CONFIDENTIAL
to any Exclusive Licensor Technology or Non-Exclusive Licensor Patents or if a Third Party claims that any Exclusive Licensor Patent or Non-Exclusive Licensor Patent is invalid or unenforceable (any such activity by a Third Party, a “Third Party Infringement”), the Party possessing such knowledge or belief shall notify the other Party and provide it with details of such infringement or claim that are known by such Party.
(b) Right to Bring an Action. Company shall have the exclusive right to attempt to resolve any Third Party Infringement in the Territory, including by filing an infringement suit, defending against such claim or taking other similar action, with respect to an Exclusive Licensor Patent or Non-Exclusive Licensor Patent (each, an “Action”) and to compromise or settle any such infringement or claim. At Company’s request, Licensor shall promptly provide Company with all relevant documentation (as may be reasonably requested by Company) evidencing that Company is validly empowered by Licensor to take such an Action. Licensor may voluntarily join such Action, however, Company may not, without Licensor’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, join Licensor as a party in any Action initiated by the Company, pursuant to Company’s rights under this Agreement to initiate such Action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that it is required under applicable law in order for Company to initiate an Action under this Section 6.4(b), then Licensor shall join as a party to such Action. If Company does not intend to prosecute or defend an Action, Company shall promptly inform Licensor and Licensor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to initiate an Action. The Party controlling the Action (i) shall keep the other Party reasonably informed with respect to such Action, (ii) shall, in good faith, consult with, and give reasonable consideration to, any comments made by the other Party related to such Action, and (iii) shall provide the other Party with copies of all material documents (e.g., complaints, answers, counterclaims, material motions, orders of the court, memoranda of law and legal briefs, interrogatory responses, depositions, material pre-trial filings, expert reports, affidavits filed in court, transcripts of hearings and trial testimony, trial exhibits and notices of appeal) filed in, or otherwise relating to, such Action. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to ensure that each person or entity that participates in, or receives any information about, any Action in accordance with this Section 6.4(b) shall use reasonable efforts to protect all applicable confidential information and preserve all applicable attorney-client privilege and work product protections.
(c) Costs of an Action. Subject to the respective indemnity obligations of the Parties set forth in Article 9, the Party initiating an Action under Section 6.4(b) shall pay all costs associated with such Action, and shall reimburse the other Party for reasonable Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred in rendering assistance to the initiating Party as set forth in Section 6.4(e). For clarity, the other Party shall have the right to join and participate in an Action relating to a Licensor Patent, and be represented in any such Action by its own counsel at its own expense.
(d) Settlement. Neither Party shall settle or otherwise compromise any Action by admitting that any Exclusive Licensor Patent or Non-Exclusive Licensor Patent is invalid or unenforceable without the other Party’s prior written consent, and neither Party may settle or otherwise compromise an Action in a way that adversely affects or would be reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Exclusive Licensor Patents, the Non-Exclusive Licensor Patents or the rights or benefits of the other Party hereunder, without the other Party’s prior written consent. The foregoing shall not limit Company’s rights under Section 6.4(b).
(e) Reasonable Assistance. The Party not enforcing or defending Exclusive Licensor Patents or Non-Exclusive Licensor Patents shall provide reasonable assistance to the other Party, including providing access to relevant documents and other evidence and making its employees available, subject to the other Party’s reimbursement of any reasonable Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred on an on-going basis by the non-enforcing or non-defending Party in providing such assistance.
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