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Exhibit 10.13
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT (ACT IP)
This Exclusive License Agreement ("Agreement") is made and
entered into this 14 th
day of May, 2004 (the "Effective Date"), by and
between Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation with
offices located at One Innovation Drive, Worcester, Massachusetts
01605 ("LICENSOR"), and PacGen Cellco, LLC, a California limited
liability company with offices located at 157 Surfview Drive,
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 ("LICENSEE") (LICENSOR and LICENSEE
sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as a "Party" and
collectively as the "Parties").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, LICENSOR owns or has licensed with sublicenseable
interest the PATENT RIGHTS (as defined below) and KNOW-HOW (as
defined below); and
WHEREAS, LICENSEE desires to obtain an exclusive worldwide
license under LICENSOR’s rights in such technology in the
FIELD; and
WHEREAS, LICENSOR is willing to grant such a license to LICENSEE
upon the terms and conditions set forth below; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein, the Parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1 — DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings:
1.1 "AFFILIATE" shall mean, with respect to any PERSON, any
other PERSON which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with, such PERSON. A PERSON shall be
regarded as in control of another PERSON if it owns, or directly or
indirectly controls, at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting
stock or other ownership interest of the other PERSON, or if it
directly or indirectly possesses the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of the other PERSON by any
means whatsoever.
1.2 "FIELD" shall mean (1) the research, development,
manufacture and selling of human and non-human animal cells for
commercial research use, including small molecule and other drug
testing and basic research and (2) the manufacture and selling
of human cells for therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment
of human (a) diabetes and (b) liver diseases; but FIELD
shall exclude applications involving the use of cells in the
treatment of tumors where the primary use of the cells is the
destruction or reduction of tumors and does not involve
regeneration of tissue or organ function.
1.3 "KNOW-HOW" means all compositions of matter, techniques and
data and other know-how and technical information including
inventions (whether or not patentable), improvements and
developments, practices, methods, concepts, trade secrets,
documents, computer data, computer code, apparatus, clinical and
regulatory strategies, test data, analytical and quality control
data, formulation, manufacturing, patent data or descriptions,
development information, drawings, specifications, designs, plans,
proposals and technical data and manuals and all other proprietary
information that is owned or controlled by LICENSOR as of the
Effective Date that relates to cloning technology or to any of the
subject matter described in or claimed by the PATENT RIGHTS and is
relevant to the FIELD. By way of illustration, but not in
limitation, KNOW-HOW shall include commercial rights to any
existing potential research products, including reagents, developed
by LICENSOR in the course of its in-house research. An example of
this is the proprietary culture medium developed by LICENSOR in the
course of the development of LICENSOR’s proprietary ooplasmic
transfer technology.
1.4 "LICENSED PROCESS" means any process or method, the
research, development, use, practice, sale, offer for sale, import
or export of which cannot be performed without (i) infringing,
in whole or in part, one or more VALID CLAIMS of the PATENT RIGHTS,
or (ii) using or incorporating some portion of the LICENSED
TECHNOLOGY.
1.5 "LICENSED PRODUCT" means any product that cannot be
developed, manufactured, used, imported, exported, or sold without
(i) infringing, in whole or in part, one or more VALID CLAIMS
of the PATENT RIGHTS, or (ii) using or incorporating some
portion of the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY.
1.6 "LICENSED SERVICES" means any service, the developing,
using, performing, selling, offering for sale, importing or
exporting of which by LICENSEE would, but for the licenses granted
to LICENSEE in Article 2 of this Agreement, infringe a
VALID CLAIM of the PATENT RIGHTS in the country in which any such
service is so developed, used, performed, sold, offered for sale,
imported or exported by LICENSEE.
1.7 "LICENSED TECHNOLOGY" shall mean, collectively, the licensed
PATENT RIGHTS and licensed KNOW-HOW.
1.8 "NET SALES" shall mean the amount billed or invoiced by
LICENSEE for the sale or provision of LICENSED PRODUCTS or LICENSED
PROCESSES or LICENSED SERVICES less:
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a)
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discounts, credits, allowances and rebates
allowed;
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b)
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sales, tariff duties, use and other taxes or
governmental charges directly imposed with reference to particular
sales;
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c)
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special packaging, transportation and insurance
costs incurred and directly related to the sale of LICENSED
PRODUCTS;
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d)
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amounts allowed or credited on returns;
and
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e)
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uncollected accounts.
