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THIS AGREEMENT is made the 24th day of January 2005
BETWEEN:
(1) The Poker Channel Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of England
and Wales (registered number _____________) whose registered office is at
located at ________________ ("TPC"); and
(2) ZONE4PLAY Inc. a company incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware, USA, having its registered offices at 103 Faulk Road Suite 202,
Wilmington, Delaware ("Zone4Play");
(Each, a "Party" and together, the "Parties").
WHEREAS, TPC is the owner and operator of a television channel providing
interactive games and other content (including without limitation poker and
gambling programming, teleshopping and content for the interactive games service
known as 'The Poker Channel ' (hereinafter: "TPC") provided in the United
Kingdom,
WHEREAS, Zone4Play is the owner of all rights, title, and interests in and to
one or more client and/or client-server software applications compatible with
mobile wireless platforms , Internet platforms and interactive digital TV
platforms;
WHEREAS, Zone4Play through third parties can provide the service with a
bookmakers' permit and other services required to provide online and interactive
fixed odds betting opportunities in connection with such interactive games;
WHEREAS, TPC and its subsidiaries or associates will provide or procure, inter
alia, a range of infrastructure and technical facilities for use in connection
with the provision of broadcast fixed odds games and interactive services;
WHEREAS, TPC desires to license Applications from Zone4play on a non-exclusive
basis and receive an exclusive customised version of the front end [look and
feel] for distribution by Operator using one or more of the platforms to
Customers (as herein defined); and
WHEREAS, Zone4Play desires to grant such a non exclusive license to TPC and to
design Customization Work for TPC; and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and mutual covenants,
promises and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
with the intention to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
In this Agreement:
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1.1 "Application" shall mean, subject to Clause 2.1, software applications and
any related Intellectual Property Rights that enable Customers to play,
Multiplayer Poker and SMS Fixed Odds games (as further defined in
Appendixes A and B respectively) that are owned by Zone4Play or for which
Zone4Play otherwise holds sufficient rights to grant the licenses set
forth herein
1.1 "Customers" shall mean the customer of TPC as further defined in
Appendixes A & B;
1.2 "Effective Date" shall mean the date on which this Agreement is signed by
all of the Parties;
1.3 "Intellectual Property Rights" shall means all patents, database rights,
inventions, rights in designs, copyright, trade marks, service marks,
trade names, domain names, and all other intellectual property rights and
other rights and forms of protection of a similar nature or effect which
may subsist, anywhere in the world for the full term of such rights and
any extensions or renewals thereof subsisting prior to, at or after the
Effective Date (whether or not any of these rights are registered, and
including applications and the right to apply for registration of any such
rights as registered rights, anywhere in the world);
1.4 "Services" shall mean customer support and Customer Relation Management
("CRM"), infrastructure, provision of a merchant account and e-wallet,
reporting, design, provision of the games engine and back office services
to be provided and/or procured by Z4P from any third party in connection
with the use which is made by the Customers of the Applications and
further detailed in Appendixes A and B respectively;
1.5 TPC Trademarks" shall mean any trademarks, service marks, design marks,
symbols, logos and/or other indicia of source owned or used under license
by TPC, and all goodwill associated therewith.
1.6 "Operator" shall mean The Poker Channel in the United Kingdom
1.7 "Zone4Play Trademarks" shall mean any trademarks, service marks, design
marks, symbols, logos and/or other indicia of source owned or used under
license by Zone4Play, and all goodwill associated therewith.
2. The Parties' Obligations for Providing the Applications.
2.1 Zone4Play shall develop the Applications in accordance with a
specification and a timetable (the "Timetable"), each of which shall be
agreed in good faith between the Parties. Zone4Play shall provide at least
one fully functioning broadcast game Application of play for fun games for
launch on March 7, 2005 and Application of play for real games for launch
on April 22nd , 2005. Zone4Play shall customize the look and feel of the
Applications exclusively for TPC using such of the TPC Trademarks and such
other materials (together, the "TPC Materials") as shall be notified by
TPC to Zone4Play from time to time (such customization by Zone4Play being
referred to in this Agreement as the "Customization Work"). TPC shall have
a right of approval in its sole discretion over the final form of the
Applications following completion of the Customization Work. The
Customization Work is co-owned by both Parties and neither Party is able
to use it without the consent of the other.
