1. Sutura, Inc.
(“The Company”) a Company incorporated in the State of
Delaware, USA.
2. The Lifemed
Group Inc. (The Distributor) a Company incorporated in Canada
having its registered office at 40 Eglinton Avenue East,
Suite 307, Toronto, Ontario M4P 3A2.
Whereas, Sutura
Inc. manufactures, markets and sells vascular stitching devices,
whereas the Distributor represents that it has the knowledge and
skills to market Sutura Ine.’s products and intends to
purchase Sutura Inc.’s products for sale in Canada
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The parties
hereby agree as follows:
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1.
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In
this agreement where the context so admits or requires the
following expressions shall have the following meanings
respectively:
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“The
Company’s Products”
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means such
products as the Company is prepared to supply to the Distributor
upon the terms of this Agreement. Such products are initially those
described in the price list contained in the first schedule hereto
but the company may, from time to time by reasonable notice in
writing to the Distributor for good reason, add other products or
delete products.
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“The
Territory”
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Canada
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“The
Patents”
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means the
registered patents and applications therefore for the time being
registered in the name of or, as the case may be applied for, by
Sutura Inc., its subsidiaries/parent/holding or associated
companies and any future patents granted to or applications made
therefore by or on behalf of Sutura Inc.
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“The
Trade Marks”
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means the
registered trade marks and applications therefore for the time
being registered in the name of, or as the case may be, applied for
by Sutura Inc. or its subsidiaries/parent/holding or associated
companies and any future trade marks and applications therefore
registered in the name of or applied for by Sutura Inc. or its
subsidiaries/parent/holding or associated companies.
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“The
Trade Names”
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means the
unregistered trade names belonging to the Company
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“The
Commencement Date”
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means
February 1, 2006
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The singular
includes the plural and vice-versa, words imparting the masculine
gender only shall include the feminine gender and words imparting
persons shall include corporations.
DISTRIBUTOR’S RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS
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The
Company hereby grants to the Distributor during the term of this
Agreement and the Distributor hereby accepts subject to the
provisions hereinafter contained, the right to purchase from the
Company, the Company’s Products for resale within the
Territory.
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3.
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The
Distributor agrees:
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Sales
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(1)
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At
its own expense to promote and increase in every reasonable manner
possible to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company the sale of
the Company’s Products in the Territory and to purchase from
the Company in each period of 12 (twelve) months, beginning on
the commencement date, Company Products to a total value of at
least the value stipulated in the second schedule hereto or such
other value as shall be agreed from time to time in
writing.
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(2)
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To
keep the Company informed of all its marketing activities with
regard to the Company’s Products and also of any developments
in market conditions within the Territory and to submit a bi-annual
Marketing Report.
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(3)
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Not
to seek customers or otherwise directly or indirectly to solicit
orders for the Company’s Products outside the Territory or
knowingly sell to a third party who intends to sell the
Company’s Products outside the Territory.
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(4)
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To
comply with or, as the case may be, to assist the Company to comply
with any procedure or regulation laid down or imposed by any
governmental body or agency which affects any of the
Company’s Products within the Territory.
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The
Distributor agrees that in carrying out its duties under this
Agreement, it will neither undertake nor cause or permit to be
undertaken any activity which is illegal under any laws in or
outside the Territory. In particular, the Distributor covenants and
warrants that it shall comply in all respects with all laws,
decrees, rules and regulations of the Territory. The Distributor
warrants thai it is duly licensed or otherwise authorized by all
laws applicable in the Territory and accepts all liability for
breach of this warranty.
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(5)
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That it shall not during the
subsistence of this Agreement without the written consent of thc
Company be interested in or concerned either directly or indirectly
in the purchase, sale, manufacture or introduction into the
Territory of any goods which compete with or perform the same
function as any of the Company’s Products.
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(6)
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Subject to the provisions of Clause
3 (7) hereof during the term of the Agreement and at its own
expense to advertise the Company’s Products throughout the
Territory to such an extent and in such a manner as is reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.
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(7)
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Not
to produce, exhibit, circulate or permit any servant or agent to
produce, exhibit or circulate any literature or advertising
material other than that supplied to it under Clause 4(4) thereof,
without the prior written approval of the Company.
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(8)
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To
carry out after-sales service and follow-up sufficient for return
purposes, for any of the Company’s Products to a standard of
the workmanship reasonably acceptable to the Company and to provide
itself at its own expense with such proper equipment and facilities
as shall, in the Company’s reasonable opinion, be adequate
for this purpose.
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(9)
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To
maintain such stocks of the Company’s Products, including, as
appropriate and as may be reasonably necessary to enable the
Distributor to comply with its obligations hereunder.
