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Exhibit
10.20
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE
AGREEMENT
THIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LICENSE 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
will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Article 1
of this Agreement or 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, Freescale and its
Subsidiaries desire to receive (and Motorola is willing to grant to
Freescale and its Subsidiaries) certain rights under Patents and
Non-Patent Intellectual Property retained and owned by Motorola or
its Subsidiaries on or after the Effective Date, and Motorola and
its Subsidiaries desire to receive (and Freescale is willing to
grant to Motorola and its Subsidiaries) certain rights under
Patents and Non-Patent Intellectual Property Rights owned by
Freescale or its Subsidiaries on or after 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 “ Change of
Control ” means the acquisition of at least fifty percent
(50%) of the outstanding voting power of a party to this Agreement
by another Person by means of any transaction or series of related
transactions including, without limitation, any reorganization,
merger, consolidation or tender offer, except where such
party’s shareholders of record as constituted immediately
prior to such transaction will, immediately after such
transaction
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together hold at least fifty percent
(50%) of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or acquiring
Person in such transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the IPO nor
Distribution will constitute a Change of Control for purposes of
this Agreement.
1.3 “ Copyrights
” means: (a) any rights in original works of authorship fixed
in any tangible medium of expression as set forth in the United
States Copyright Act, 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.
1.4 “ Confidential
Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.1 (Confidential Information).
1.5 “ Corporation
Technology ” means any and all Technology that exists as
of the Effective Date and that, immediately prior to the Effective
Date, was 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 Affiliate under
which Motorola has the right to grant any of the licenses and
rights of the type and on the terms granted in this
Agreement.
1.6 “ Damages
” means all losses, claims, demands, damages, Liabilities,
judgments, dues, penalties, assessments, fines (civil, criminal or
administrative), costs, liens, forfeitures, settlements, fees or
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses
and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating, prosecuting or defending a claim or Action), of any
nature or kind, whether or not the same would properly be reflected
on a balance sheet.
1.7 “
Derivative(s) ” means: (a) for copyrightable or
copyrighted material, any translation (including translation into
other computer languages), port, modification, correction,
addition, extension, upgrade, improvement, compilation, abridgment
or other form in which an existing work may be recast, transformed
or adapted or which would otherwise constitute a derivative work
under the United States Copyright Act; (b) for patentable or
patented material, any improvement thereon; and (c) for material
which is protected by trade secret law, any new material derived
from such existing trade secret material, including new material
which may be protected by copyright, patent and/or trade secret
law.
1.8 “ Development
System ” means an assembly of one or more Packaged
Devices (as defined in Supplement C (Glossary of Technical
Elements)) that is: (a) produced in limited quantities to
demonstrate the capabilities of Freescale Semiconductor Products;
and (b) not an end user product and is not provided for resale;
provided, however, that such an assembly will not be deemed to be
provided for resale solely due to Freescale’s distribution of
such assembly directly or indirectly through distributors for
demonstration purposes only.
1.9 “
Distribution ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Master Separation and Distribution Agreement.
1.10 “ Essential
Patent Claims ” means the claims of the Motorola Patents
set forth on Exhibit B as well as all other Motorola IC
Patent Claims: (a) to the extent that infringement of
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such claims cannot be avoided in
remaining compliant with the Wireless Standards, including optional
implementations thereof provided for in the Wireless Standards, on
technical grounds (but not commercial grounds) taking into account
normal technical practice and the state of the art generally
available at the time of standardization; or (b) that a member of
the Motorola Group has certified, declared or otherwise identified
to a standards organization or other public subscription system as
being claims that cannot be avoided in remaining compliant with
Wireless Standards (as further set forth in subsection (a) above)
including, for example, Motorola IC Patent Claims of Patents
identified on the website of a standard organization as Patents
essential to compliance with a Wireless Standard.
1.11 “ First
Commercially Offered ” means, with respect to a Freescale
Wireless Semiconductor Product, the first instance in which a
member of the Freescale Group has made available for sampling
working Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Products that meet the
applicable design specification.
1.12 “ Freescale
Equipment Patent Claims ” means claims of any Freescale
Patent other than a Freescale IC Patent Claim.
1.13 “ Freescale
Group ” means Freescale, and each Affiliate of Freescale,
including 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.
1.14 “ Freescale IC
Patent Claims ” means claims of any Freescale Patent to
the extent that such claims cover any one or more: (a)
Semiconductor Product; (b) method of manufacturing a Semiconductor
Product; or (c) Manufacturing Apparatus (as defined in
Supplement C (Glossary of Technical Elements)) or method of
using or manufacturing a Manufacturing Apparatus.
1.15 “ Freescale
Indemnified Product ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3(a) (Obligation to Defend).
1.16 “ Freescale
Patent ” means all Patents other than Motorola Patents,
filed for or issued anywhere in the world, that are owned or
controlled by any member of the Freescale Group and issued on, or
claiming priority from, an application filed anywhere in the world
prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the Effective Date,
including all Patents assigned to Freescale pursuant to that
certain Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement between Motorola
and Freescale dated on or about the Effective Date; and with
respect to which and to the extent that any member of the Freescale
Group has a right, as of the Effective Date or thereafter, to grant
the licenses and related rights granted in this Agreement without
the payment of royalties or other consideration to third Persons,
except for payments to third Persons: (a) for inventions made by
said third Persons while engaged by any member of the Freescale
Group; and (b) as consideration for the acquisition of such
Patents.
1.17 “ Freescale
Process Technology ” means manufacturing process recipes
for manufacturing Semiconductor Products and Mask Works developed
by or for the Semiconductor Product Sector.
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1.18 “ Freescale
Technology ” means any and all portions of Corporation
Technology that were developed by or for, or otherwise acquired by
the SPS Business and that relate to Semiconductor Products and the
SPS Business, including all:
(a) Technology assigned to
Freescale pursuant to that certain Intellectual Property Assignment
Agreement between Motorola and Freescale dated on or about the
Effective Date; and
(b) Technology licensed to or
on behalf of the SPS Business that relate to Semiconductor Products
and the SPS Business to the extent any member of the Freescale
Group has the right to grant the licenses granted in this Agreement
without the payment of royalties or other consideration to third
Persons, except for payments to third Persons: (i) for Technology
made by said third Persons while engaged by any member of the
Freescale Group; and (ii) as consideration for the acquisition of
intellectual property rights, applications and registrations with
respect to such Technology; and
(c) Licensed Freescale
Technology (but excluding all Motorola Technology as well as
Technology that Freescale developed or acquired on behalf of the
Motorola Business including, for example, custom Semiconductor
Products for a specific Motorola business sector).
1.19 “ Freescale
Wireless Semiconductor Product ” means a Wireless
Semiconductor Product that is sold by Freescale in the merchant
market under a Freescale brand as a standard Freescale
product.