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2.2 Zone4Play shall use its best endeavors to integrate the Applications and
the Services and the technical infrastructure used by the Operator to
provide services to their Customers, all with maximizing profits out of
the engagement with the Operator and Products provided either to TPC
and/or to the Customer.
2.3 Zone4Play shall favorably consider to offer TPC any new games it plans or
it completes development.
2.4 Reports and Materials: Zone4Play will provide the reports and materials to
TPC
2.5 Zone4Play and TPC shall discuss in good faith the frequency and content of
reports Zone4Play will provide.
2.6 Z4P and TPC shall jointly own the customer data relating to TPC Customers
under this Agreement.
2.7 Z4P shall be responsible for providing the Services and for procuring the
availability of the necessary testing environment.
2.8 TPC agrees to assess feasibility and economics of launching the
Multiplayer Poker Application. Z4P will make this Application available to
TPC throughout the Term of this Agreement and under the same terms of this
Agreement. TPC agrees that for the term of this Agreement the Multiplayer
Poker Application provided by Z4P shall be the sole Poker application
launch on TPC, further during such term TPC will assess the launch of the
Application within 12 months of its Launch. Notwithstanding to the forth
said it is acknowledged by TPC that for the assessment of the launch of
Multiplayer Poker Application, Z4P shall not provide TPC with respect to
such application any Customization Work, the Multiplayer Poker Application
and its look and feel customize version of the front end is solely owned
by Z4P.
2.9 TPC undertakes to launch SMS Fixed Odds and maintain such on The Poker
Channel for an average of 3 hours per day over a period of one year from
Launch. Thereafter the Parties shall review and discuss in good faith.
This undertaking is fundamental to this agreement and its breach will be
considered as a material breach of this Agreement. TPC will discuss with
Z4P the proposed broadcast hours but it will ultimately have the right to
decide broadcast hours and to change these when required.
2.10 TPC has the right to re-name the games and or the Z4P broadcast zone for
the purpose of differentiation, ease of promotion to Customers and clear
signposting in the schedule.
3. Grant of License for Distributing Applications.
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3.1 Zone4Play hereby grants to TPC, during the Term, a nonexclusive license
and the right to distribute where applicable. For the avoidance of doubt,
TPC shall (pursuant to Clause 11) own all rights in Customisation Work and
Zone4Play shall not have or be entitled to grant to any third party any
rights in the Customisation Work (and Zone4Play is shall entitled to grant
rights to third parties in respect of the Applications as they stood prior
to the Customisation Work having been carried out).
3.2 TPC hereby grants to Zone4Play, during the Term, a limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to use the TPC Materials solely to the extent
necessary for Zone4Play to perform its undertakings under this Agreement
including the Customisation Work pursuant to Clause 2.1.
4. Trademark License.
4.1 Zone4Play grants to TPC, during the Term, a worldwide, nonexclusive,
royalty-free license to use the Zone4Play Trademarks in online, print or
other advertising for the purposes of promoting, selling, licensing, and
distributing the Applications and the Products to Operators and Customers.
4.2 TPC acknowledges that all right, title and interest in and to the
Zone4Play Trademarks, including all goodwill related thereto, are and
shall remain owned solely and exclusively by Zone4Play and that all usage
of the Zone4Play Trademarks by or on behalf of TPC shall inure to the
benefit of Zone4Play.
4.3 TPC agrees to comply with any and all usage guidelines provided by
Zone4Play to TPC with respect to the Zone4Play Trademarks, and shall
supply, upon Zone4Play's written request, specimens of all advertising,
marketing and/or promotional materials in which a Zone4Play Trademark
appears to Zone4Play for inspection and approval, which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
4.4 If Zone4Play has not indicated its approval or rejection of such specimens
within three (3) business days after receiving such specimens, such
specimens shall be deemed approved by Zone4Play. Zone4Play agrees to
provide TPC a copy of its current trademark usage guidelines promptly upon
execution of this Agreement.
