Exhibit 10.24
Confidential Materials omitted and filed
separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Asterisks
denote omissions.
AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated License Agreement
(“Agreement”) is made and entered into between the
President and Fellows of Harvard College (“HARVARD”)
having offices at the Office for Technology and Trademark
Licensing, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 727, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02138 and Curis, Inc. (“LICENSEE”), the
successor in interest to Ontogeny Inc., a Delaware corporation
having offices at 61 Moulton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02138, with effect from the date of execution (“the Effective
Date”). This Agreement is intended to supersede and replace
the previous agreement between the parties, dated February 9, 1995
(“the Original Effective Date”), as previously amended
on January 1, 1997, February 25, 1998, September 1, 2000, December
1, 2000 and August 1, 2002. HARVARD and LICENSEE are parties to a
separate license agreement dated September 1 , 2000, as amended and
restated June 10, 2003 (“the 2000 License Agreement”),
which confers to LICENSEE commercial rights to technology that may
be related to the subject matter of PATENT RIGHTS.
In consideration of the mutual promises set
forth below, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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PATENT RIGHTS
shall mean [**], the inventions described and claimed therein, and
any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part to the extent
that their claims are dominated by existing PATENT RIGHTS, patents
issuing thereon or reissues thereof, and any and all foreign
patents and patent applications corresponding thereto, to the
extent these are owned by or controlled by HARVARD; which will be
automatically incorporated in and added to this Agreement and shall
periodically be added to Appendix A attached to this Agreement and
made a part thereof.
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1.2
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CLAIM shall
mean (a) a valid and enforceable claim of an issued patent included
in the PATENT RIGHTS and (b) with respect to a patent application
of the PATENT RIGHTS, a claim of such patent application which has
not been abandoned or rejected by an administrative agency from
which no appeal can be taken.
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1.3
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BIOLOGICAL
MATERIALS shall mean the proprietary materials developed in the
laboratories of Drs. A. McMahon, C. Tabin and D. Melton as a result
of research concerning the licensed subject matter, identified in
Appendix B, such Appendix to be periodically updated by mutual
agreement, and supplied to LICENSEE by HARVARD together with any
progeny, mutants or derivatives, to the extent that they contain a
substantial portion of the original BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS.
Proprietary materials shall mean materials which are not generally
available from another source and which are under the control of
HARVARD.
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1.4
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ROYALTY
PRODUCTS shall mean products, the manufacture, use or sale of which
would, absent the license granted hereunder, infringe a CLAIM, with
the exception of any antibodies which bind to a hedgehog protein
which shall be designated as MILESTONE PRODUCTS.
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1.5
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MILESTONE
PRODUCTS shall mean products which are not ROYALTY PRODUCTS and (a)
are identified or discovered in material part through the use of
processes or subject matter covered in a CLAIM or (b) agonize or
antagonize members of the hedgehog gene family or (c) agonize or
antagonize follistatin or (d) incorporate a substantial portion of
a BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL or which could not be made except by
utilizing a BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL or (e) are antibodies which bind to
a hedgehog protein.
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1.6
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NET SALES shall
mean the amount billed or invoiced for sales of ROYALTY PRODUCTS or
MILESTONE PRODUCTS:
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(a)
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Customary
trade, quantity or cash discounts and non-affiliated brokers’
or agents’ commissions actually allowed and taken;
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(b)
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Amounts repaid
or credited by reason of rejection or return; and/or
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(c)
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To the extent
separately stated on purchase orders, invoices or other documents
of sale, taxes levied on and/or other governmental charges made as
to production, sale, transportation, delivery or use and paid by or
on behalf of LICENSEE.
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(d)
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Amounts charged
for shipping, packaging, insurance, storage or handling to the
extent these are individually itemized on invoices.
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1.7
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AFFILIATES
shall mean any third party company, corporation, or business
controlling, controlled by or under common control with LICENSEE.
Control shall mean ownership or control of at least fifty percent
(50%) of the voting stock.
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ARTICLE II
GRANT
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2.1
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HARVARD hereby
grants to LICENSEE and LICENSEE accepts, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, a worldwide license, under PATENT RIGHTS to make
and have made, to use and have used, to sell and have sold the
ROYALTY PRODUCTS for the life of PATENT RIGHTS, and a worldwide
license to use BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS to make and have made, to use
and have used, to sell and have sold or to identify the
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MILESTONE PRODUCTS. Such license
shall include the right to grant sublicenses. In order to provide
LICENSEE with a period of exclusivity, HARVARD agrees it will not
grant licenses under PATENT RIGHTS to others except as required by
HARVARD’s obligations in paragraph 2.2(a) or as permitted in
paragraph 2.2(b) and that it will not provide BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
to others for any commercial purpose. LICENSEE agrees during the
period of exclusivity of this license in the United States that any
product subject to this Agreement to be sold in the United States
by LICENSEE or its AFFILIATES or sublicensees will be manufactured
substantially in the United States, unless appropriate waivers are
obtained from the United States government.