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1.9 "NEURONAL & HEART FIELD OPTION" means an option
described in Section 15.18 hereof for LICENSEE to
negotiate terms for license to the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY for the
field of diseases related to heart or neurodegenerative
diseases
1.10 "PATENT RIGHTS" means (a) the patent applications and
patents identified on Exhibit A attached hereto and any
patents that issue on said applications and (b) any divisions,
continuations, extensions, reissues or reexaminations of any of the
patents identified in the foregoing clause (a). The Parties agree
that Exhibit A may be revised from time to time after
the Effective Date to reflect changes thereto that result from the
course of patent prosecution.
1.11 "PERSON" shall mean an individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust,
association, joint stock company, joint venture, pool, syndicate,
sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental
authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed
herein.
1.12 "TERM" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1
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1.13 "TERRITORY" means the entire world.
1.14 "VALID CLAIM" means a claim of any issued and unexpired
patent within the PATENT RIGHTS which has not lapsed, become
abandoned or been held permanently revoked, invalid, or
unenforceable by a decision of a court or administrative or
government authority or agency of competent jurisdiction from which
no appeal can be or has been taken within the time allowed for such
appeal, or a claim of a pending patent application included within
the Licensed PATENT RIGHTS, which claim was filed in good faith and
has not been abandoned or finally disallowed without the
possibility of appeal or refiling of such application.
Additional terms may be defined throughout this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2 — GRANT
2.1 LICENSOR hereby grants to LICENSEE, and LICENSEE hereby
accepts, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, a royalty
bearing, exclusive license in the TERRITORY in the FIELD and under
the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY to (a) research, develop, make, have
made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export LICENSED
PRODUCTS, (b) research, develop, use, practice, sell, offer
for sale, import and export LICENSED PROCESSES and
(c) develop, use, perform, sell, offer for sale, import and
export LICENSED SERVICES. By way of example, but not in limitation,
LICENSEE shall have the right to use LICENSED TECHNOLOGY within the
FIELD to produce mammalian embryonic stem (ES) cells and to
produce from those mammalian embryonic cells, differentiated cells
for human therapeutic purposes or for commercial research purposes,
including drug screening assays, and to produce pluripotent cells
including ES cells, differentiated human cells for human diagnostic
and therapeutic purposes and/or for commercial research purposes,
including drug screening assays.
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2.2 LICENSEE shall have the right to sublicense the rights
granted in Section 2.1 to third parties in connection
with contracting with such third parties to (a) provide
LICENSED PRODUCT marketing and distribution services to LICENSEE on
behalf of LICENSEE, (b) provide LICENSED SERVICES marketing
services to LICENSEE on behalf of LICENSEE or (c) manufacture
for LICENSEE LICENSED PRODUCTS for sale by LICENSEE or a third
party pursuant to the foregoing clause (a).
2.3 LICENSEE shall have the right to grant sublicenses beyond
the scope of those described in Subsections 2.2 (a), (b), and
(c) without the express prior written approval of LICENSOR,
however, LICENSOR shall be given at least 30 days prior
written notice of an intent to sublicense and at least 30 days
to comment on the text of the proposed sublicense agreement. In any
case, such sublicenses shall meet the following conditions:
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a)
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the sublicensee shall not have the right to grant
further sublicenses;
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b)
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the sublicense shall not be assignable without
prior written approval by LICENSEE and LICENSOR; and
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c)
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the sublicense shall include fair
consideration.
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2.4 Within thirty (30) business days of the
Effective Date, LICENSOR shall provide and transfer to LICENSEE, in
writing where practicable, all information and data relating to the
LICENSED TECHNOLOGY as may be reasonably necessary and requested to
allow LICENSEE to exploit the licenses granted hereunder. LICENSOR
shall work with LICENSEE in good faith to provide the necessary
training for up to a total of 60 days, at LICENSOR’s
facilities, necessary to allow LICENSEE to utilize the LICENSED
TECHNOLOGY. LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR all reasonable and
customary expenses other than normal operating expenses incurred by
LICENSOR in providing such training and technology transfer,
including but not limited to fees incurred to request documents
from patent counsel or the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
2.5 Notwithstanding anything stated herein, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as preventing LICENSOR from practicing
the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY within the FIELD for non-commercial
in-house research purposes.