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(10)
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To
employ such qualified, trained sales and technical personnel as
shall be necessary to provide for the proper sales, service, and
follow-up of the Company’s Products.
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(11)
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To
pay for the Company’s Products in such a manner as the
Company may from time to time prescribe and at the applicable
prices specified in the Company’s price list currently in
effect upon receipt of the Distributor’s order, less the
discount mentioned in the first schedule herein or as otherwise
agreed in writing between the Company and the Distributor and to
pay all charges involved in transferring payments in full and not
to have the amount due to the company exceeding the limit as
established from time to time by the Company.
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Industrial Property Rights and
Confidentiality
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(12)
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Not
without the consent in writing of the Company to use or permit the
use of any of the Company’s Patents, Trade Marks or Trade
Names either during the term of this Agreement or any continuance
thereof, or at any time thereafter, except for the purpose of
selling the Company’s Products under this Agreement. The
Distributor must ensure that each reference to and use of the Trade
Marks or Trade Names by the Distributor is in a manner approved by
Company and, where appropriate, is accompanied by an
acknowledgment, in a form approved by Company, that the same is a
registered trade mark of Company.
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(13)
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Not
to effect or permit the removal of, or any alteration or addition
to any of the Patent numbers or serial numbers affixed to any of
the Company’s Products without prior written consent of the
Company.
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(14)
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Not
to use any of the Company’s Trade Marks or Trade Names or any
word or words closely resembling them or any of them as part of any
corporate name and not to use the Trade Marks or Trade Names in any
way which might prejudice the validity of Company’s goodwill
in them.
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(15)
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To
keep confidential and safeguard with special care all confidential
technical information, know-how, data and specifications relating
to the Company’s Products or their manufacture supplied to it
by the Company and not to use or disclose the same to any third
party without the prior written consent of the Company except to
the extent necessary to enable its employees to carry out their
duties; and to take all necessary steps to ensure that its
employees become bound not to use or disclose the same except as
aforesaid.
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(16)
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Not
to modify, alter or add to any of the Company’s Products
without prior written consent of the Company and to disclose to the
Company full details of any such modifications, alterations or
additions carried out on receipt of such approval.
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(17)
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At
Company’s expense, the Distributor will take all steps which
Company reasonably requires to assist in maintaining the validity
and enforceability of the Company’s exclusive rights to the
use of the Patents, Trade Marks or Trade Names during the term of
this Agreement. The Distributor must not do, omit or permit the
doing or omission of, anything which might invalidate or be
inconsistent with the Company’s rights in the Patents, Trade
Marks or Trade Names.
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(18)
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The
Distributor must promptly and fully inform Company if the
Distributor becomes aware of: (a) any actual, threatened or
suspected infringement of the Company’s rights in the
Patents, Trade Marks or Trade Names; and (b) any claim that the
sale of the Company’s Product infringes any rights of any
Other person.
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THE
COMPANY’S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
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4.
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The
Company agrees during the period of this Agreement:
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Sales
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(1)
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Subject to the provision of Clause 5
(3) hereof, not during the term of the Agreement, or any
continuance thereof, to appoint any other person as distributor of
the Company’s Products within the Territory nor to authorize
any person to sell the Company’s Products within the
Territory.
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(2)
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Subject to the provisions of Clause
3(12) to 3(18) hereof, to permit the Distributor to use the
Patents, Trade Marks and Trade Names for the purpose of selling the
Company’s Products in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(3)
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Subject to the provisions of Clause
6 (6) hereof, to sell the Company’s Products to the
Distributor at the Company’s prices from time to time current
for sales to its distributors, specified in the Company’s
price list(s) current at the date of delivery less the
discount.
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Advertising Materials and
Catalogues
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(4)
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To
supply the Distributor with the instruction books, catalogues,
circulars and other promotional and advertising material in such
quantities as the Company deems necessary and to the extent that
the same are reasonably available.
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5.
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The
Company at its sole discretion may:
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(1) Improve, discontinue or replace any of
the Company’s Products at any time without incurring any
obligation to replace or make corresponding changes in any of the
Company’s Products previously delivered to the Distributor
and without incurring any other obligation or liability provided
such improvement, discontinuation or replacement applies to all
Company distribution.
(2) Apply
or procure to he applied from time to time any funds of or credits
to the Distributor in the possession or custody of the Company
against any debts of the Distributor owing to the
Company.
Adequate
Representation/Participation
(3) By not
less than 60 day’s notice in writing to the Distributor
to withdraw the selling rights granted to
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