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The granting
and acceptance of this license is subject to the following
conditions:
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(a)
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HARVARD’s
“Statement of Policy in Regard to Inventions, Patents and
Copyrights” dated March 17, 1986, Public Law 96-517, Public
Law 98-620 and HARVARD’s obligations under agreements with
other sponsors of research. Any right granted in this Agreement
greater than that permitted under Public Law 96-517 or Public Law
98-620 shall be subject to modification as may be required to
conform to the provisions of that statute.
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(b)
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HARVARD shall
have the right to make and to use and to grant non-exclusive
licenses to make and to use, for research purposes only and not for
any commercial purpose, the BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS and the subject
matter described and claimed in PATENT RIGHTS. HARVARD, to the
extent it is aware of any patent rights arising from such research
conducted during the term of this Agreement, shall notify LICENSEE
of said rights.
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(c)
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LICENSEE shall
use reasonable efforts to effect introduction of the ROYALTY
PRODUCTS into the commercial market as soon as practicable,
consistent with sound and reasonable business practices and
judgment; thereafter, until the expiration of this Agreement,
LICENSEE shall endeavor to keep such ROYALTY PRODUCTS reasonably
available to the public.
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(d)
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If, in
HARVARD’s reasonable judgment, LICENSEE and/or
LICENSEE’s sublicensee fails to satisfy both of the following
conditions for either the hedgehog technology or the follistatin
technology, which failure is not cured within ninety (90) days
after written notice of such failure by HARVARD to LICENSEE,
HARVARD shall have the right to terminate this license or render it
non-exclusive with respect to the technology which is not under
development:
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(i)
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is demonstrably
engaged in research, development, manufacturing, marketing or
licensing program, as appropriate, directed toward the development
and commercialization of the licensed subject matter,
and
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has devoted at
least $[**] annually to the development and commercialization of
the licensed subject matter as of June 10, 2003, and annually
thereafter.
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In making this determination,
HARVARD shall take into account the normal course of such programs
conducted with sound and reasonable business practices and judgment
and shall take into account the reports provided hereunder by
LICENSEE.
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(e)
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HARVARD shall
have the right to terminate this Agreement if LICENSEE does not
adhere to the following performance milestones for at least one
potential ROYALTY PRODUCT or MILESTONE PRODUCT.
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Years from February 9,
1995
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Milestone
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0 through 11
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Commencement of Phase I ( or
equivalent) study
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11 through 13
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Commencement of Phase II (or
equivalent) study
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(f)
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All sublicenses
granted by LICENSEE hereunder shall include a requirement that the
sublicensee use reasonable commercial efforts to bring the subject
matter of the sublicense into commercial use as quickly as is
reasonably possible. Such sublicenses shall be subject and
subordinate to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Copies
of all sublicense agreements shall be provided to
HARVARD.
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If LICENSEE (or
its sublicensees) does not devote at least $[**] to the development
and commercialization of the licensed subject matter for any
calendar year (commencing in 2003) to the development and/or
commercialization, as appropriate, of any part of the subject
matter of the PATENT RIGHTS for use in any specific field and if
HARVARD requests in writing that LICENSEE grant a sublicense to a
third party to develop and/or commercialize such part of the
subject matter for use in such field, LICENSEE shall within ninety
(90) days after receipt of such notice either (i) commit at least
two FTEs toward such development and/or commercialization or (ii)
grant such requested sublicense, unless LICENSEE reasonably
satisfies HARVARD that such sublicense would be contrary to sound
and reasonable business practice and that the granting of such
sublicense would not materially increase the availability to the
public of products manufactured under this license.
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2.3
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HARVARD hereby
grants to LICENSEE the right to assign the licenses granted or to
be granted in paragraph 2.1 to an AFFILIATE subject to the terms
and conditions hereof.
