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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT

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Title: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 1/2/2007
Industry: COMEQP    

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EX-10.4 Intellectual Property Agreement
 

EXHIBIT 10.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT

Between

HARRIS CORPORATION

and

HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC.

Dated: January 26, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSE BACK OF TRADE SECRETS

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

LICENSES TO TRADE SECRETS

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

PATENT ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSES

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

 

EXPORT CONTROL

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

ASSIGNABILITY

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

LICENSES TO SUBSIDIARIES AND IMPROVEMENTS

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

DISCLAIMER AND COVENANTS

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

CONTRIBUTED PATENTS

 

 

 

 

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT

     This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 26, 2007, is made by and between HARRIS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Harris”), and HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, in connection with the combination of Harris’ Microwave Communications Division with Stratex Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Stratex”), Harris, the Company, Stratex, and Stratex Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, have entered into an Amended and Restated Formation, Contribution and Merger Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2006, as amended by that certain letter agreement, dated January 26, 2007 (the “Formation Agreement”), among the parties thereto, pursuant to which the Company was formed to acquire Stratex pursuant to the Merger (as defined in the Formation Agreement) and to receive the Contributed Assets (as defined in the Formation Agreement) from Harris in the Contribution Transaction (as defined in the Formation Agreement), in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Formation Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, Harris and Stratex would not have entered into the Formation Agreement without the undertakings contained in this Agreement and the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to closing under the Formation Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants in the Agreement the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

     1.01 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, any term used but not expressly defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Formation Agreement. “Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term by Rule 405 under the Securities Act; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Harris or any of its other Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE 2
ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSE BACK OF TRADE SECRETS

     2.01 Assignment of Contributed Trade Secrets. Subject to the licenses granted back to Harris and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 2.02 and to any and all pre-existing licenses granted by Harris or its Subsidiaries, Harris and its Subsidiaries hereby irrevocably transfer and assign to the Company, all of their present worldwide right, title and interest in and to the Trade Secrets included in the Contributed Intellectual Property together with all Copyrights that are also Contributed Intellectual Property, along with all rights to sue and recover for any past infringements thereof (collectively, (“Contributed Trade Secrets”).

 


 

     2.02 License Back to Harris and its Subsidiaries. In consideration for the transfer and assignment of the Contributed Trade Secrets by Harris and its Subsidiaries to the Company pursuant to Section 2.01, the Company grants to Harris and its Subsidiaries a personal, nonexclusive, non-transferable (except as provided in Article 7), irrevocable (subject to Article 6), worldwide, fully paid-up license to use, copy, execute and perform, and to display and distribute (subject to confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those contained in Section 9.02(c) and Section 9.02(d)), the Contributed Trade Secrets, and to create, use, copy, execute and perform, and to display and distribute (subject to confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those contained in Section 9.02(c) and Section 9.02(d)), derivative works from the Contributed Trade Secrets.

     2.03 Sublicenses of Contributed Trade Secrets. The grant to Harris and its Subsidiaries from the Company in Section 2.02 shall include a personal, non-transferable (except as provided in Article 7) and nonexclusive right to communicate portions of and grant nonexclusive sublicenses (subject to confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those contained in Section 9.02(c) and Section 9.02(d)) to such Contributed Trade Secrets to customers, suppliers, sublicensees or other third parties as necessary with respect to any products or services sold by Harris or its Subsidiaries now or in the future.

     2.04 Delivery of Contributed Trade Secrets. In the event that any Contributed Trade Secret is not already in the possession of the MCD Business or MCD Employees transferred to the Company, Harris agrees to deliver to the Company, within a commercially reasonable amount of time, any missing parts of the Contributed Trade Secrets, to the extent such Contributed Trade Secrets are available and can be so transferred.

     2.05 Retained Copies of Contributed Trade Secrets. To the knowledge of Harris, Harris has attempted to retain adequate copies of the Contributed Trade Secrets. However, the parties hereto recognize that the best or only available copy of certain Contributed Trade Secrets may reside, prior to or after the Closing Date, within the MCD Business, and that Harris may require certain access to or copies of the Contributed Trade Secrets.Accordingly, the Company agrees, upon receiving a reasonable written request from Harris, to make a good faith effort to locate and provide, to the extent such Contributed Trade Secret is available, within a commercially reasonable amount of time after receipt of Harris’ or its Subsidiary’s written request, copies of all or any portion of the Contributed Trade Secrets.

ARTICLE 3
LICENSES TO TRADE SECRETS

     3.01 Trade Secrets Licensed to the Company. Harris and its Subsidiaries grant to the Company a fully paid-up, worldwide, irrevocable (subject to Article 6), non-transferable (except as provided in Article 7) and nonexclusive (subject to Section 3.02) license, subject to any and all pre-existing licenses granted by Harris, to use any Trade Secrets owned by Harris that are not Contributed Trade Secrets, but are otherwise used in connection with the design, development, repair, manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, lease, importation or other distribution of products or services of the MCD Business immediately prior to the Closing together with all Copyrights (collectively, the “Licensed Trade Secrets”).

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     3.02 Right to Sublicense Licensed Trade Secrets. Subject to any and all pre-existing licenses granted by Harris or its Subsidiaries, Harris and its Subsidiaries grant to the Company a personal, non-transferable (except as provided in Article 7) and nonexclusive right to communicate portions of and grant nonexclusive sublicenses (subject to confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those in Section 9) to the Licensed Trade Secrets in connection with the operation of the MCD Business or any products or services sold by the Company now or in the future to suppliers to the extent necessary to produce products or components for such products for the Company and to customers to the extent necessary to permit such customers to use any product or service produced or provided by the Company for its

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