2.6 Notwithstanding anything stated herein, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as preventing LICENSOR from practicing
the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY within the FIELD for non-commercial
in-house research purposes. In the event that LICENSOR requests
that LICENSEE deliver to LICENSOR the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY or
LICENSED PRODUCTS in the FIELD for research purposes, LICENSEE
shall make the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY or LICENSED PRODUCTS available
to LICENSOR on commercially reasonable terms. In the event LICENSOR
requires the use of collaborators in its research, LICENSEE shall
also make such LICENSED TECHNOLOGY OR LICENSED PRODUCTS available
to such collaborator if LICENSEE, in its sole but reasonable
discretion is satisfied that providing such items to a collaborator
will not endanger its exclusive commercial control of such items or
result in their use by a competitor.
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ARTICLE 3 — LICENSEE OBLIGATIONS
RELATING TO COMMERCIALIZATION
3.1 LICENSEE shall use its commercially reasonable and diligent
efforts to bring one or more LICENSED PRODUCTS, LICENSED PROCESSES
or LICENSED SERVICES to market through an active and diligent
program for exploitation of the PATENT RIGHTS and to continue
active, diligent marketing efforts for one or more LICENSED
PRODUCTS, LICENSED PROCESSES or LICENSED SERVICES throughout the
TERM of this Agreement.
3.2 LICENSEE shall maintain minimum R&D requirements to
maintain exclusivity under this Agreement . Commencing
30 months following the Effective Date hereof and until the
launch of the first human cell-based therapeutic product, LICENSEE
shall be required to invest a minimum of $400,000 per year in
research and development of the FIELD covered by this Agreement or
other agreements with LICENSOR affecting the FIELD in order to
maintain the exclusive license rights granted hereunder. In the
event LICENSEE fails to perform this minimum expenditure in R&D
in the FIELD during the course of a calendar year during the
above-mentioned period, the license under this Agreement shall
become nonexclusive and such minimum expenditure for research and
development shall be reduced to $200,000 per year.
3.3 LICENSEE shall maintain complete and accurate records of
LICENSED PRODUCTS, LICENSED PROCESSES and LICENSED SERVICES that
are made, used, sold or performed by LICENSEE under this Agreement.
Not later than April 1 st
of each year following the Effective Date, LICENSEE
shall furnish LICENSOR with a summary report on the progress of its
efforts during the prior year to develop and commercialize LICENSED
PRODUCTS, LICENSED PROCESSES or LICENSED SERVICES, including
without limitation research and development efforts, efforts to
obtain regulatory approval, marketing efforts (including LICENSED
PRODUCTS, LICENSED PROCESSES and LICENSED SERVICES made, used, sold
or performed) and sales figures, provided that such reports shall
be deemed Confidential Information (as defined in
Section 10.1 herein) subject to the provisions of
Article 10 of this Agreement.
3.4 In the event that LICENSOR determines that LICENSEE has not
fulfilled its obligations under this Article 3 ,
LICENSOR shall furnish LICENSEE with written notice of such
determination. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of such
notice, LICENSEE shall (i) fulfill the relevant obligation,
(ii) negotiate with LICENSOR a mutually acceptable schedule of
revised obligations, or (3) if LICENSEE disputes the alleged
failure to fulfill its obligations, it shall promptly seek
appropriate judicial determination of the matter and diligently
pursue such action to a final determination with all appropriate
speed; failing which, LICENSOR shall have the right, immediately
upon written notice to LICENSEE, to terminate this Agreement as
provided in Section 9.2 hereof.
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ARTICLE 4 — CONSIDERATION
4.1 Initial Payment . In partial consideration of the
license granted to LICENSEE from LICENSOR in Article 2
of this Agreement, LICENSEE agrees to pay as a "License Fee" to
LICENSOR $225,000 in a convertible promissory note in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B .