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2.4
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All rights
reserved to the United States Government and others under Public
Law 96-517 and 98-620 shall in no way be affected by this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
ROYALTIES
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3.1
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Upon execution
of Amendment 1, effective January 1, 1997, of the license agreement
of the Original Effective Date, LICENSEE agreed to pay to HARVARD a
non-refundable, non-creditable fee of [**] ($[**]) dollars. HARVARD
hereby acknowledges receipt of [**] ($[**]) dollars of such
fee.
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3.2 (a)
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Upon execution
of the license agreement of the Original Effective Date,
LICENSEE’s predecessor in interest, Ontogeny, Inc., issued to
HARVARD 450,000 shares of Ontogeny Inc. Common Stock that was
converted upon the merger of Ontogeny, Inc. into 115,380 shares of
LICENSEE’s fully registered, unrestricted common stock
(“Common Stock”). Such shares were deemed part of the
royalty consideration for the grant of this license.
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(b)
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As further
consideration for HARVARD’s agreement to enter into this
Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
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(i)
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On the
Effective Date the parties are entering into a Stock Agreement on
substantially the terms attached hereto as Appendix C (the
“Stock Agreement”), pursuant to which LICENSEE shall
issue as directed by HARVARD 100,000 shares (collectively, the
“Shares”), of LICENSEE Common Stock, $0.01 par value
per share (“Common Stock”). The Stock Agreement
provides, among other things, that (i) HARVARD shall have the right
on one occasion beginning anytime after the date which is six (6)
months from the date of execution of the Stock Agreement (the
“Registration Date”) to request the registration of the
Shares for resale on a Form S-3 registration statement and (ii)
until the Registration Date, HARVARD shall not sell, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of the Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may elect, upon notice to and request from HARVARD, in its
sole discretion, to include the Shares in any resale registration
statement that it files for the benefit of other LICENSEE
stockholders prior to the Registration Date; provided that, in any
event the Shares shall remain subject to the limitations of (ii)
above until the Registration Date.
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(ii)
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Upon the
earlier of (i) the day immediately preceding the date of a Change
of Control (as defined below) or (ii) the date which is no later
than the thirty (30) calendar days after the date on which the
first Royalty Product or Milestone Product enters Phase III
clinical trials, LICENSEE will issue as directed by HARVARD an
additional 100,000 shares of LICENSEE Common Stock to be covered by
the Stock Agreement attached as Appendix C, provided that each
party to whom LICENSEE Common Stock is issued has agreed in writing
that such Common Stock is subject to the terms of Section 3 of the
Stock Agreement. The number of such shares shall be adjusted
appropriately to reflect stock dividends, stock splits, reverse
splits and similar capital changes.
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As used herein, “Change of
Control” shall mean:
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(1)
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the
consummation of the acquisition by an individual, entity or group
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership of
any capital stock of the Company if, after such acquisition, such
Person beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) 50% or more of either (x) the
then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the
“Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (y) the combined
voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the
“Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided,
however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following
acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control Event: (A)
any acquisition directly from the Company (excluding an acquisition
pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any security
exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for common stock
or voting securities of the Company, unless the Person exercising,
converting or exchanging such security acquired such security
directly from the Company or an underwriter or agent of the
Company), (B) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or
related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
corporation controlled by the Company, or (C) any acquisition by
any corporation pursuant to a Business Combination (as defined
below) which complies with clauses (x) and (y) of subsection (iii)
of this definition; or
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(2)
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such time as
the Continuing Directors (as defined below) do not constitute a
majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the Board of Directors of
a successor corporation to the Company), where the term
“Continuing Director” means at any date a member of the
Board (x) who was a member of the Board on the date of the initial
adoption of this Plan by the Board or (y) who was nominated or
elected subsequent to such date by at least a majority of the
directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such
nomination or election or whose election to the Board was
recommended or endorsed by at least a majority of the directors who
were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or
election; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from this
clause (y) any individual whose initial assumption of office
occurred as a result of an actual or threatened election contest
with respect to the election or removal of directors or other
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents, by or on
behalf of a person other than the Board; or
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the
consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization or statutory share exchange involving the Company
or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”),
unless, immediately following such Business Combination, each of
the following two conditions is satisfied: (x) all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners
of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company
Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the
then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting
power of the then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally
in the election of directors, respectively, of the resulting or
acquiring corporation in such Business Combination (which shall
include, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of
such transaction owns the Company or substantially all of the
Company’s assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries) (such resulting or acquiring corporation is referred
to herein as the “Acquiring Corporation”) in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting
Securities, respectively, immediately prior to such Business
Combination and (y) no Person (excluding the Acquiring Corporation
or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) maintained or
sponsored by the Company or by the Acquiring Corporation)
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the
then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Acquiring
Corporation, or of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (except to the extent that
such ownership existed prior to the Business
Combination).