1.20 “ Group
” means either the Motorola Group or the Freescale Group, as
the context requires.
1.21 “ IPO
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Master
Separation and Distribution Agreement.
1.22 “ IPO Effective
Date ” means the date on which the IPO is
consummated.
1.23 “ Licensed
Field ” means the practice of Motorola IC Patent Claims
in the: (a) transportation and controller fields – including,
for example, telematics applications, navigation systems
applications, vehicle assistance applications (for example, aids
for power steering and on-board electronics) and industrial and
consumer applications; and (b) network and computing fields –
including, for example, personal computing applications, computer
networking applications, gaming applications and handheld computing
applications. The Licensed Field does not include the practice of
Motorola IC Patent Claims in Semiconductor Products specifically
designed for applications in the Wireless Field.
1.24 “ Licensed
Freescale Product ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3(f) (Combination Claims Excluded – Licensed
Freescale Product).
1.25 “ Licensed
Freescale Technology ” means that Freescale Technology
which, at any time prior to the Effective Date, was embodied in or
used in connection with the design, development or manufacture of:
(a) any product that Motorola offered for sale other than as a
reseller or sales agent of the Semiconductor Products Sector (an
“ Existing Motorola Product ”) or
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was used in connection with the Motorola
Business for the design, development or manufacture of such
product; provided, however, that Freescale Technology will not be
deemed to have been so used or embodied solely as a result of the
incorporation of components or other products obtained from
Freescale into an Existing Motorola Product; or (b) any
Semiconductor Product that was under development by or for Motorola
(other than by the Semiconductor Products Sector) as of the
Effective Date and offered for sale by Motorola on or before
January 1, 2006.
1.26 “ Licensed
Motorola Technology ” means that Motorola Technology
(other than Motorola Restricted Technology) which, at any time
prior to the Effective Date: (a) was embodied in or used in
connection with the design, development or manufacture of (i) any
product that the Semiconductor Products Sector offered for sale
other than as a reseller or sales agent of Motorola (an “
Existing Freescale Product ”) or was used in
connection with the SPS Business for the design, development or
manufacture of such product; provided, however, that Motorola
Technology will not be deemed to have been so used or embodied
solely as a result of the incorporation of components or other
products obtained from Motorola into an Existing Freescale Product,
or (ii) any Semiconductor Product that was under development by or
for the Semiconductor Products Sector as of the Effective Date and
offered for sale by Freescale on or before January 1, 2006; or (b)
was used for the internal administration and operation of the SPS
Business (e.g., training materials, operational
documentation).
1.27 “ Licensed
Technology ” means Licensed Freescale Technology and/or
the Licensed Motorola Technology, as applicable.
1.28 “ 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.
1.29 “ Motorola
Equipment Patent Claims ” means claims of a Motorola
Patent other than Motorola IC Patent Claims (including, without
limitation, Essential Patent Claims and Non-Essential Patent
Claims).
1.30 “ 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.
1.31 “ Motorola IC
Patent Claims ” means claims of any Motorola Patent to
the extent that such claims cover any one or more of the following
(as defined in Supplement C (Glossary of Technical
Elements)): (a) Circuit; (b) Integrated Circuit Structure; (c)
Packaged Device; (d) Semiconductor Element; (e) Semiconductive
Material; (f) System; (g) Circuit and System employing an
Electrical Method; (h) method of manufacturing any of (a) through
(g); or (i) Manufacturing Apparatus or a method of using or
manufacturing a Manufacturing Apparatus.
1.32 “ Motorola
Patent ” means all Patents (including reissues and
reexaminations thereof) other than Freescale Patents, filed for or
issued anywhere in the world, that are owned or controlled by any
member of the Motorola Group and issued on, or claiming priority
from, an
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application filed anywhere in the world
prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the Effective Date with
respect to which and to the extent that any member of the Motorola
Group has a right, as of the Effective Date or thereafter, to grant
the licenses and related rights granted in this Agreement without
the payment of royalties or other consideration to third Persons,
except for payments to third Persons: (a) for inventions made by
said third Persons while engaged by any member of the Motorola
Group or any Affiliate of Motorola; and (b) as consideration for
the acquisition of such Patents.
1.33 “ Motorola
Restricted Technology ” means Celestri Satellite
Technology, Iridium Satellite Technology, Teledesic Satellite
Technology, iDEN Technology, TETRA Technology, APCO25 Technology,
ASTRO Technology and MIRS Technology each as further set forth in
the attached Supplement A .
1.34 “ Motorola
Sector Patents ” means the Motorola Patents, if any,
listed on or otherwise licensed under the following Supplements
with respect to the applicable Motorola business sector, Motorola
Software or Motorola laboratory: (a) Supplement B1 –
Broadband Communications Sector; (b) Supplement B2 –
Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector; (c)
Supplement B3 – Global Telecom Solutions Sector/iDEN;
(d) Supplement B4 – Integrated Electronic Systems
Sector; (e) Supplement B5 – Personal Communications
Sector; and (f) Supplement B6 – Motorola Laboratories
and Software.
1.35 “ Motorola
Sector Technology ” means the Motorola Technology listed
on or otherwise licensed under the following Supplements with
respect to the applicable Motorola business sector, Motorola
Software or Motorola laboratory: (a) Supplement B1 –
Broadband Communications Sector; (b) Supplement B2 –
Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector; (c)
Supplement B3 – Global Telecom Solutions Sector/iDEN;
(d) Supplement B4 – Integrated Electronic Systems
Sector; (e) Supplement B5 – Personal Communications
Sector; and (f) Supplement B6 – Motorola Laboratories
and Software.
1.36 “ Motorola
Technology ” means any and all portions of Corporation
Technology that were developed by or for, or otherwise acquired by
the Motorola Business, including all:
(a) Technology licensed to or
on behalf of the Motorola Business to the extent any member of the
Motorola Group has the right to grant the licenses granted in this
Agreement without the payment of royalties or other consideration
to third Persons, except for payments to third Persons: (i) for
Technology made by said third Persons while engaged by any member
of the Motorola Group or any Affiliate of Motorola; and (ii) as
consideration for the acquisition of intellectual property rights,
applications and registrations with respect to such Technology;
and
(b) Licensed Motorola
Technology and Motorola Restricted Technology (but excluding all
Freescale Technology).
1.37 “ Motorola
Wireless Patent Claims ” means the claims of those
Patents set forth on Exhibit A .
1.38 “ Non-Essential
Patent Claims ” means, with respect to a Wireless
Semiconductor Product, Motorola IC Patent Claims (other than
Essential Patent Claims) to the extent that such claims would be
directly infringed by such Wireless Semiconductor
Product.
