject of a nonexclusive license
to Micromet, as ultimate assignee of Creative BioMolecules, Inc.,
pursuant to the Curis Cross-License Agreements, including without
limitation those Patents identified in Appendix A
hereto, but excluding any Collaboration Patents (as defined in the
Collaboration Agreement).
1.14 “ Enzon
Pipeline Product ” means any Licensed Product, other than
a BiTE Product or BiTE Research Product, as to which (a) Enzon
obtains or retains Commercialization
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Rights
(whether exclusive or co-exclusive) in one or more Major Market
Countries, or (b) Enzon or any of its Affiliates has filed or
will file an IND in its own name.
1.15 “ Exploit
” or “ Exploitation ” means to make, have
made, import, use, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of a
product, including all discovery, research, development,
registration, modification, enhancement, improvement, manufacture,
storage, formulation, exportation, transportation, distribution,
promotion and marketing activities related thereto.
1.16 “ First Phase
III Trial ” means the first controlled, randomized human
clinical trial the results of which could be or are used to
establish the safety and efficacy of a pharmaceutical product as a
basis for a BLA, or that would otherwise satisfy the requirements
of 21 CFR 312.21(c).
1.17 “ IL-2
Agreement ” means that certain IL-2 License Agreement
between the Parties, dated as of the Amendment Date, relating to
the transfer of certain rights and obligations with respect to
products binding to IL-2.
1.18 “ IND
” means an investigational new drug application filed with
the United States Food and Drug Administration or its foreign
equivalent, in each case for authorization to commence human
clinical trials.
1.19 “ Industrial
SCA Product ” means any composition or formulation
consisting of, containing or comprising one or more Single Chain
Antibodies intended for any use other than for research or the
diagnosis, prophylaxis, or treatment of disease or conditions in
humans and other animals.
1.20 “ Licensed
Product ” means any SCA Product, Non-Human SCA Product,
Research Product, Industrial SCA Product, BiTE Product, or BiTE
Research Product, the composition, manufacture, use of which is
claimed by one or more Valid Claims of the Consolidated Patent
Portfolio.
1.21 “ Micromet
License ” has the meaning assigned to it in section
2.1.1.
1.22 “ Major Market
Country ” means the [***].
1.23 “ Micromet
Licensed Patents ” means those Patents now owned by or
licensed to Micromet which were the subject of a nonexclusive
sublicense to Enzon pursuant to the Curis Cross-License Agreements,
including without limitation those Patents identified in
Appendix B hereto, but excluding any Collaboration
Patents (as defined in the Collaboration Agreement).
1.24 “ Micromet
Pipeline Product ” means any Licensed Product as to which
(a) Micromet obtains or retains Commercialization Rights
(whether exclusive or co-exclusive) in one or more Major Market
Countries, or (b) Micromet or its Affiliates has filed or will
file an IND in its own name.
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1.25 “ Net Sales
” means all consideration received by a Party, an Affiliate,
or a sublicensee for the sale or other transfer or disposition of
Licensed Products, less returns and customary trade discounts
actually taken, outbound freight, value added, sales or use taxes,
tariffs, and custom duties. For the avoidance of doubt, the above
definition of Net Sales includes sales made by a sublicensee as if
such sales were made directly by a Party. In the case of transfers
of products to an Affiliate or sublicensee by a Party for sale or
other disposition of such products to Third Parties by such
Affiliate or sublicensee, Net Sales will be the greater of the
total fees and other consideration charged by the Affiliate or
sublicensee to Third Parties or the total fees and consideration
charged by the Party to the Affiliate or sublicensee, but not both
amounts, and no unit of any product will be subject to more than
one sale or disposition that qualifies as a Net Sale, regardless of
the number or form of sales or dispositions of such unit.
1.26 “ Non-Human SCA
Product ” means any composition or formulation consisting
of, containing or comprising one or more Single Chain Antibodies
under development, approved or used for the diagnosis, prophylaxis
or treatment of non-human diseases or conditions, but excluding any
BiTE Products.
