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Geo2014

07/22/20 3:11 PM

#111119 RE: mike0071 #111117

Per the statement in bold, jointly developed IP is Medtronic's property. Per item a) Each party owns it's own, solely developed IP.
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SPORT19

07/22/20 3:17 PM

#111121 RE: mike0071 #111117

Exactly Mike....
It’s funny but people just want to read into this what they hope it is instead of what it is...
it’s all there in black and white....

Market understands this
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DiceMaker

07/22/20 3:28 PM

#111128 RE: mike0071 #111117

And Medtronic licenses it back to Titan... Very common arrangement. I had a similar agreement between my own software company and one of our clients that funded an app development. Wording is nearly identical. Per my lawyer at the time, it doesn’t matter much who owns the IP as long as the licensing language is favorable and clear. Joint ownership is typically a mess and avoided in these types of agreements.

4.1 Medtronic, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby grants to Titan and its Affiliates a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, non-transferable except as permitted under 17.10, license under the Joint Developed Intellectual Property to develop, make, use, offer for sale, sell, import, export, and sell [Redacted] and their component parts thereof, including any replacement, reposable, and disposable components, and any accessories for any of the foregoing, for use solely with robotic surgical systems for [Redacted] Single Port Surgery [Redacted], and to sublicense such rights to business partners, distributors, suppliers, vendors, consultants, contractors, contract manufacturers and the like.
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RockoTaco

07/22/20 3:50 PM

#111138 RE: mike0071 #111117

Yes u r wrong in your wording. Titan still owns their IP but any new IP that comes out of the co-development will be Medtronic. With that said, how many times do u think “customers” would get to own the IP of a company? Oh, I bought an iPhone and I’m a customer so I no own the IP.