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1.39 “ Non-Patent
Intellectual Property Rights ” means all rights in
Copyrights, Mask Works, Technology and other intangible property
anywhere in the world, and all registrations and applications
relating to any of the foregoing and analogous rights thereto
anywhere in the world, other than rights in Patents and
Trademarks.
1.40 “ 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.
1.41 “ 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. As used in this Agreement, the term
“third Person(s)” means a Person that is neither a
party to this Agreement nor an Affiliate of a party to this
Agreement.
1.42 “ Semiconductor
Product ” means any one or more of the following items
(as defined in Supplement C (Glossary of Technical
Elements)), whether or not an item is incorporated in more
comprehensive equipment: (a) Circuit; (b) Integrated Circuit
Structure; (c) Packaged Device; (d) Semiconductor Element; (e)
Semiconductive Material; or (f) Circuits employing an Electrical
Method; provided, however, that a “Semiconductor
Product” does not include an assembly of more than one
Packaged Device.
1.43 “ Semiconductor
Products Sector ” means the business unit of Motorola
known as the Semiconductor Products Sector prior to the Effective
Date.
1.44 “ Semiconductor
Software ” means all Software owned by Freescale and
designed solely for use with, or to design, a Semiconductor
Product.
1.45 “ 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.
1.46 “ SPS
Business ” means: (a) the businesses and operations
conducted by the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola and its
Affiliates (including, for purposes of this definition, any member
of the Freescale Group) prior to the Effective Date, including as
described in the IPO Registration Statement; and (b) except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any terminated,
divested or discontinued businesses or operations that at the time
of such termination, divestiture or discontinuation exclusively
related to the SPS Business (as described in the foregoing clause
(a)) as then conducted.
1.47 “
Technology ” means any and all technical information,
Software, specifications, drawings, records, documentation, works
of authorship or other creative works, ideas,
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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).
1.48 “
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
(d) all rights in and to any of the foregoing.
1.49 “ Wireless
Equipment ” means, collectively or individually, any of
the following the function of which is standardized in any of the
Wireless Standards (or between which certain interfaces are
substantially standardized in any of the Wireless Standards): (a)
subscriber terminals (i.e., equipment such as a mobile,
transportable or handheld portable unit containing no less than all
of the following components: a display, a battery, plurality of
keys or other input device, antenna, RF receiver and controller
therefore); (b) subscriber modules (i.e., an assembled unit
containing no less than all of the following components: an RF
receiver, a controller, and necessary interface connections); and
(c) infrastructure equipment (i.e., base transceiver stations, base
transcoders, base station controllers, mobile service switching
centers, operation and maintenance centers, network management
centers, location registers, equipment identity registers,
authentication centers, test equipment, and equivalent equipment
(e.g. radio access network and Node B)).
1.50 “ Wireless
Field ” means the practice of the Motorola IC Patent
Claims in Semiconductor Products designed for: (a) wireless
telecommunications applications that are compliant with or
substantially based upon a Wireless Standard; or (b) broadband
wireless communications applications. The Wireless Field does not
encompass the practice of Motorola IC Patent Claims in products and
components (such as certain multipurpose or programmable products
and components) that can be used in applications for the Wireless
Field but are not specifically designed for such use.
1.51 “ Wireless
Semiconductor Product ” means a Semiconductor Product
specifically designed solely or jointly by or for Freescale for the
Wireless Field.
1.52 “ Wireless
Standards ” means: (a) all cellular communication
technical specifications adopted as a standard by either a
standards development organization (SDO) or a major operator of
public subscription systems for in-country requirements (e.g.,
frequency spectrum availability, interconnection with preexisting
telephony networks, etc.), as well as various adjunct protocols to
the extent incorporated into such standards, including, but are not
limited to, those technical specifications for digital
radiotelephone service: (i) promulgated by ETSI and known as the
GSM, Pan-European Digital Cellular radiotelephone service
(including Personal Communications Network services, presently
known as DCS1800 and in the United States PCS1900); (ii)
promulgated in the United States by the Telecommunications Industry
Association/Electronic Industries Associates (TIA/EIA) and
presently known as AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System), NAMPS
(Narrowband AMPS), TDMA Cellular/PCS – Radio Interface
Interim Standards IS-136, IS-137 and IS-138 (including IS-54, IS-55
and IS-56 and PCS 1900 standards JSTD-009, JSTD-010 and JSTD-011);
(iii) promulgated by ARIB (formerly RCR) and known as PDC (Personal
Digital Cellular); (iv) promulgated by the TIA and known
as
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IS-95 IS-95B, RTT MC 1X and 1X Plus and
1Xtreme Code Division Multiple Access services; (v) third
generation (3G) cellular standards currently under development and
known by such designations including 3GPP, UMTS, WCDMA and
CDMA2000; and (vi) fourth generation (4G) cellular communication
standards; and (vii) various derivations thereof that do not
fundamentally alter the character thereof (e.g., wireless
air-interface, framing structure, control, call set-up and
connection management); and (b) all technical specifications
promulgated or currently under development and known as IEEE 802
wireless network standards (including any and all international
versions thereof).
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TECHNOLOGY ACCESS AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER |
2.1 Access and
Transfer . During the period beginning on the Effective Date
and ending on June 1, 2005 (the “ Transfer Period
”), each party has the right to access and to copy any and
all portions of the Licensed Technology in the possession of the
other party in accordance with a reasonable request and schedule to
be mutually agreed upon by the parties. All costs associated with
the assembling, copying and delivering of such Licensed Technology
will be borne by the requesting party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the parties acknowledge and agree that except to the
extent otherwise expressly stated on any of Supplement B1
through Supplement B6 : (a) Freescale will have no
obligation to deliver, provide or make available to Motorola any
Freescale Process Technology; and (b) neither party will have any
obligation to deliver, provide or make available to the other party
any Technology licensed under any of Supplement B1 through
Supplement B6 .
2.2 Export Control.
Each party agrees it and each member of its Group will comply with
all applicable import and export laws, rules and regulations with
respect to the transfer of any Technology provided to it under this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
party acknowledges and agrees that such Technology is subject to
export controls under the laws and regulations of the United
States, including the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R.
Parts 730-774. Each party and the members of its Group will comply
strictly with all such United States export controls, and shall not
export, re-export, transfer, divert or disclose any Technology
provided hereunder, or any direct product thereof, to any
destination, end-use or end-user that is prohibited or restricted
under such United States export control laws and regulations,
except as specifically authorized by the Department of Commerce. If
requested by either party, the other party and any other member of
such party’s Group agrees to sign written assurances and
other export-related documents as may be required for such party or
each member of its Group to comply with U.S. export regulations.