1.27 “ Patents
” means (a) all patents and patent applications in any
country or supranational jurisdiction, and (b) any
substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re-examinations,
extensions, supplementary protection certificates and the like, and
any provisional applications, of any such patents or patent
applications.
1.28 “ Pegylated
TNF-alpha Agreement ” means that certain PEG TNF-alpha
License Agreement between the Parties, dated as of the Amendment
Date, relating to the transfer of certain rights and obligations
with respect to a Pegylated Single Chain Antibody binding to
TNF-alpha developed under the Collaboration Agreement.
1.29 “ Research
Product ” means a product consisting of, containing or
comprising one or more Single Chain Antibodies used for research
purposes and not intended, under development or used for the
diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of human or non-human diseases
or conditions, but excluding any BiTE Research Product.
1.30 “ SCA
Product ” means any composition or formulation consisting
of, containing or comprising one or more Single Chain Antibodies
that is under development, approved or used for the diagnosis,
prophylaxis or treatment of human diseases or conditions, but
excluding any BiTE Product.
1.31 “ Single Chain
Antibody ” means a single chain polypeptide having
binding affinity for an antigen and a defined amino acid sequence
whereby such polypeptide comprises (i) a first polypeptide
segment having a light chain variable region, (ii) a second
polypeptide having a heavy chain variable region, and (iii) at
least one peptide linker linking the first and second polypeptides
into a single chain polypeptide.
1.32 “ Term
” has the meaning assigned to it in section 7.1.
1.33 “ Therapeutic
SCA Product ” means an SCA Product under development or
approved for the treatment or prophylaxis of human diseases or
conditions.
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1.34 “ Third
Party ” means any party other than Micromet, Enzon or
their respective Affiliates.
1.35 “ Third Party
Collaboration Agreement ” means any agreement executed
during the Term between a Party and a Third Party under which
(a) such Party grants to such Third Party a license to
intellectual property or other rights Controlled by such Party
(other than or in addition to any Patent within the Collaboration
Patents or the Consolidated Patent Portfolio) which intellectual
property or other rights are required for the performance of the
research and development activities to be performed under the
agreement or for the Exploitation of products resulting from such
activities; and (b) each party to such agreement performs
substantial research or development activities pursuant to such
agreement.
By way of example but not limitation,
such an agreement will qualify as a “Third Party
Collaboration Agreement” if the terms include
(1) dedicated research funding paid by the Third Party to the
Party, or from the Party to the Third Party, of at least US$[***]
over a period of [***] following the execution of such agreement
for the conduct of research pursuant to such agreement, or
(2) the performance of a project plan over a period of not
less than [***] with aggregate project costs for research
activities of not less than US$[***] of which not less than
US$[***] are incurred by the Party (regardless of whether or not
such costs are reimbursed by the Third Party), or
(3) governance provisions that provide [***] regarding the
research activities to be performed by the parties prior to the
filing of an IND. For the avoidance of doubt, “Third Party
Collaboration Agreement” does not include any fee-for-service
arrangement, or arrangement wherein the extent of a Party’s
collaboration is so limited that the grant of rights is in effect a
naked license grant.
1.36 “ Third Party
Collaboration Product ” means a product that is developed
under and pursuant to a Third Party Collaboration Agreement.
1.37 “ Valid
Claim ” means (a) any claim of an issued and
unexpired patent within the Enzon Licensed Patents or the Micromet
Licensed Patents which has not been held unenforceable or invalid
by a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction
in an unappealed or unappealable decision, and which has not been
disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through
reissue or otherwise, or (b) a pending claim in a pending
patent application within the Enzon Licensed Patents or the
Micromet Licensed Patents. Notwithstanding clause (b) above,
in the event that a pending claim in a pending patent application
does not issue as a valid and enforceable claim in an issued patent
within [***] years after the earliest date from which such patent
application claims priority, such a pending claim will not be a
Valid Claim, unless and until such pending claim subsequently
issues as a valid and enforceable claim in an issued patent, in
which case such claim will be reinstated and be deemed to be a
Valid Claim as of the date of issuance of such patent.
