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
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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
identifie