4.2 Royalties .
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In partial consideration of the license in the
FIELD granted by LICENSOR to LICENSEE in Article 2 of
this Agreement, LICENSEE agrees to pay to LICENSOR an earned
royalty equal to the following percentages of the NET SALES in the
FIELD made, used, sold, imported, exported or performed by LICENSEE
in the TERRITORY.
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(i) 6% on therapeutics,
(ii) 3% on diagnostics, and
(iii) 10% on commercial research use.
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No multiple royalties shall be payable because
any LICENSED PRODUCT, LICENSED PROCESS or LICENSED SERVICE in the
FIELD, its manufacture, use, lease, sale or performance are or
shall be covered by more than one patent or patent application
within the PATENT RIGHTS.
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c)
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The obligation of LICENSEE to pay royalties or
Sublicense Income (as defined in Section 4.5 herein)
hereunder shall terminate for each country in the TERRITORY
concurrently with the expiration or termination of the last
applicable VALID CLAIM within the PATENT RIGHTS in such country in
which the LICENSED PRODUCT, LICENSED PROCESS or LICENSED SERVICE
is, (as applicable), used, practiced, performed, sold, offered for
sale, imported, exported or manufactured.
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4.3 Minimum Royalties . Within 2
business days from the Effective Date hereof, LICENSEE shall pay to
LICENSOR a minimum royalty fee of $175,000 in cash or by wire
transfer. In addition, commencing 12 months following the
Effective Date, LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR additional minimum
royalty fees equal to the difference between total Royalties
actually paid in the preceding 12 months and the following
minimum amounts:
At 12 months, $10,000
At 24 months, $25,000
At 36 months, $40,000
Annually thereafter, $50,000.
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4.4 Stacking Royalties . With the exception of minimum
royalties due to LICENSOR, if LICENSEE, its Affiliates or
sublicensees are required to pay royalties relating to any
additional intellectual property from LICENSOR in order to exercise
its rights hereunder to make, have made, use or sell any Product,
then LICENSEE shall have the right to credit a pro-rated portion of
such royalty payments against the royalties owing to LICENSOR under
Section 4.2 of this Agreement with respect to sales of
such Product such that in no event shall the total of royalty
payments that are due to LICENSOR in such royalty period exceed the
payments payable under Subsection 4.2(a) above. Prorations shall be
made in the same manner as specified for combination products under
Section 4.9 below.
4.5 Sublicense Income . LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR a
total of Thirty Three percent (33%) of all Sublicense Income.
"Sublicense Income" means consideration that LICENSEE receives for
the sublicense of rights that are granted LICENSEE under
Article 2 , including without limitation license fees,
milestone payments, equity payments, up front fees, success fees,
and license maintenance fees.
4.6 Stacking Sublicense Income. The fees payable on
Sublicense Income under Section 4.5 above shall be in
addition to any royalties specified elsewhere in this
Article 4 , but if LICENSEE is obligated to pay or has
paid to LICENSOR similar fees on Sublicense Income under another
license agreement with respect to the FIELD, then LICENSEE shall
have the right to pro-rate such fees against the fees owing to
LICENSOR under this Agreement such that in no event shall the total
of fees due from LICENSEE, as a result of Sublicense Income, to
LICENSOR exceed the payments payable under Section 4.5
. Pro-rating of payments shall be made in the ratio of the minimum
royalties payable under this Agreement to the minimum royalties
payable under any other agreement covered hereby under which fees
on Sublicense Income are owed.
4.7 Milestone Payments. Upon the launch of a commercial
therapeutic product based on the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, LICENSEE
shall pay additional Milestone Payments totaling $1,750,000 on the
following schedule:
$250,000 within 30 days following the launch of the first
commercial Product;
$500,000 upon reaching $5,000,000 in sales from one or both Product
Fields;
$1,000,000 upon reaching $10,000,000 in sales from one or both
Product Fields.
4.8 Stacking Milestone Payments. The milestone payments
shall be in addition to any royalties specified elsewhere in this
Article 4 , but shall not apply to diagnostic,
commercial research, or any other non-therapeutic uses. If LICENSEE
is obligated to pay or has paid to LICENSOR similar Milestone
Payments under another license agreement with respect to the FIELD,
then LICENSEE shall have the right to pro-rate such Milestone
Payments against the
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Milestone Payments owing to LICENSOR under this Agreement such
that in no event shall the total of all Milestone Payments due from
LICENSEE to LICENSOR exceed the amounts stated in
Section 4.7 . Pro-rating of payments shall be made in
the ratio of the minimum royalties payable under this Agreement to
the minimum royalties payable under any other agreement covered
hereby under which Milestone Payments are owed.