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2. Grant Of
License
2.1 License Grant By
Micromet.
2.1.1 Micromet hereby grants to Enzon a non-exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-bearing (as provided in section 3) license under
the Micromet Licensed Patents to Exploit Licensed Products other
than BiTE Products (the “ Micromet License ”),
provided , however , that the Exploitation of BiTE
Research Products will be limited to research activities that do
not include administration to humans of a BiTE Research Product.
Under no circumstances will Enzon engage in any commercial
exploitation of BiTE Research Products (including, without
limitation, any sale of such products and any development
activities aimed at creating BiTE Research Products for commercial
sale). The Micromet License shall be subject to the field
limitations set forth on Appendix C .
2.1.2 Enzon may grant and authorize the grant of sublicenses
under the Micromet License and may grant licenses under the Enzon
Licensed Patents only for Enzon Pipeline Products and Third Party
Collaboration Products.
2.2 License Grant By
Enzon.
2.2.1 Enzon hereby grants to Micromet a non-exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-bearing (as provided in section 3) license,
under the Enzon Licensed Patents to Exploit Licensed Products other
than BiTE Products and BiTE Research Products (the “ Enzon
License ”). The Enzon License shall be subject to the
field limitations set forth on Appendix C .
2.2.2 Except as otherwise permitted in that certain
Exclusive IP Marketing Agreement between Micromet and Enzon dated
as of the Effective Date (the “ Marketing Agreement
”), Micromet may grant and authorize the grant of sublicenses
under the Enzon License only for Micromet Pipeline Products and
Third Party Collaboration Products.
2.2.3 Enzon hereby grants to Micromet an exclusive (even as
to Enzon), worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-terminable, license, with the right to grant and
authorize the grant of sublicenses, under the Enzon Licensed
Patents to Exploit any BiTE Products and BiTE Research Products
(subject to Enzon’s right to Exploit BiTE Research Products
in connection with research activities that do not include
administration to humans of a BiTE Research Product);
provided , that under no circumstances will Enzon engage in
any commercial exploitation of BiTE Research Products (including,
without limitation, any sale of such products and any development
activities aimed at creating BiTE Research Products for commercial
sale).
2.3 Amending Field
Limitations. The field limitations listed in
Appendix C set forth the understanding of the Parties
as of the Effective Date regarding the scope of such limitations
arising from license agreements under which licenses to Patents
within the Consolidated Patent Portfolio were granted to Third
Parties prior to the Effective Date. Upon request of a Party, the
Parties will amend Appendix C as necessary to include
additional or different limitations of which the requesting Party
in good faith was unaware as of the Effective Date. Furthermore,
upon expiration or termination of a license agreement that was the
basis of a
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limitation listed in Appendix C , such limitation will
be deemed stricken from Appendix C as of the date of
such expiration or termination.
3. Milestones and
Royalties
3.1 Milestone Payments and
Royalty Rates.