This Section 2.2 (Export Control) will survive termination
of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
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TECHNOLOGY LICENSE TERMS |
3.1 Licensed Freescale
Technology Grant . Subject to the restrictions specified in
this Section 3.1 (Licensed Freescale Technology Grant), and
any additional restrictions set forth in the Supplements hereto,
Freescale hereby grants to each member of the Motorola Group
under
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the Freescale Non-Patent Intellectual
Property Rights in the Licensed Freescale Technology a personal,
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
royalty-free, paid-up right and license to continue to use any
Licensed Freescale Technology for the businesses in which any
member of the Motorola Group are now or hereafter engaged to: (a)
create Derivatives of the Licensed Freescale Technology; and (b)
use, reproduce, distribute, perform and display the Licensed
Freescale Technology and Derivatives (made pursuant to subsection
(a) above) of the Licensed Freescale Technology . Except as
expressly set forth in Section 3.3 (Procurement Rights), no
right is granted hereunder to any member of the Motorola Group to
sublicense or disclose any of the Licensed Freescale Technology to
any third Person, other than the sublicensing of Software in object
code form in connection with the sale of products or services of
the Motorola Group.
3.2 Licensed Motorola
Technology Grant . Subject to the restrictions specified in
this Section 3.2 (Licensed Motorola Technology Grant), and
any additional restrictions set forth in the Supplements hereto,
Motorola hereby grants to each member of the Freescale Group under
the Motorola Non-Patent Intellectual Property Rights in the
Licensed Motorola Technology a personal, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, paid-up
right and license to continue to use any Licensed Motorola
Technology for the businesses in which any member of the Freescale
Group are now or hereafter engaged to: (a) create Derivatives of
the Licensed Motorola Technology; and (b) use, reproduce,
distribute, perform and display the Licensed Motorola Technology
and Derivatives (made pursuant to subsection (a) above) of the
Licensed Motorola Technology . Except as expressly set forth
in Section 3.3 (Procurement Rights), no right is granted
hereunder to any member of the Freescale Group to sublicense or
disclose any of the Licensed Motorola Technology to any third
Person, other than the sublicensing of Software in object code form
in connection with the sale of products or services of the
Freescale Group.
3.3 Procurement Rights
.
(a) Subject to the
restrictions in this Article 3 (Technology License Terms),
and without limiting its other rights hereunder, each party and
each member of its Group may sublicense and disclose to any of its
suppliers, prospective suppliers or third Person joint developers
(under appropriate joint development agreements) the Licensed
Technology of the other party solely to the extent reasonably
necessary for the procurement by such party of components,
subsystems, subassemblies, products and/or services of the
businesses of such party. Such disclosure and/or license may only
be made for a bona fide business purpose for the benefit of a party
hereto.
(b) Each party agrees that it
will not make any portion of Licensed Technology of the other party
available to any such supplier, prospective supplier, or joint
developer except under terms and conditions (including
confidentiality, use and disclosure restrictions) normally used by
such party to protect its own intellectual property and proprietary
information of a similar nature.
(c) The rights granted
hereunder to each of the parties under this Section 3.3
(Procurement Rights) or otherwise under this Agreement, may not be
exercised by either party in a manner such that the exercise of
such party’s procurement rights is a sham to effect
the
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licensing of the Licensed
Technology of the other party or any portion thereof, to a third
Person and not for bona fide business purposes of such
party.
(d) Each party agrees that
prior to the disclosure of any portion of Licensed Technology of
the other party under this Section 3.3 (Procurement Rights),
it shall expunge all extraneous proprietary information of the
other party.
(e) Nothing in this
Section 3.3 (Procurement Rights), will be construed to
obligate either party to transfer or provide technical assistance
to third Persons with respect to the Technology that it has
licensed to the other party under this Agreement.
3.4 Restricted and Sector
Technology . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Article 3 (Technology License Terms): (a) each member of the
Freescale Group only has the applicable licenses set forth on
Supplement B1 – Supplement B6 , for the
applicable Motorola Sector Technology described therein; and (b) no
member of the Freescale Group has any right or license under this
Agreement with respect to any of the Motorola Restricted Technology
except if and to the extent such right or license is expressly set
forth in Supplement B1 – Supplement B6
.
3.5 Assignment of
Technology Licenses . The licenses granted to the members of
the Freescale Group under Section 3.2 (Licensed Motorola
Technology Grant) and Section 3.4 (Restricted and Sector
Technology) are assignable by Freescale only to the acquirer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the SPS Business, and
provided that: (a) all such licenses are assigned together (i.e.,
concurrently and to the same assignee); (b) the assignee expressly
assumes in writing acceptable to Motorola all obligations and
limitations under this Agreement with respect to such licenses; and
(c) such assigned licenses may be exercised by the assignee only in
connection with (i) the operation of the SPS Business, the
Semiconductor Products and assets of Freescale so sold or disposed
of, and (ii) with the authorization or approval of any governmental
authority as then may be required. Subject to the foregoing, the
Technology rights and licenses granted above shall continue in
accordance their terms with respect to the assignee as further set
forth in Section 9.2(c) . Any assignment or attempted
assignment in violation of the foregoing will be null and
void.
| 4. |
PATENT LICENSE AND NON-ASSERT |
4.1 Freescale General
Patent Terms .
(a) License (Equipment
Patent Claims) – Freescale hereby grants to each member
of the Motorola Group a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free, paid-up right and license under
Freescale Equipment Patent Claims to make, have made, use, sell,
offer for sale, and import and otherwise dispose of any products
designed substantially by or for any member of the Motorola Group,
except Semiconductor Products.
(b) License (IC Patent
Claims) – Freescale hereby grants to each member of the
Motorola Group a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free, paid-up right and license under
Freescale IC Patent Claims to: (i) use and have made
Semiconductor
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Products designed
substantially by or for any member of the Motorola Group; and (ii)
sell, offer for sale, and import and otherwise dispose of equipment
offered for sale by a member of the Motorola Group that
incorporates Semiconductor Products so made.
(c) Covenant Not to Assert
– Freescale hereby grants a personal, worldwide,
non-exclusive, non-transferable covenant that no member of the
Freescale Group will assert any Freescale IC Patent Claims against
any member of the Motorola Group or their respective customers or
distributors for using, having made, selling, importing or offering
for sale any Semiconductor Products embodied in a Motorola product;
provided, however, that the aforementioned covenant will not apply
to any stand-alone Semiconductor Product component offered for sale
or sold as a product except to the extent offered to an equipment
manufacturer for use in a Motorola product.
(d) Combination Claims
Excluded (Licensed Motorola Product) – The licenses
granted in this Section 4.1 (Freescale General Patent Terms)
include licenses to convey to any customer of any member of the
Motorola Group with respect to Motorola products that are sold or
leased by any member of the Motorola Group to such customer, rights
to use and resell such products as sold or leased by any member of
the Motorola Group; provided, however, that no rights may be
conveyed to customers with respect to any claim of a Freescale
Patent that is: (i) directed to a combination of a Motorola product
with any other product (including any other Motorola products);
(ii) directed to a method or process other than a method or process
the inventive steps of which are implemented primarily by a
Motorola product in the operation of such product, and (iii)
directed to a method or process involving the use of a Motorola
product to manufacture any other product or to test any such
manufactured product.