4.5 Zone4Play acknowledges that all right, title and interest in and to the
TPC Materials (including without limitation the TPC Trademarks), including
all goodwill related thereto, are and shall remain owned solely and
exclusively by TPC and that all usage of the TPC Trademarks by or on
behalf of Zone4Play shall inure to the benefit of TPC. Zone4Play agrees to
comply with any and all usage guidelines provided by TPC to Zone4Play with
respect to its use of the TPC Trademarks in the provision of the
Customisation Work.
5. Royalty/Revenue-Sharing Payments. Revenues arising from the provision of
the Applications shall be shared in accordance with the terms specified in
Appendixes A and B respectively.
5.1 Within 30 working days of the end of each month, Zone4Play shall send TPC
a report detailing the Net Revenues received from the Applications during
the previous calendar month, any relevant third party Revenue Share(s)
and, the split between TPC and Zone4Play of the remaining Net Revenues in
accordance with revenue sharing ratio decided by the Parties and defined
in Appendixes A and B respectively.
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5.2 Zone4Play shall deliver TPC's share of the remaining Net Revenues to TPC
upon receipt of an appropriate invoice within 15 days of its receipt.
6 Promotion, Publicity and Press Releases.
TPC may, refer, in TPC's online, print or other advertising and promotional
materials, to the fact that Zone4Play's applications are accessible through TPC
using Zone4Play Trademarks as permitted in Clause 4 above without disparaging
Zone4Play, its products, services, or affiliates, but always subject to any
regulatory restrictions.
No Party shall publicize the terms or the existence of this Agreement to any
third party without prior written consent from the other Parties after their
review and approval of the form and content of any publicity release or other
press announcement. Zone4Play shall not imply or state to any person or entity
that it is sponsored by, funded by, or in any way associated with TPC other than
as authorized by TPC pursuant to this Agreement. Similarly, TPC shall not imply
or state to any person or entity that it is sponsored by, funded by, or in any
way associated with Zone4Play other than as authorized by Zone4Play pursuant to
this Agreement. This section shall not apply to official filing of reports
Zone4play is compelled to submit to the regulatory bodies as a public company.
7 Representations and Warranties.
8.1 By Zone4Play.
Zone4Play hereby represents, warrants and undertakes to TPC that: (i)
Zone4Play has the power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations according to the terms of this Agreement; (ii) Zone4Play
has no restrictions that would impair its ability to perform its
obligations and grant all rights contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) Zone4Play has not and will not enter into any agreement that
is inconsistent with its obligations hereunder; (iv) Zone4Play is
the owner or has obtained and currently holds valid and sufficient
rights, including rights in third party Intellectual Property
Rights, to license the rights granted and/or the services committed
to TPC herein and that to the best of its knowledge TPC's use and
exploitation (and any Customer's and/or Operator's use and/or
exploitation) of the Applications in the manner agreed to by this
Agreement shall not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights or
other rights of a third party
8.2 By TPC.
8.2.1 TPC hereby represents, warrants and undertakes to Zone4Play that it:
(i) has the power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations according to the terms of this Agreement; (ii) has no
restrictions that would impair its ability to perform its
obligations contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) has not and
will not enter into any agreement that is inconsistent with its
obligations hereunder
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8.3 Disclaimer.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE FOREGOING
WARRANTIES ARE THE ONLY WARRANTIES GIVEN BY EACH PARTY AND ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY STATUTE OR
OTHERWISE, ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED BY THE PARTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
9. Confidentiality.
9.1 The Parties agree that during the Term there may be a need to exchange
certain confidential or proprietary information. In this Agreement,
"Confidential Information" shall be defined as the terms of this Agreement
and any confidential, trade secret, or other proprietary information
disclosed by any Party (the "Disclosing Party") to another Party (the
"Receiving Party") under this Agreement. Confidential Information shall
not include information that (i) is public knowledge at the time of
disclosure, (ii) was known by the Receiving Party before disclosure by the
Disclosing Party, or becomes public knowledge or otherwise known to the
Receiving Party after such disclosure, other than by breach of the
confidentiality obligations of this Agreement, or (iii) is independently
developed by the Receiving Party by persons without access to Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party.
9.2 The Receiving