3.1.1 Milestones.
(a) Each Party will pay to the other Party the
following milestone payments for each Therapeutic SCA Product that
is a Licensed Product Exploited by it, an Affiliate, or
sublicensee:
Milestones:
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(b) Each Party will pay to the other Party the
following milestone payments for (i) each Diagnostic SCA
Product that is a Licensed Product, and (ii) each Non-Human
SCA Product that is a Licensed Product, in each case that is
Exploited by it, an Affiliate, or sublicense:
Milestones:
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3.1.2 Royalties. Except as provided below and in section
3.1.3, each Party will pay to the other Party the following
royalties on Net Sales of each Licensed Product Exploited by it, an
Affiliate, or sublicensee:
Royalties on annual worldwide Net
Sales at the following incremental levels:
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each Licensed Product below US$[***]:
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each Licensed Product between US$[***]and US$[***]:
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each Licensed Product over US$[***]:
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The royalty payment obligations of
Micromet and Enzon under this section 3.1.2: (a) arise without
regard to the identity of the applicable Patents within the
Consolidated Patent Portfolio ( i.e. , Enzon will pay
royalties to Micromet even if the only applicable Patents are Enzon
Licensed Patents, and Micromet will pay royalties to Enzon even if
the only applicable Patents are Micromet Licensed Patents), and
(b) will expire on a product-by-product and country-by-country
basis upon the expiration of the last to expire Valid Claim
embracing such product (or the manufacture or use thereof) in a
particular country. For the avoidance of doubt, the royalty payment
obligations of Micromet and Enzon under this section 3.1.2 arise
only for Licensed Products that are made, used, or sold in
countries wherein such activities are embraced by one or more Valid
Claims within the Consolidated Patent Portfolio (each such country
a “ Royalty Country ”), and the determination of
the Net Sales level and the applicable royalty rate with respect to
a particular Licensed Product are made based on the total Net Sales
of such Licensed Product generated in all Royalty Countries in a
particular calendar year.
3.1.3 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, Micromet has no obligation to pay any royalties to Enzon
with respect to BiTE Products Exploited by Micromet, its Affiliates
or sublicensees under this Agreement, and neither Party has an
obligation to pay any royalties to the other Party with respect to
BiTE Research Products Exploited by it, its Affiliates or
sublicensees under this Agreement.
3.1.4 No milestone or royalty payments will be due under
this Agreement for Licensed Products jointly Exploited by both
Parties under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement or any
Product Development and Commercialization Agreement (as defined in
the Collaboration Agreement) executed thereunder and the financial
terms of such other agreements will govern with respect to products
Exploited under such other agreements. In addition no royalties or
milestone payments will be due under this Agreement with respect to
the Exploitation of Licensed Products by Micromet under the terms
of the IL-2 Agreement or by Enzon under the terms of the Pegylated
TNF-alpha Agreement.
3.1.5 If Micromet grants a Consolidated Patent License (as
defined in the Marketing Agreement) for Third Party SCA Products
(as defined in the Marketing Agreement) Exploited for the treatment
or prophylaxis of human diseases or conditions that does not
provide for at least either (a) an upfront license fee of at
least US$[***] in cash or cash equivalents payable upon execution
of same, or (b) license fees and milestone payments totaling
at least US$[***]in cash or cash equivalents and a royalty equal to
at least [***]% of the [***], then the milestones and royalties
that Enzon is obligated to pay to Micromet under sections 3.1.1(a)
and 3.1.2 above will be reduced (effective as of the grant of such
Consolidated Patent License) at Enzon’s option to the extent
necessary to equal those of such Consolidated Patent License.
3.2 Payment.
3.2.1 Payment of Milestones. The Party achieving a
development milestone that triggers a milestone payment obligation
pursuant to section 3.1 will give notice to the other
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within [***] of achieving each milestone, and will make the
corresponding milestone payment within [***] of the achievement of
the corresponding milestone event.
3.2.2 Payment of Royalties. A Party who is obligated to make
royalty payments pursuant to section 3.1 will provide to the other
Party within [***] after the end of each calendar quarter a written
report with such Party’s good faith estimate of Net Sales
accrued in the preceding calendar quarter and the royalties payable
thereon. Such Party will make royalty payments to the other Party
for products sold during a calendar quarter within [***] of the
last day of that calendar quarter. Each royalty payment will be
accompanied by a written report for that calendar quarter showing
the cumulative Net Sales of the applicable product sold by such
Party, its Affiliates and its sublicensees on a country-by-country
basis worldwide during the quarterly reporting period and the
corresponding royalties payable under this Agreement.
3.2.3 Payment Method. All amounts due hereunder will be paid
in US Dollars by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an
account designated by the receiving Party. Any payments or portions
thereof due hereunder which are not paid on the date such payments
are due will bear interest from the due date until the date of
payment at the rate which is the lower of (i) [***]% over the
overnight London Interbank Offering Rate in effect on the due date
or (ii) the highest rate permitted by applicable law,
calculated on the number of days such payment is delinquent,
compounded monthly.