4.2 Freescale Supplier
Patent Covenants .
(a) Covenant Not to Assert
(Supplier Incorporated Motorola Technology) – Freescale
hereby grants a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable covenant that no member of the Freescale Group
will assert any Freescale Patent against any supplier or vendor to
any member of the Motorola Group for making, having made, selling,
importing or offering for sale any product supplied to any member
of the Motorola Group to the extent the alleged infringement
relates solely to Motorola Technology incorporated into such
product.
(b) Covenant Not to Assert
(Motorola Purchased Products) – Freescale hereby grants a
personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable covenant that
no member of the Freescale Group will assert any Freescale IC
Patent Claims against third Persons selling Semiconductor Products
to any member of the Motorola Group for direct infringement of the
Freescale IC Patent Claims by such Semiconductor Products sold for
use in Motorola products; provided, however, that the foregoing
covenant will not apply if:
(i) any member of the
Freescale Group is asserting Freescale IC Patent Claims in
conjunction with the Freescale Group’s general portfolio of
Patents against such third Person;
(ii) any member of the
Freescale Group is asserting such Freescale IC Patent Claims in a
patent cross-licensing negotiation to obtain licenses under the
third Person’s
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semiconductor patents for
Freescale Semiconductor Products in response to such third
Person’s claim or demand that such a license is required and,
if such third Person declines to take a license to such Freescale
IC Patent Claims, also where any member of the Freescale Group
subsequently files a lawsuit against such third Person for
infringement of such Freescale IC Patent Claims; provided, however,
that (A) the applicable member(s) of the Freescale Group agree not
to seek an injunction against the continued sale by the third
Person of such Semiconductor Products to any member of the Motorola
Group; and (B) members of the Freescale Group may seek monetary
damages for such infringement; or
(iii) Such third Person has a
written agreement with any member of the Freescale Group in which
such third Person has licensed the Freescale IC Patent Claims or in
which such third Person may elect to receive a license to such
Freescale IC Patent Claims.
(c) License Offer (Resold
Custom Products) – Freescale agrees that if a third
Person selling Semiconductor Products designed substantially by or
for any member of the Motorola Group requests a license from
Freescale under the Freescale IC Patent Claims, Freescale will
offer to license such claims on fair and reasonable terms and
conditions (including payment of royalties or other payments in
consideration for such license) to be negotiated between Freescale
and such third Person in good faith. For clarity, if such third
Person refuses to accept such terms and conditions for a license
under the relevant Freescale IC Patent Claims during a commercially
reasonable negotiation period, then members of the Freescale Group
will be free to exercise legal rights otherwise available to them
under the relevant Freescale IC Patent Claims.
4.3 Motorola General
Patent Terms .
(a) License (IC Patent
Claims) – Motorola hereby grants to each member of the
Freescale Group a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free, paid-up right and license under
Motorola IC Patent Claims to make, have made, use, sell, offer for
sale, import and otherwise dispose of Semiconductor Products,
Semiconductor Software and Manufacturing Apparatus in the Licensed
Field.
(b) License (Motorola
Wireless Patent Claims) – Motorola hereby grants to each
member of the Freescale Group a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free, paid-up right and license under
Motorola Wireless Patent Claims to make, have made, use, sell,
offer for sale, import and otherwise dispose of Freescale Wireless
Semiconductor Products and Manufacturing Apparatus.
(c) License (Development
Systems) – Motorola hereby grants to each member of the
Freescale Group a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free, paid-up right and license under
Motorola Equipment Patent Claims to make, have made, use, sell,
offer for sale, import and otherwise dispose of Development
Systems.
(d) Covenant Not to Assert
(Wireless Semiconductor Product) – Motorola hereby grants
a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable covenant
that no member of the Motorola Group will assert any Motorola
Patents against any member of the Freescale
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Group or their respective
distributors for making, having made, using, selling, importing or
offering for sale Wireless Semiconductor Products.
(e) Covenant Not to Assert
(Foundry Service Rights) – Motorola hereby grants a
personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable covenant that
no member of the Motorola Group will assert any Motorola IC Patent
Claims against any member of the Freescale Group or their
respective distributors for: (i) making Semiconductor Products
designed solely or jointly by or for a third Person, and (ii)
selling, offering to sell, importing or otherwise disposing of such
Semiconductor Products solely to such third Person.
(f) Combination Claims
Excluded (Licensed Freescale Products) – The licenses
granted in this Section 4.3 (Motorola General Patent Terms)
include licenses to convey to any customer of any member of the
Freescale Group, with respect to Manufacturing Apparatus,
Development System, Semiconductor Products, Semiconductor Software
and Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Products (collectively, the
“ Licensed Freescale Products ”) which are sold
or leased by any member of the Freescale Group to such customer,
rights to use and resell such products as sold or leased by any
member of the Freescale Group; provided, however, that no rights
may be conveyed to customers with respect to any claim of a
Motorola Patent which is: (i) directed to a combination of a
Licensed Freescale Product with any other product (including any
other Licensed Freescale Products); (ii) directed to a method or
process other than a method or process the inventive steps of which
are implemented primarily by a Licensed Freescale Product in the
operation of such product; or (iii) directed to a method or process
involving the use of a Licensed Freescale Product to manufacture
any other product and to test any such manufactured
product.
4.4 Motorola Customer
Patent Covenants .
(a) Non-Essential Patent
Covenants – Motorola hereby grants a personal, worldwide,
non-exclusive, non-transferable covenant that:
(i) for a period of five (5)
years after the Effective Date (the “ Wireless Transition
Period ”) no member of the Motorola Group will assert
Non-Essential Patent Claims against a third Person purchasing
Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Products from any member of the
Freescale Group or its distributors for direct infringement of such
Non-Essential Patent Claims by Freescale Wireless Semiconductor
Products sold by any member of the Freescale Group to such third
Person and incorporated by such third Person into Wireless
Equipment; and
(ii) no member of the
Motorola Group will assert Non-Essential Patent Claims against a
third Person purchasing Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Products
from any member of the Freescale Group or its distributors for
direct infringement of such Non-Essential Patent Claims by any
Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Product sold after the Wireless
Transition Period that was First Commercially Offered by any member
of the Freescale Group prior to June 1, 2006 (the “
Wireless Transition Products ”) and incorporated by
such third Person into Wireless Equipment;
provided , however , that
the foregoing covenants shall not apply: (A) where the applicable
third Person has a written agreement as of the Effective Date with
any member of the Motorola Group
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in which such third Person has licensed
Non-Essential Patent Claims or in which such third Person may elect
to receive a license to such Non-Essential Patent Claims; or (B) to
a product design or portion thereof provided by such third Person
and embodied in the Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Product (by
way of example and not limitation, the manufacturing process
employed by Freescale and any ASIC library tool or standard cell of
Freescale that is incorporated into a Freescale Wireless
Semiconductor Product shall be within the scope of the non-assert,
while a circuit or logic design provided by the third Person and
embodied in such Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Product shall be
outside the scope of the non-assert).
