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Exhibit
10.19
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
THIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of April 4, 2004 (the “ Effective Date
”) between Motorola, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Motorola ”), and Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ Freescale ”).
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that
certain Master Separation and Distribution Agreement between
Motorola and Freescale dated as of April 4, 2004 (the “
Master Separation and Distribution Agreement
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Motorola has
determined that it would be appropriate and desirable to separate
the SPS Business from Motorola;
WHEREAS, in connection with
the separation of the SPS Business from Motorola, Motorola desires
to contribute or otherwise transfer, and to cause certain of its
Subsidiaries to contribute or otherwise transfer, certain Assets
and Liabilities associated with the SPS Business, including the
stock or other equity interests of certain of Motorola’s
Subsidiaries dedicated to the SPS Business, to Freescale and
certain of Freescale’s Subsidiaries (the “
Contribution ”);
WHEREAS, as part of such
Contribution, Motorola desires to contribute or otherwise transfer
and assign, and to cause certain of its Subsidiaries to contribute
or otherwise transfer and assign, certain Intellectual Property of
the Motorola Group associated with the SPS Business prior to the
Effective Date;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth below, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1.1 “
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly “controlling,”
“controlled by,” or “under common control
with” (within the meaning of the Securities Act), such
specified Person; provided , however , that for
purposes of this Agreement, unless this Agreement expressly
provides otherwise, the determination of whether a Person is an
Affiliate of another Person will be made assuming that no member of
the Motorola Group is an Affiliate of any member of the Freescale
Group.
1.2 “
Assigned Copyrights ” means: (a) all Copyrights in and
to the Assigned Technology and other copyrightable works identified
in Exhibit A ; (b) all renewals and extensions thereof; and
(c) all rights with respect to such Copyrights.
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1.3 “
Assigned Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1 (Assigned Intellectual
Property).
1.4 “
Assigned Mask Works ” means: (a) those Mask Works
fixed by Motorola that are embodied exclusively in an SPS Product
and any mask work protection available to Motorola in those Mask
Works; and (b) all rights with respect to such Mask
Works.
1.5 “
Assigned Patents ” means: (a) all Patents set forth on
Exhibit A ; (b) all inventions claimed or described in such
Patents; (c) all divisions, renewals, reissues, continuations,
extensions, and continuations-in-part of the foregoing Patents, (d)
any Patents in the United States and anywhere else in the world and
Patent applications that have been or may be granted or filed,
respectively, with respect to those inventions, including without
limitation all foreign Patents that may claim priority based on and
correspond to the Patents listed in Exhibit A ; and (e) all
rights with respect to such Patents.
1.6 “
Assigned Technology ” means any and all portions of
Corporation Technology (other than Assigned Mask Works): (a) used
exclusively or held for use exclusively in the SPS Business; (b)
the Technology set forth on Exhibit A ; and (c) all rights
with respect to such Technology.
1.7 “
Assigned Trademarks ” means: (a) the Trademarks
identified on Exhibit A ; (b) all goodwill associated with
the business related to such Trademarks; and (c) all rights with
respect to such Trademarks.
1.8 “
Copyrights ” means: (a) any rights in original works
of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression as set
forth in 17 U.S.C. § 101 et. seq .; (b) all
registrations and applications to register the foregoing anywhere
in the world; (c) all foreign counterparts and analogous rights
anywhere in the world; and (d) all rights in and to any of the
foregoing.
1.9 “
Corporation Technology ” means any and all Technology
that exists as of the Effective Date and that, immediately prior to
the Effective Date, is owned by Motorola or any of its Affiliates,
including any of its business units and divisions. The term
includes any and all Technology owned or controlled by any Motorola
Affiliates under which Motorola or any of its Affiliates has the
right to grant any of the assignments of the type and on the terms
granted in this Agreement.
1.10 “ Freescale
Group ” means Freescale, each Person that Freescale
directly or indirectly controls (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) immediately after the Effective Date, and each
other Person that becomes an Affiliate of Freescale after the
Effective Date.
1.11 “ Group
” means either the Motorola Group or the Freescale Group, as
the context requires.
1.12 “ Intellectual
Property ” means all rights in Copyrights, Patents, Mask
Works, Trademarks, Technology and any other proprietary rights
relating to intangible property
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anywhere in the world, and all
registrations and applications related to any of the foregoing and
analogous rights thereto anywhere in the world.
1.13 “ Mask Work
” means: (a) any mask work, registered or unregistered, as
defined in 17 U.S.C. §901; (b) all registrations and
applications to register the foregoing anywhere in the world; (c)
all foreign counterparts and analogous rights anywhere in the world
(including, without limitation, semiconductor topography rights);
and (d) all rights in and to any of the foregoing.
1.14 “ Motorola
Group ” means Motorola and each Person that is an
Affiliate of Motorola (other than any member of the Freescale
Group) immediately after the Effective Date, and each other Person
that becomes an Affiliate of Motorola after the Effective
Date.
1.15 “ Patents
” means: (a) patents and patent applications, worldwide,
including all divisions, continuations, continuing prosecution
applications, continuations in part, reissues, renewals,
reexaminations, and extensions thereof and any counterparts
worldwide claiming priority therefrom; utility models, design
patents, patents of importation/confirmation, and certificates of
invention and like statutory rights; and (b) all right in and to
any of the foregoing.
1.16 “ Person
” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a
limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a
trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a
governmental entity or any department, agency, or political
subdivision thereof.