4.9 Combination Product . In the event a Product is sold
in a combination product with other devices or biologically active
components, NET SALES, for purposes of royalty payments on the
combination product, shall be calculated by multiplying the NET
SALES of that combination by the fraction A/B, where A is the gross
selling price of the Product sold separately and B is the gross
selling price of the combination product. In the event that no such
separate sales are made by LICENSEE, its Affiliates or permitted
sublicensees, NET SALES for royalty determination shall be
calculated by multiplying NET SALES of the combination by the
fraction C/(C+D), where C is the fully allocated cost of the
Product and D is the fully allocated cost of such other
biologically active components.
4.10 Payments in U.S. Currency . All payments due under
this Agreement shall be paid in cash to LICENSOR and all payments
shall be made in United States currency. Conversion of foreign
currency to U.S. dollars shall be made at the conversion rate
reported in The Wall Street Journal on the last working day
of the calendar quarter to which the payment relates.
4.11 Taxes . Subject to the limits of
Section 1.8 hereof, all payments due hereunder shall be
paid in full without deduction of taxes or other fees which may be
imposed by any government and which shall be paid by LICENSEE;
provided, however, that any withholding tax required to be withheld
by LICENSEE on royalty payments under the laws of any country in
the TERRITORY on behalf of LICENSOR will be timely paid by LICENSEE
to the appropriate governmental authority, and LICENSEE will
furnish LICENSOR with proof of payment of such tax. Any such tax
actually withheld may be deducted from royalty payments due to
LICENSOR under this Agreement. If at any time legal restrictions
prevent the prompt remittance of part or all of any payments owed
by LICENSEE to LICENSOR hereunder with respect to any country in
the TERRITORY, payment shall be made through any lawful means or
methods that may be available, and as LICENSEE shall reasonably
determine is appropriate.
4.12 Overdue Payments . Any payments to be made by
LICENSEE hereunder that are not paid on or before the date such
payments are due under this Agreement shall bear interest, to the
extent permitted by law, at two percentage points above the Prime
Rate of interest as reported in The Wall Street Journal on
the date payment is due, with interest calculated based on the
number of days that payment is delinquent.
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ARTICLE 5 — REPORTS AND RECORDS
5.1 LICENSEE shall keep full, true and accurate books of account
containing all particulars that may be necessary for the purpose of
showing the amounts payable to LICENSOR hereunder and to enable the
reports provided under Section 5.2 to be verified. Said
books of account shall be kept at LICENSEE’s principal place
of business. Said books and the supporting data shall be open upon
reasonable advance notice (but not less than five (5) business
days notice and no more frequently than once per calendar year) for
three (3) years following the end of the calendar year to
which they pertain, to the inspection of LICENSOR or its agents for
the purpose of verifying LICENSEE’s royalty and Sublicense
Income statement or compliance in other respects with this
Agreement. If any such audit determines an error in any royalty or
Sublicense Income payment, LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR, within
thirty (30) days of the discovery of the error, (a) all
deficiencies in royalty or Sublicense Income payments,
(b) interest on such deficiencies from the date such royalty
or Sublicense Income payment was due until the date paid at the
rate set forth in Section 4.10 above, and (c) if
such error is in excess of five percent (5%) of any royalty or
Sublicense Income payment, the cost of the audit. In all other
cases, the costs of the audit shall be paid for by LICENSOR. All
information disclosed pursuant to an audit shall be treated as
Confidential Information (as defined in Section 10.1
herein) and shall not be disclosed to any third party or used for
any purpose other than to determine the correctness of
LICENSEE’s royalty and Sublicense Income statement or
compliance in other respects with this Agreement.