(b) Non-Essential Patent
Covenant Termination – Without limiting anything in this
Article 4 (Patent License and Non-Assert) the covenants set
forth in Section 4.4(a) (Non-Essential Patent Covenants)
shall automatically terminate with respect to a third Person in
response to such third Person’s: (i) claim or demand that a
license is required under any of its Patents; or (ii) seeking a
declaratory judgment of invalidity or non-infringement with respect
to any Patent of any member of the Motorola Group. For
clarification, a third Person’s assertion of a claim or
demand of a Patent against a member of the Motorola Group in
response to a member of the Motorola Group first asserting
Essential Patent Claims against such third Person will not cause
the covenants in Section 4.4(a) (Non-Essential Patent
Covenants) to terminate, unless and until such third Person asserts
in litigation a claim of patent infringement against any member of
the Motorola Group.
(c) Non-Essential Patent
Covenant Damages – The parties agree that:
(i) upon termination of the
covenants set forth in Section 4.4(a) (Non-Essential Patent
Covenants) pursuant to Section 4.4(b) (Non-Essential Patent
Covenant Termination), members of the Motorola Group may seek
damages from the applicable third Person for infringement of
Non-Essential Patent Claims; provided , however ,
that no damages will accrue with respect to accused Wireless
Equipment that incorporates a Freescale Wireless Semiconductor
Product and that is sold by such third Person prior to the
termination of such covenants as set forth in Section 4.4(b)
(Non-Essential Patent Covenant Termination); and
(ii) except to the extent
otherwise limited by the covenant set forth in Section
4.4(a)(ii) , upon expiration of the covenant set forth in
Section 4.4(a)(i) , members of the Motorola Group may seek
damages from applicable third Persons for infringement of
Non-Essential Patent Claims; provided , however that
no damages will accrue with respect to any accused Wireless
Equipment that is sold by such third Person prior to the expiration
of the Wireless Transition Period set forth in Section
4.4(a)(i) .
(d) Non-Essential Patent
Covenant Assertions – Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, after the expiration of the Wireless
Transition Period it shall not constitute a breach of the covenant
set forth in Section 4.4(a)(ii) if a member of the Motorola
Group asserts a Non-Essential Patent Claims against a third Person
purchasing Freescale Wireless Semiconductor Products from any
member of the Freescale Group or its distributors for direct
infringement of such Non-Essential Patent Claims by any Wireless
Transition Products incorporated into Wireless Equipment;
provided , however , that such member of the Motorola
Group ceases to assert such Non-Essential Patent Claims with
respect to Wireless Equipment for
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which Freescale provides
Motorola sufficient documentation that the Freescale Wireless
Semiconductor Product incorporated therein is a Wireless Transition
Product.
4.5 Assignment of Patent
Rights .
(a) The licenses granted to
the members of the Freescale Group under Section 4.3(a)
(License – IC Patent Claims), Section 4.3(b) (License
– Motorola Wireless Patent Claims) and Section 4.3(c)
(License – Development Systems) are assignable by Freescale
only to the acquirer of all or substantially all of the assets of
the SPS Business, and provided that: (i) all such licenses are
assigned together (i.e., concurrently and to the same assignee);
(ii) the assignee expressly assumes in writing acceptable to
Motorola all obligations and limitations under this Agreement with
respect to such licenses; and (iii) such assigned licenses may be
exercised by the assignee only in connection with (A) the operation
of the SPS Business, the Semiconductor Products and assets of
Freescale so sold or disposed of, and (B) with the authorization or
approval of any governmental authority as then may be required.
Further, the rights and licenses in favor of the assignee will be
the same as those as set forth in Section 9.2(a) as
applicable, depending on whether the assignor remains a separately
identifiable business.
(b) Freescale may not assign
any of its rights or privileges under Section 4.4 (Motorola
Customer Patent Covenants) or Section 4.3(d) (Covenant Not
to Assert – Wireless Semiconductor Product) without the prior
written consent of Motorola which consent may be withheld in its
sole and absolute discretion. The covenants not to sue as well as
the rights and obligations of Section 4.4 (Motorola Customer
Patent Covenants) and Section 4.3(d) (Covenant Not to Assert
– Wireless Semiconductor Product) are personal and will not
be assignable or transferable in the event of a Change of Control
of Freescale (whether by operation of law or otherwise), without
Motorola’s prior written consent, which consent may be
withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.
(c) Any assignment or
attempted assignment in violation of the foregoing will be null and
void.
(d) If any member of the
Motorola Group or Freescale Group, respectively, assigns to a third
Person any Motorola Patent or Freescale Patent that is otherwise
subject to any of the licenses or covenants set forth in Article
4 (Patent License and Non-Assert) then: (i) notwithstanding
such assignment, such assigned Motorola Patent or Freescale Patent,
as applicable, shall remain subject to the applicable licenses and
covenants set forth in Article 4 (Patent License and
Non-Assert); and (ii) the assigning party shall notify the third
Person assignee that the assigned Motorola Patent or Freescale
Patent, as applicable, shall remain subject to the applicable
licenses and covenants set forth in Article 4 (Patent
License and Non-Assert).
4.6 Sector Patent
License . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Article 4 (Patent License and Non-Assert), each member of
the Freescale Group only has the applicable licenses set forth on
Supplement B1 – Supplement B6 , for the
applicable Motorola Sector Patents, if any.
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4.7 Term of Patent
Licenses and Covenants . Except as expressly set forth above,
the term of the licenses and covenants granted under this
Article 4 (Patent License and Non-Assert), are for the lives
of the applicable Patents unless earlier terminated in accordance
with this Agreement.
4.8 Motorola Restricted
Technology . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Article 4 (Patent License and Non-Assert), no member of the
Freescale Group has any right or license under this Agreement with
respect to any Patents related to the Motorola Restricted
Technology except if and to the extent such right or license is
expressly set forth in Supplement B1 – Supplement
B6 .
4.9 Non-Exhaustion of
Patents .