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3.3 (a)
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LICENSEE shall
pay HARVARD during the term of this license a royalty of [**]
percent ([**]%) of NET SALES of all ROYALTY PRODUCTS sold by
LICENSEE and its AFFILIATES; provided, however, that in the case of
ROYALTY PRODUCTS covered by a pending patent claim, such royalty of
[**]percent ([**]%) shall be due and payable as follows: [**]
percent ([**]%) shall be payable to HARVARD pursuant to Section
4.4(a), and the remainder shall accumulate and shall not be
required to be paid by LICENSEE to HARVARD unless and until such
claim is issued as part of a patent in the applicable jurisdiction.
A ROYALTY PRODUCT that is a ROYALTY PRODUCT solely as a result of
any such claim that has been abandoned, has been
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rejected by an administrative agency
from which no appeal can be taken or has been pending for more than
five years in any jurisdiction shall cease to be a ROYALTY PRODUCT
in such jurisdiction unless and until such claim is issued as part
of a patent.
In the event that a ROYALTY PRODUCT
as contemplated in this Agreement is also a Royalty Product or a
Milestone Product as defined in the 2000 License Agreement
(“2000 Royalty Product” and “2000 Milestone
Product”, respectively), LICENSEE may reduce the royalty due
to HARVARD on such ROYALTY PRODUCT to [**] percent ([**]%) of the
royalty due to HARVARD on such ROYALTY PRODUCT.
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(b)
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If LICENSEE
grants a sublicense under this Agreement to a sublicensee (other
than an AFFILIATE), LICENSEE shall pay to HARVARD [**] percent
([**]%) of any royalties, fees or other amounts received by
LICENSEE or its AFFILIATES as a result of the sublicensee’s
development and/or sale of ROYALTY PRODUCTS, or [**] percent
([**]%) with respect to MILESTONE PRODUCTS, excluding: (i) amounts
paid in partial or full consideration of equity of LICENSEE or its
AFFILIATES at fair market value; (ii) amounts paid to fund research
and development activities conducted by LICENSEE or its AFFILIATES
for that sublicensee; and (iii) non-monetary consideration,
including, without limitation, intellectual property rights,
noncompetition covenants and the like. In the event a sublicense
granted under this Agreement also includes a sublicense to patent
rights contained in the 2000 License Agreement, then LICENSEE may
reduce the royalty on sublicense income due in this Section to [**]
percent ([**]%) or [**] percent ([**]%), respectively. LICENSEE
shall not grant a sublicense hereunder (other than to an AFFILIATE)
pursuant to a transaction in which LICENSEE surrenders
substantially all of its legal rights and economic interest in the
PATENT RIGHTS and ROYALTY PRODUCTS to a third party in exchange for
the transfer by such third party to LICENSEE of rights to a
different technology or products.
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(c)
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If LICENSEE, in
order to make, use, sell or otherwise exploit the ROYALTY PRODUCTS
in any jurisdiction, reasonably determine that they must make
royalty payments (“Third Party Payments”) to one or
more independent third parties to obtain a license or similar right
to make, use, sell or otherwise exploit the ROYALTY PRODUCTS such
that the total royalty burden for such ROYALTY PRODUCT equals or
exceeds [**] ([**]%) percent, LICENSEE may reduce the royalty due
to HARVARD by [**] ([**]%) for each percent above [**] ([**]%)
percent, but in no event shall any such payment due to HARVARD be
reduced by more than [**]% as a result of such
reduction.
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(d)
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If this license
is converted to a non-exclusive one and if other non-exclusive
licenses are granted, the above royalties shall not exceed and
shall be reduced to the royalty being paid by other licensees
during the term of the non-exclusive license.
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(e)
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LICENSEE shall
pay HARVARD during the term of this license a non-reductible
royalty of [**] percent ([**]%) of NET SALES of all MILESTONE
PRODUCTS sold by LICENSEE and its AFFILIATES. LICENSEE’s
obligation to make royalty payments for MILESTONE PRODUCTS under
this Section 3.3 (e) shall expire (10) years after the first
commercial sale of a MILESTONE PRODUCT. The parties agree that such
payments are consideration for LICENSEE’s use of PATENT
RIGHTS.