3.2.4 Currency Conversion for Milestone Payments and Calculation
of Net Sales. For any currency conversion required in
connection with any payment hereunder, or in determining the amount
of royalties due, such conversion will be made at the prevailing
commercial rate of exchange for purchasing the currency into which
an amount is to be converted as publicly announced by Citibank N.A.
(or its successor) in New York on the last business day of the
calendar quarter to which such payments relate. The Net Sales used
for computing the royalties will be computed in US Dollars. For
purposes of determining the amount of royalties due, the amount of
Net Sales in any foreign currency will be computed by converting
such amount into US Dollars as provided in this section
above.
3.2.5 Records Retention. Each Party will maintain complete
and accurate books, records and accounts in sufficient detail to
confirm the accuracy of any payments required hereunder, which
books, records and accounts will be retained by such Party until
[***] years after the end of the period to which such books,
records and accounts pertain.
3.2.6 Audit. Each Party will have the right to have an
independent certified public accounting firm of internationally
recognized standing, reasonably acceptable to the audited Party, to
have access during normal business hours, and upon reasonable prior
written notice, to such of the records of the other Party as may be
reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of information needed
to calculate payments required hereunder (“ Payment
Information ”) for any calendar quarter ending not more
than [***] months prior to the date of such request;
provided , however , that the auditing Party will not
have the right to conduct more than [***]. The accounting firm will
disclose to both Parties whether such Payment Information
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is
correct or incorrect and the specific details concerning any
discrepancies. The auditing Party will bear all costs of such
audit, unless the audit reveals an underpayment of more than [***]%
from the amount paid, in which case the other Party will bear the
cost of the audit.
3.2.7 Payment of Additional Amounts. If, based on the
results of any audit, additional payments are owed by a Party under
this Agreement, such Party will make such additional payments
promptly after the accounting firm’s written report is
delivered to both Parties. If, based on the results of any audit,
payments made pursuant to section 3.1 exceeded payments indicated
by the audit as being due thereunder, such excess will be credited
against future amounts owed by the applicable Party under section
3.1.
3.2.8 Confidentiality. Each Party will treat all information
subject to review under this section 3.2 in accordance with the
confidentiality provisions of section 6 and will cause its
accounting firm to enter into a reasonably acceptable
confidentiality agreement with the audited Party obligating such
firm to maintain all such financial information in confidence
pursuant to such confidentiality agreement.
4. Filing,
Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights
4.1 Each Party will be solely
responsible and bear all costs for the preparation, filing,
prosecution and maintenance of its licensed Patents in its sole and
absolute discretion.
4.2 If either Party elects
not to continue prosecution or maintenance of any of its licensed
Patents, such Party will so notify the other Party at least [***]
days prior to the final due date of a response to any official
action or on which a maintenance fee is due or other action is
required to maintain such Patent in force or continue prosecution
of such Patent (in the case of a patent application). The other
Party (the “ Continuing Party ”) may elect to
continue prosecution or maintenance of such Patent, at its sole
expense, in which event the non-Continuing Party will assign such
Patent to the Continuing Party and such Patent will be deemed a
licensed Patent of the Continuing Party, i.e. , one of the
Enzon Licensed Patents if Enzon is the Continuing Party and one of
the Micromet Licensed Patents if Micromet is the Continuing
Party.
4.3 Each Party will be solely
responsible and bear all costs for (and enjoy all recovery from)
any inter partes actions concerning its licensed Patents,
including but not limited to reexaminations, oppositions,
interferences, and infringement actions, all in its sole and
absolute discretion.
4.4 Each Party will
(i) promptly notify the other of any actions that may arise
pursuant to section 4.3 and (ii) provide the other on an
annual basis a report on the status of its activities described in
section 4.1.
5. Representation
and Warranties
5.1 Reciprocal Representations
and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other
Party that: (i) it has the right to grant the license
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