5.2 After the first commercial sale of a LICENSED PRODUCT,
LICENSED PROCESS, or LICENSED SERVICE, LICENSEE, within forty-five
(45) days after March 31, June 30, September 30
and December 31 of each year, shall deliver to LICENSOR a true and
accurate report, giving such particulars of the business conducted
by LICENSEE and its permitted sublicensees during the preceding
three-month period under this Agreement as shall be pertinent to a
royalty and Sublicense Income accounting hereunder. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, these reports shall
include at least the following:
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the number of LICENSED PRODUCTS manufactured and
sold by LICENSEE and all sublicensees;
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total billings and the amounts actually received
for LICENSED PRODUCTS sold by LICENSEE and all
sublicensees;
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an accounting for all LICENSED PROCESSES or
LICENSED SERVICES used in the provision of services to others or
sold by LICENSEE;
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the deductions applicable as provided in
Section 1.8 ; and
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the names and addresses of all parties making
LICENSED PRODUCTS on behalf of LICENSEE.
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The reports shall provide the above-identified
information by product, process, or service type.
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5.3 With each such report submitted, LICENSEE shall pay to
LICENSOR the royalties and Sublicense Income due and payable for
such three-month period. If no royalties or Sublicense Income shall
be due, LICENSEE shall so report.
ARTICLE 6 — PATENT PROSECUTION
6.1 LICENSOR shall be solely responsible for the continued
prosecution of pending patent applications included in the PATENT
RIGHTS and the issuance of such applications after allowance. The
prosecution, filing and maintenance of all patents and applications
shall be the primary responsibility of LICENSOR. LICENSEE agrees to
cooperate fully with LICENSOR, as requested by LICENSOR and at
LICENSOR’s expense, in the preparation, filing, prosecution,
and maintenance of the patent applications and patents included in
the PATENT RIGHTS. With respect to Australia, Canada, Europe,
Mexico, Japan and Israel, LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR on or
before the due date one half (1/2) of any future annuity and
maintenance fees with respect to filings stemming from applications
10/227,282, PCT/US02/26945 and 60/539,796, provided LICENSOR
notifies LICENSEE of the amount of such payments due at least
30 days prior to their due date.
ARTICLE 7 — PROSECUTION OF
INFRINGERS
AND DEFENSE OF PATENT RIGHTS
The Parties agree to notify each other in writing of any actual
or threatened infringement by a third party of the PATENT RIGHTS or
of any claim of invalidity, unenforceability, or non-infringement
of the PATENT RIGHTS. LICENSOR shall have the sole responsibility
to prosecute or defend such claims, as applicable. LICENSEE shall,
if requested, provide reasonable assistance to LICENSOR in
connection with the prosecution or defense of such claims.
ARTICLE 8 — INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Indemnification of the LICENSOR . LICENSEE shall be
responsible for and shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless
LICENSOR, its agents, attorneys, representatives, third party
beneficiaries and their respective heirs, executors, successors and
assigns (collectively, the "LICENSOR Indemnitees") from and against
all liabilities of any kind whatsoever, including legal expenses
and reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred or imposed upon any
of the LICENSOR Indemnitees in connection with or as a consequence
of any claims (including third party claims), suits, actions,
demands or judgments arising out of the death of or injury to any
person or persons or out of any damage to property resulting from
the development, production, manufacture, sale, use, performance,
rendering, consumption or advertisement of the
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LICENSED PRODUCT(s), LICENSED PROCESS(es), and/or LICENSED
SERVICE(s), or arising from any obligation, act or omission
performed or failed to be performed hereunder, or from a breach of
any representation or warranty of LICENSEE hereunder unless and to
the extent that such liability arises solely from any action of
LICENSOR or any of its Affiliates. If the exercise of
LICENSEE’s rights under this Agreement in any country in the
TERRITORY is the subject of a bona fide claim by a third party,
filed in a court of competent jurisdiction after the date hereof,
that the exercise of such rights infringes or conflicts with any
intellectual property rights of such third party (a "Third Party
Infringement Claim"), then LICENSEE shall not have any of the
rights granted herein in such country and shall have no obligation
to pay LICENSOR any further payments under Article 4 of this
Agreement with respect to any country of the TERRITORY until such
claim is resolved by proper adjudication or settlement permitting
LICENSEE to exercise LICENSEE’s rights under this Agreement
in the applicable country of the TERRITORY. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, LICENSOR covenants that it will
not (a) assert or bring any suit, action, claim or other
proceeding against LICENSEE based on, in whole or in part,
LICENSEE’s exercise of LICENSEE’s rights, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, with respect to
the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY and/or (b) join in any third party
suit, action, claim or other proceeding against LICENSEE based on,
in whole or in part, any intellectual property rights (including
without limitation, patent rights and/or know how) owned by the
applicable third party, so long as LICENSEE is not in violation of
this Agreement.