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If this license is terminated by
LICENSEE or its AFFILIATES, or is converted a non-exclusive license
or terminated by HARVARD for a financial default, the above
milestone payments shall still be due with respect to all MILESTONE
PRODUCTS identified by LICENSEE or its AFFILIATES prior to such
termination or conversion. If this license is converted to a
non-exclusive license or terminated by HARVARD for any reason other
than a financial default, the above milestone payments will be due
on only the first MILESTONE PRODUCT sold after such termination or
conversion and identified prior to such termination and
conversion.
In the event that a MILESTONE
PRODUCT, as contemplated in this Agreement, is also a 2000 Royalty
Product or a 2000 Milestone Product, LICENSEE may reduce payments
due to HARVARD, under this section 3.3 (e), on such MILESTONE
PRODUCT, to [**] percent ([**]%) of the milestone payment due to
HARVARD on such MILESTONE PRODUCT.
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On sales
between LICENSEE and its AFFILIATES or sublicensees for resale, the
royalty shall be paid only on the resale by the AFFILIATE or
sublicensee, and a single royalty shall be paid by LICENSEE and its
AFFILIATES with respect to amounts received by them as a result of
such resale.
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If any of the
ROYALTY PRODUCTS or MILESTONE PRODUCTS include one or more
material, active components not covered by a CLAIM of PATENT RIGHTS
(a “Combination Product”), NET SALES for purposes of
determining royalties for the Combination Product shall be
calculated by multiplying NET SALES for the Combination Product by
a fraction, A/A+B, where A is the total invoice price of the
component or components covered by a CLAIM of PATENT RIGHTS if sold
separately in the relevant market and B is the total invoice price
of any other material components in the combination if sold
separately in the relevant market. In the event that the material
component covered by a CLAIM of PATENT RIGHTS or any other material
component in the Combination Product is not sold separately, NET
SALES for purposes of determining royalties shall be calculated by
multiplying NET SALES of the Combination Product by a fraction,
n/C, where n is the number of components covered by a CLAIM of
PATENT RIGHTS and C is the number of material, active components in
the Combination Product.
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If LICENSEE, in
order to enable its sublicense to make, use, sell or otherwise
exploit the ROYALTY PRODUCTS or MILESTONE PRODUCTS in any
jurisdiction, reasonably determines that they must make royalty
payments to one or more independent third parties to obtain a
license or similar right to make, use, sell or otherwise exploit
the ROYALTY PRODUCTS or MILESTONE PRODUCTS, then LICENSEE may
reduce the share of LICENSEE’s sublicensing income due
HARVARD by the amount paid to such one or more independent third
parties, but in no event shall any such payment due to HARVARD be
reduced by more than [**]% as a result of such
reduction.
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On January 1 of
each calendar year after the effective date of this Agreement,
LICENSEE shall pay HARVARD a non-refundable license maintenance
royalty and/or advance on royalties of [**] dollars ($[**]); such
payment may be credited against running royalties due for that
calendar year and royalty reports should reflect the use of this
credit. None of these payments are creditable against milestone
payments nor against royalties due for any subsequent calendar
year. HARVARD shall have the right to terminate this license,
subject to the cure period defined in Section 8.2, in the event
that LICENSEE does not pay the following license maintenance fees
and/or advance on royalties.
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In
consideration of the license to United States Patent Application
Serial No[**] filed September 10, 1999 and the inventions set forth
therein, on January 1 of each calendar year after the effective
date of this Agreement, LICENSEE shall pay to HARVARD a
non-refundable license maintenance royalty and/or advance on
royalties of [**] dollars ($[**]). Such payments may be credited
against running royalties due in connection with such license for
that calendar year and Royalty Reports shall reflect such a credit.
Such payments shall not be credited against milestone payments (if
any) nor against royalties due for any subsequent calendar
year.
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REPORTING
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4.1
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Prior to
signing this Agreement, LICENSEE has provided to HARVARD
LICENSEE’s corporate overview and will provide, within nine
(9) months of the date of execution of this Agreement, a written
business plan and a reasonable written research and development
plan under which LICENSEE intends to bring the subject matter of
the licenses granted hereunder into commercial use upon execution
of this Agreement. Such plan, which is subject to change, shall
include proposed marketing efforts.
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4.2
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LICENSEE shall
provide written annual reports within sixty (60) days after June 30
of each calendar year which shall include but not be limited to:
reports of progress on research and development, regulatory
approvals, manufacturing, sublicensing, marketing
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and sales during the preceding
twelve (12) months as well as plans for the coming year. If
progress differs from that anticipated in the plan provided under
Section 4.1, LICENSEE shall explain the reasons for the difference
and submit a modified plan for HARVARD’s review. LICENSEE
shall also provide any reasonable additional data HARVARD requires
to evaluate LICENSEE’s performance.