(a) For the avoidance of
doubt, Freescale agrees that the covenants not to sue of Section
4.3(d) (Covenant Not to Assert – Wireless Semiconductor
Product) and Section 4.4 (Motorola Customer Patent
Covenants): (i) extend only to the members of the Freescale Group
and their respective distributors; (ii) do not constitute a
license; and (iii) do not constitute an unconditional sale or a
consent to an unconditional sale by Freescale that would exhaust
Motorola’s patent rights as to third parties with respect to
any Motorola Patent that is incorporated into, or would otherwise
be infringed by the use of Wireless Semiconductor Products. In the
event that, despite the parties’ intent, under the laws of
any jurisdiction covenants not to sue of the nature provided in
Section 4.3(d) (Covenant Not to Assert – Wireless
Semiconductor Product) or Section 4.4 (Motorola Customer
Patent Covenants) would exhaust Motorola’s patent rights in
any country, then Motorola and Freescale agree to meet promptly to
negotiate in good faith a mutually acceptable substitute provision
for such jurisdictions.
(b) For the avoidance of
doubt, Motorola agrees that the covenants not to sue of Section
4.1(c) (Covenant Not to Assert) and Section 4.2
(Freescale Supplier Patent Covenants): (ii) extend only to the
members of the Motorola Group and their respective customers or
distributors; (ii) do not constitute a license; and (iii) do not
constitute an unconditional sale or a consent to an unconditional
sale by Motorola that would exhaust Freescale’s patent rights
as to third parties with respect to any Freescale Patent that is
incorporated into, or would otherwise be infringed by the
manufacture or sale of Semiconductor Products or any other product.
In the event that, despite the parties’ intent, under the
laws of any jurisdiction covenants not to sue of the nature
provided in Section 4.1(c) (Covenant Not to Assert) or
Section 4.2 (Freescale Supplier Patent Covenants) would
exhaust Freescale’s patent rights in any country, then
Freescale and Motorola agree to meet promptly to negotiate in good
faith a mutually acceptable substitute provision for such
jurisdictions.
| 5. |
RETENTION, MAINTENANCE AND DEFENSE OF RIGHTS |
5.1 Retained Rights .
Neither party grants any license (or makes any covenant not to
assert) other than as expressly set forth in Article 3
(Technology License Terms), Article 4 (Patent License and
Non-Assert) and Supplements B1 thought Supplement B6
. Subject only to such licenses and covenants, each party retains
all right, title and interest (including all Patents
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and Non-Patent Intellectual Property
Rights), in and to its respective Technology, Patents and
Non-Patent Intellectual Property Rights. Without limiting the
foregoing, the party granting the license or non-assert with
respect to certain Technology or Patents will have the sole right
(but not the obligation) to file for, prosecute and maintain any
applications, registrations or recordation thereof and to bring any
action to enforce or otherwise seek to abate any infringement
thereof.
5.2 No Representations or
Warranties .
(a) FREESCALE (ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE FREESCALE GROUP) ACKNOWLEDGES AND
AGREES THAT: (i) NO MEMBER OF THE MOTOROLA GROUP IS MAKING IN THIS
AGREEMENT (OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR
OTHERWISE) ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
AS TO THE CONDITION, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF ANY
LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR LICENSED MOTOROLA TECHNOLOGY;
(ii) ALL SUCH LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR LICENSED MOTOROLA
TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE LICENSED ON AN “AS IS,”
“WHERE IS” BASIS; AND (iii) FREESCALE AND ITS
AFFILIATES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT ANY LICENSE
OR NON-ASSERT SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN IT THE
RIGHTS AND LICENSES PURPORTED TO BE GRANTED HEREUNDER.
(b) MOTOROLA (ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE MOTOROLA GROUP) ACKNOWLEDGES AND
AGREES THAT: (i) NO MEMBER OF THE FREESCALE GROUP IS MAKING IN THIS
AGREEMENT (OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR
OTHERWISE) ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
AS TO THE CONDITION, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF ANY
LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR LICENSED FREESCALE TECHNOLOGY;
(ii) ALL SUCH LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR LICENSED FREESCALE
TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE LICENSED ON AN “AS IS,”
“WHERE IS” BASIS; AND (iii) MOTOROLA AND ITS AFFILIATES
SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT ANY LICENSE OR
NON-ASSERT SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN IT THE RIGHTS
AND LICENSES PURPORTED TO BE GRANTED HEREUNDER.
5.3 Freescale Indemnified
Products .
(a) Obligation to
Defend – Subject to the limitations and exclusions stated
below, Freescale and each member of the Freescale Group will
defend, at Freescale’s expense, any Claim against Motorola
(which, for purposes of this Section 5.3 (Freescale
Indemnified Products) also includes “Motorola Indemnified
Parties” as defined in the Master Separation and Distribution
Agreement), and will indemnify and hold Motorola harmless from all
Damages awarded in the Suit or resulting from settlement of the
Suit or any Claim. “ Suit ” means a lawsuit
based on a Claim. For purposes of this Section, “
Claim ” means a claim that a product:
(i) furnished by the
Semiconductor Products Sector to Motorola prior to the Effective
Date (“ Intra-Company Product ”); or
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(ii) furnished by the
Semiconductor Products Sector to a third Person prior to the
Effective Date or by Freescale to a third Person (including,
without limitation, pursuant to Article 6 (Trademark
Transition) on or after the Effective Date ((i) and (ii),
collectively, “ Freescale Indemnified Products
”);
infringes a Patent or
Non-Patent Intellectual Property Right anywhere in the
world.
(b) Indemnification
Procedure – In connection with any Claim or Suit,
Motorola shall:
(i) promptly notify Freescale
in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after Motorola first
becomes aware of the Claim, and
(ii) gives Freescale sole
control of the Claim and all requested assistance for resolving the
Claim or defending the Suit.
Freescale will not be liable for the
settlement of a Claim made without Freescale’s prior written
consent unless Freescale breaches its duty to defend hereunder. If
any suit against Motorola involves a Claim as well as other claims
against Motorola, Freescale shall nonetheless be fully responsible
for defending, indemnifying and holding Motorola harmless from the
Claim(s), and shall provide reasonable cooperation to
Motorola’s counsel with respect to the other claims asserted
in such suit.
(c) Exclusions –
Freescale will have no obligation to defend, indemnify or hold
Motorola harmless to the extent:
(i) Motorola or any third
Person has altered the Intra-Company Product, and the alleged
infringement would not have occurred but for this
alteration;
(ii) Motorola or any third
Person has combined the Intra-Company Product with any other
products or elements not furnished by Freescale, and the alleged
infringement would not have occurred but for this
combination;
(iii) the Intra-Company
Products were designed or manufactured in accordance with
Motorola’s designs, specifications, or instructions (other
than those of the Semiconductor Products Sector), and the alleged
infringement would not have occurred but for these designs,
specifications or instructions; or
(iv) the Intra-Company
Product infringes Essential Patent Claims for which Freescale does
not have pass-through license rights that if extended to Motorola
would avoid such infringement.