8.2 Indemnification of the LICENSEE . LICENSOR shall be
responsible for and shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless
LICENSEE and the officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
agents, attorneys, representatives, and Affiliates, and their
respective heirs, executors, successors and assigns. (the "LICENSEE
Indemnitees") from and against all liabilities of any kind
whatsoever, including legal expenses and reasonable
attorneys’ fees, incurred or imposed upon any of the LICENSEE
Indemnitees in connection with or as a consequence of any claims
(including third party claims), suits, actions, demands or
judgments arising out of, directly or indirectly, or in any way
relating to: (a) any breach by LICENSOR of any representation,
warranty, covenant or obligation set forth in this Agreement; or
(b) arising from LICENSOR’s ownership, management,
control, use or disposition of the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY unless and
to the extent that such liability arises solely from any action of
LICENSEE or any of its Affiliates after the Effective Date.
8.3 Demands for Third Party Claims . Each indemnified
Party hereunder (an "Indemnified Party") agrees that promptly upon
its discovery of facts giving rise to a claim for indemnity under
this Agreement, including the receipt of any demand, assertion,
claim, action or proceeding, judicial or otherwise, by any third
party (being referred to herein as a "Claim"), with respect to any
matter as to which it claims to be entitled to indemnity under the
provisions of this Agreement, it will give prompt notice thereof in
writing to the Indemnifying Party (the "Indemnifying Party"),
together with a statement of such information respecting any of the
foregoing as it shall have. Such notice shall include a formal
demand for indemnification under this Agreement.
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8.4 Right to Contest and Defend . The Indemnifying Party
shall contest and defend, at its sole cost and expense, by all
appropriate legal proceedings any Claim with respect to which it is
called upon to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the provisions
of this Agreement; provided, that notice of the intention to so
contest shall be delivered by the Indemnifying Party to the
Indemnified Party as soon as reasonably possible after (but no
later than twenty [20] days from) the date of receipt by the
Indemnifying Party of notice by the Indemnified Party of the
assertion of the Claim. Any such contest may be conducted in the
name and on behalf of the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified
Party as may be appropriate. Such contest shall be conducted by
reputable counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party, but the
Indemnified Party shall have the right but not the obligation to
participate in such proceedings and to be represented by counsel of
its own choosing at its sole cost and expense. The Indemnifying
Party shall have full authority to determine all action to be taken
with respect thereto; provided, however, that the Indemnifying
Party will not have the authority to subject the Indemnified Party
to any obligation whatsoever (whether financial or the imposition
of equitable or injunctive relief), other than the performance of
purely ministerial tasks or obligations not involving material
expense (for which the Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed). If
the Indemnifying Party does not elect to contest any such Claim,
the Indemnifying Party shall be bound by the result obtained with
respect thereto by the Indemnified Party.
8.5 Cooperation . If requested by the Indemnifying Party,
the Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate with the Indemnifying
Party and its counsel in contesting any Claim that the Indemnifying
Party elects to contest or, if appropriate, in making any
counterclaim against the PERSON asserting the Claim, or any
cross-complaint against any PERSON, and the Indemnifying Party will
reimburse the Indemnified Party for any expenses incurred by it in
so cooperating.
8.6 Right to Participate . The Indemnified Party agrees
to afford the Indemnifying Party and its counsel the opportunity to
be present at, and to participate in, conferences with any PERSON,
including governmental authorities, asserting any Claim against the
Indemnified Party or conferences with representatives of or counsel
for such PERSON.