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LICENSEE shall
report to HARVARD the date of first sale of ROYALTY PRODUCTS and
MILESTONE PRODUCTS in each country within sixty (60) days of
occurrence.
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4.4 (a)
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After the
commencement of sales, LICENSEE agrees to submit to HARVARD within
sixty (60) days after the calendar half years ending June 30 and
December 31, reports setting forth for the preceding six (6) month
period at least the following information:
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(i)
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the number of
the ROYALTY PRODUCTS sold by LICENSEE, its AFFILIATES and
sublicensees in each country;
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(ii)
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total billings
for such ROYALTY PRODUCTS;
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(iii)
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deductions
applicable to determine the NET SALES thereof;
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(iv)
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sublicense
income subject to sharing with HARVARD
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(v)
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such other
information as shall be necessary to determine royalty payments or
other payments due to HARVARD
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(vi)
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the amount of
royalty due thereon;
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and with each such royalty report to
pay the amount of royalty due. LICENSEE shall specify which PATENT
RIGHTS are utilized for each ROYALTY PRODUCT included in the
report. Such report shall be certified as correct by an officer of
LICENSEE and shall include a detailed listing of all deductions
from royalties as specified herein. If no royalties are due to
HARVARD for any reporting period, the written report shall so
state.
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(b)
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All payments
due hereunder shall be payable in United States dollars. Conversion
of foreign currency to U.S. dollars shall be made at the conversion
rate existing in the United States (as reported in the New York
Times or, if not in the New York Times, then in the Wall Street
Journal) on the last working day of each royalty period. Such
payments shall be without deduction of exchange, collection or
other charges.
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All such
reports shall be maintained in confidence by HARVARD, except as
required by law, including Public Law 96-517 and 98-620; however,
HARVARD may include annual amounts of royalties paid in its usual
financial reports.
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(d)
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Late payments
shall be subject to an interest charge of one and one half percent
(1 1
/ 2 %) per month.
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ARTICLE V
RECORD KEEPING
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5.1
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LICENSEE shall
keep, and shall require its AFFILIATES and sublicensees to keep
accurate and correct records of ROYALTY PRODUCTS and MILESTONE
PRODUCTS made, used or sold under this Agreement, appropriate to
determine the amount of royalties due hereunder to HARVARD. Such
records shall be retained for at least three (3) years following a
given reporting period. They shall be available during normal
business hours for inspection at the expense of HARVARD by
HARVARD’s Internal Audit Department or by a Certified Public
Accountant selected by HARVARD and approved by LICENSEE for the
sole purpose of verifying reports and payments hereunder. Such
accountant shall not disclose to HARVARD any information other than
information relating to accuracy of reports and payments made under
this Agreement. In the event that any such inspection shows an
underreporting and underpayment in excess of five percent (5%) for
any twelve (12) month period, then LICENSEE shall pay the cost of
such examination as well as any additional sum that would have been
payable to HARVARD had the LICENSEE reported correctly, plus
interest.
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ARTICLE VI
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PATENT FILING &
MAINTENANCE
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6.1
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LICENSEE shall
assume primary responsibility for the filing, prosecution and
maintenance of any and all patents and patent applications included
in PATENT RIGHTS, using patent counsel reasonably acceptable to
HARVARD, and LICENSEE shall be responsible for all costs relating
thereto. Counsel will directly notify HARVARD and LICENSEE and
provide them copies of any official communications from the United
States and foreign patent offices relating to said prosecution.
Counsel shall also provide HARVARD with advance copies of all
relevant communications to the various patent offices, so that
HARVARD may be informed and apprised of the continuing prosecution
of patent applications in PATENT RIGHTS. HARVARD shall have
reasonable opportunities to participate in decision making on all
key decisions affecting filing, prosecution and maintenance of
patents and patent applications in PATENT RIGHTS including, without
limitation, the right to approve or disapprove the abandonment of
any patent or claims thereof and LICENSEE will use reasonable
efforts to incorporate HARVARD’s reasonable suggestions
regarding said prosecution. LICENSEE shall use all reasonable
efforts to amend any patent application to include claims
reasonably requested by HARVARD to protect ROYALTY
PRODUCTS.
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6.2
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HARVARD and
LICENSEE agree to cooperate ful
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