1.17 “ Registered
Intellectual Property ” means Intellectual Property that
is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration
or other document issued by, filed with, or recorded by any
governmental or quasi-governmental agency or non-governmental
registrar (whether provisional, supplemental, or otherwise),
anywhere in the world.
1.18 “ Software
” means computer programs and systems, whether embodied in
software, firmware or otherwise, including, software compilations,
software implementations of algorithms, software tool sets,
compilers, and software models and methodologies (regardless of the
stage of development or completion) including any and all: (a)
media on which any of the foregoing is recorded; (b) forms in which
any of the foregoing is embodied (whether in source code, object
code, executable code or human readable form); and (c) translation,
ported versions and modifications of any of the
foregoing.
1.19 “ SPS
Product ” means any product that, immediately prior to
the Effective Date, is identified as a product of the Motorola
Semiconductor Products Sector as set forth in the pti code listing
for the Semiconductor Products Sector excluding those products set
forth on Exhibit I .
1.20 “
Technology ” means any and all technical information,
Software, specifications, drawings, records, documentation, works
of authorship or other creative works, ideas, knowledge, know-how,
trade secrets invention disclosures or other data including works
subject to Copyrights and Mask Works (but does not include
Trademarks or Patents).
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1.21 “
Trademarks ” means: (a) trademarks, service marks,
logos, trade dress and trade names, and domain names indicating the
source of goods or services, and other indicia of commercial source
or origin (whether registered, common law, statutory or otherwise);
(b) all registrations and applications to register the foregoing
anywhere in the world; (c) all goodwill associated therewith; and
(e) all rights in and to any of the foregoing.
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ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
2.1 Assigned Intellectual
Property . In accordance with this Agreement, Motorola hereby
sells, assigns, conveys, transfers and agrees to deliver to
Freescale, and Freescale hereby acquires from Motorola and the
members of the Motorola Group, all right, title and interest in the
United States and throughout the world of Motorola and the members
of the Motorola Group in and to the following (collectively, the
“ Assigned Intellectual Property ”):
(a) all Assigned Patents,
Assigned Copyrights, Assigned Trademarks, Assigned Mask Works and
Assigned Technology including, without limitation, the Intellectual
Property listed and described in Exhibit A , and all
tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form and in
any media, in the possession of any member of the Motorola Group or
other Persons engaged or retained by any member of the Motorola
Group, subject to all licenses and covenants not to assert with
respect to any of the foregoing entered into prior to the Effective
Date;
(b) the exclusive right to
grant licenses and rights under and with respect to any of the
Intellectual Property referenced in Section 2.1(a) , and to
sue for any infringement occurring before or after the Effective
Date as well as all statutory, contractual and other claims,
demands, and causes of action for royalties, fees, or other income
from, or infringement, misappropriation or violation of, any of the
foregoing, and all of the proceeds from the foregoing that are
accrued and unpaid as of, and/or accruing after, the Effective Date
(except with respect to certain revenue sharing arrangements set
forth in Exhibit B2 to the Master Intellectual Property
License Agreement between Motorola and Freescale dated on or about
the Effective Date with respect to certain “BGA
Patents” described in such agreement); and
(c) the exclusive right to
apply for and obtain statutory rights and registrations with
respect to any Intellectual Property referenced in Section 2.1(a),
including without limitation any Intellectual Property: (i)
conceived, developed or reduced to practice prior to the Effective
Date solely by individuals who were Motorola employees and become
Freescale employees after the Effective Date, even if the
applicable Freescale employment agreement is not signed by such
individuals (“Transferred Employees”), and (ii) unless
otherwise agreed by the parties, conceived, developed or reduced to
practice solely by Transferred Employees after the Effective Date,
in the United States and anywhere else in the world.
2.2 Mandatory Laws .
If and to the extent that, as a matter of law in any jurisdiction,
ownership, title, or any rights or interest in or to any of the
Assigned Intellectual Property cannot
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be assigned as provided in Section 2.1
(Assigned Intellectual Property) (i) Motorola irrevocably agrees to
assign and transfer, and hereby assigns and transfers to Freescale
all rights (including, without limitation, all economic and
commercialization rights) that can be assigned pursuant to Section
2.1 (Assigned Intellectual Property) to the fullest extent
permissible; and (ii) Motorola irrevocably agrees to grant, and
hereby grants, Freescale an unlimited (except as provided otherwise
in the Intellectual Property License Agreement), exclusive,
irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use,
exploit and commercialize in any manner now known or in the future
discovered and for whatever purpose, any rights to Assigned
Intellectual Property that cannot be assigned as contemplated by
Section 2.1 (Assigned Intellectual Property).
2.3 Supplemental Document
Deliveries . On the Effective Date, each of Motorola and
Freescale shall deliver to the other all of the documents and
instruments included below to be duly executed where appropriate by
the applicable party(ies) and notarized where indicated in the
exhibits to this Agreement: (i) a bill of sale substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit B (the “ Bill of Sale
”); (ii) the Patent Assignment, Copyright Assignment,
Trademark Assignment, and Domain Name Assignment (substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit C , Exhibit D ,
Exhibit E , and Exhibit F , respectively, including
any foreign counterparts thereto); and (iii) such other documents
as the either party or its counsel may reasonably request with
respect to the Assigned Intellectual Property.
2.4 Certain Trademark
Rights . With respect to the composite Trademarks specifically
identified on Exhibit H (the “ Designated Composite
Marks ”), Motorola hereby agrees that it shall expressly
abandon its rights in and to its registrations
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