8.7 Payment of Damages . The Indemnifying Party shall pay
to the Indemnified Party in immediately available funds any amounts
to which the Indemnified Party may become entitled by reason of the
provisions of this Agreement, such payment to be made within five
(5) days after any such amounts are finally determined either
by mutual agreement of the Parties hereto or pursuant to the final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
8.8 Independent Indemnities . The Parties acknowledge and
agree that each of the indemnities under Sections 8.1 and
8.2 may be relied upon independently.
8.9 Insurance. LICENSEE and LICENSOR mutually agree to
maintain insurance or self-insurance that is reasonably adequate to
fulfill any potential obligation to the Indemnified Parties.
LICENSEE and LICENSOR shall continue to maintain such insurance or
self-insurance during the term of this Agreement and after the
expiration or termination of this Agreement for a period of five
(5) years. Each Party shall provide to the other Party, upon
request, proof of any such insurance policy maintained by such
Party.
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ARTICLE 9 — TERMINATION
9.1 The term of this Agreement ("TERM") shall commence on the
Effective Date and continue until the expiration of the last VALID
CLAIM within the PATENT RIGHTS to expire , unless sooner terminated
as provided in this Article 9 ; provided that
LICENSEE’s obligation to pay royalties or Sublicense Income
on NET SALES in any country will terminate pursuant to
Subsection 4.2(c) (subject to LICENSEE’s obligations
under Section 9.4 herein).
9.2 If either Party commits a material breach of a material term
of this Agreement (including any failure to make any payment due
under this Agreement), the non-breaching Party shall have the right
to terminate this Agreement effective on thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the Party in breach, unless such breach is
cured prior to the expiration of such thirty (30) day
period.
9.3 LICENSEE shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at
any time on thirty (30) days prior notice to LICENSOR, and
upon payment of all amounts due LICENSOR through the effective date
of the termination.
9.4. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the
event that this Agreement is terminated by LICENSOR pursuant to
Section 9.2 or by LICENSEE pursuant to
Sections 9.2 or 9.3 , LICENSEE shall retain a license
to rights granted in Article 2 to the extent reasonably
necessary to sell any LICENSED PRODUCTS existing or under
production and to perform LICENSED PROCESSES or LICENSED SERVICES
related to such LICENSED PRODUCTS or that are in process, subject
to the terms of this Agreement (including without limitation the
obligation to pay royalties under Article 4 ), provided
that LICENSEE shall complete and sell all such work-in-progress and
inventory within six (6) months after the effective date of
termination.
9.5 Upon the expiration of the TERM of this Agreement LICENSEE
shall have a fully paid-up, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty
free license under the rights granted in Article 2
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9.6 Nothing herein shall be construed to release either Party
from any obligation that accrued prior to expiration or any
termination of this Agreement. The following provisions shall
survive any termination or any expiration of the TERM of this
Agreement: this Section 9.6 and Articles/Sections 1,
4, 5, 8, 9.4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8,
15.10, 15.15 and 15.16 , and any other provision which by its
nature is intended to survive any such termination.
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ARTICLE 10 — CONFIDENTIALITY AND
NON-DISCLOSURE
10.1 Confidential Information; Non-Disclosure .
"Confidential Information" shall mean any technical, business,
financial, customer or other information disclosed by one Party
(the "Disclosing Party") to the other Party (the "Receiving Party")
pursuant to this Agreement which is marked "Confidential" or
"Proprietary," or which, under all of the given circumstances,
ought reasonably to be treated as confidential information of the
Disclosing Party. Such information may be disclosed in oral, visual
or written form (including magnetic, optical or other media).
Except as expressly provided in Section 10.2 below,
each Party’s Confidential Information specifically includes
without limitation the respective Party’s business plans and
business practices, the terms of this Agreement, scientific
knowledge, research and development or know-how, processes,
inventions, techniques, formulae, products and product plans,
business operations, customer requirements, designs, sketches,
photographs, drawings, specifications, reports, studies, findings,
data, plans or other records, biological materials, software,
margins, payment terms and sales forecasts, volumes and activities,
designs, computer code, technical information, costs, pricing,
financing, business opportunities, personnel, and information of
LICENSOR or LICENSEE relating to the LICENSED PROCESSES, LICENSED
PRODUCTS or LICENSED SERVICES whether or not such information is
marked or identified provided that the Disclosing Party provides
notice in writing reasonably identifying such Confidential
Information within 30 d
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