(d) Remedies –
If the use or permitted resale of any Freescale Indemnified Product
is enjoined as a result of a Suit or in Freescale’s
reasonable belief is likely to be enjoined, Freescale, at
Freescale’s option, and at no expense to Motorola, will: (i)
obtain for Motorola the right to use or sell the Freescale
Indemnified Product; (ii) modify the Freescale Indemnified Product
to make it non-infringing without degrading it, (iii) substitute an
equivalent non-infringing product(s) reasonably acceptable to
Motorola and extend this indemnity to that
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product(s); or (iv) accept
the return of the Freescale Indemnified Product and refund Motorola
the purchase price paid for the Intra-Company Product, less a
reasonable charge for prior use, if any.
(e) Limitations on Payable
Damages –
(i) Except as expressly set
forth in (ii) below, Freescale’s total liability for damages
under this Section 5.3 (Freescale Indemnified Products),
with respect to any Suit or Claim with respect to an Intra-Company
Product will not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the net sales to
Motorola of the applicable Intra-Company Product (as recorded in
Motorola’s audited financial statements), plus
attorneys’ fees and costs related to such Claim.
(ii) Freescale’s total
liability under this Section 5.3 (Freescale Indemnified
Products) will be unlimited with respect to: (A) all products other
than Intra-Company Products, and (B) any Suit or Claim with respect
to Intra-Company Products where such Suit or Claim is brought as
part of a retaliatory action.
(iii) For purposes of the
foregoing, a “retaliatory action” means a third Person
claim against any member of the Motorola Group: (A) alleging that a
Freescale Intra-Company Product infringes such third Person’s
Patent or Non-Patent Intellectual Property Rights anywhere in the
world; and (B) that is asserted against Motorola within six (6)
months after any member of the Freescale Group has first asserted a
claim or action against such third Person.
(f) ENTIRE LIABILITY
– THIS SECTION CONTAINS (I) FREESCALE’S ENTIRE
LIABILITY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INFRINGEMENT OR MISAPPROPRIATION FOR FREESCALE INDEMNIFIED
PRODUCTS, AND (II) MOTOROLA’S EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AGAINST
FREESCALE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT OR
MISAPPROPRIATION OF FREESCALE INDEMNIFIED PRODUCTS. THESE REMEDIES
ARE PROVIDED IN LIEU OF ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTY AGAINST
INFRINGEMENT SPECIFIED IN THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.
(g) WITHOUT LIMITATION OF
FREESCALE’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION 5.3
(FREESCALE INDEMNIFIED PRODUCTS) WITH REGARD TO THIRD PARTY CLAIMS
AGAINST MOTOROLA INDEMNIFIED PARTIES, IN NO EVENT WILL FREESCALE OR
ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT, COLLATERAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST
PROFITS OF MOTOROLA OR ITS AFFILIATES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES
OR INJURIES UNDER THIS SECTION 5.3 (FREESCALE INDEMNIFIED
PRODUCTS).
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6.1 Transitional Trademark
License.
(a) Trademark License
Grant – Motorola grants Freescale a worldwide
royalty-free, personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to
continue to use the Motorola Trademarks in connection with the
manufacture, repair, maintenance, support, marketing, promotion,
distribution and sale of Semiconductor Products that have been
manufactured or masked out prior to or are being manufactured or
masked out as of the IPO Effective Date (a “ Trademark
Transition Product ”) for a period of eighteen (18)
months after the IPO Effective Date, except as otherwise specified
below (the “ Trademark License Period ”). For
purposes of this Article 6 (Trademark Transition), a
“Motorola Trademark” means a Trademark of Motorola
that, as of the Effective Date, is used on or connection with a
Trademark Transition Product.
(b) Quality Standards
– Without limiting anything set forth in this Article
6 (Trademark Transition), Freescale may only: (i) use the
Motorola Trademarks on or in connection with Transition Trademark
Products that meet the same product specifications and the general
standards of quality (including performance parameters) applicable
to the fabrication, performance, design, use, provision, and
support of such products (or products substantially similar
thereto) by Motorola prior to the IPO Effective Date; and (ii) use
the Trademark Transition Products in compliance with the
Motorola’s general trademark usage guidelines and standards
applicable to the manner in which Motorola Trademarks may be used
on marketing, advertising, and promotion materials.
(c) Quality Control
– As necessary to enable Motorola to maintain its rights
in and to the Motorola Trademarks and the goodwill represented
thereby, Freescale shall at regular periodic intervals and as
otherwise reasonably requested by Motorola, submit to Motorola
samples of its Transition Trademark Products and usage of the
Motorola Trademarks to enable Motorola to verify compliance with
the foregoing. All new usage of the Motorola Trademarks (e.g., on
new packaging, advertisements and other material) is subject to
Motorola’s prior written consent.
6.2 Trademark Transition
Efforts . As soon as practicable following the Effective Date,
Freescale shall cease use of all Motorola Trademarks by: (a)
removing, changing or covering external signage, building flags and
vehicle markings bearing or incorporating Motorola Trademarks not
later than six (6) months after the IPO Effective Date, except that
Freescale shall remove and make no further use of the sixty (60)
foot neon cube bearing the ‘M’ logo on its building in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia no later than eighteen (18) months after the
IPO Effective Date; (b) removing, changing or covering internal
signage incorporating Motorola Trademarks not later than eighteen
(18) months after the IPO Effective Date; (c) ceasing production of
promotional or advertising material bearing or incorporating
Motorola Trademarks in whatever medium not later than eighteen (18)
months after the IPO Effective Date; (d) changing stationery and
business cards bearing or incorporating Motorola Trademarks not
later than six (6) months after the IPO Effective Date; and (e)
ceasing use of Motorola Trademarks in Freescale’s corporate,
partnership, doing business as, and fictitious name no later than
the Distribution Date, except that Freescale may continue to use
the Motorola name, or similar reference approved by Motorola in
writing, in connection with a statement indicating that
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Freescale is a former Motorola company
for up to three (3) years after the IPO Effective Date. The parties
acknowledge that the laws of certain foreign jurisdictions may be
such that Freescale may not be able to meet its obligations under
this Section 6.2 (Trademark Transition Efforts) as of the
dates specified therein. In these circumstances, such dates will be
adjusted accordingly so that Freescale ceases its use as soon as
commercially possible in accordance with the relevant
laws.
6.3 Inventory and Stock
Exhaustion . Subject to Freescale’s compliance with the
foregoing, Freescale may use its inventory, stock or supply
(“ Freescale Inventory ”) of:
(a) Finished Goods
– goods fully assembled, manufactured, marked and bearing
Motorola Trademarks (the “ Finished Goods ”)
until the earlier of: (i) sixty (60) months after the IPO Effective
Date; or (ii) the date on which Freescale’s supply of such
Finished Goods in inventory as of the IPO Effective Date is
depleted; unless required otherwise by applicable State or Federal
laws or the laws of the relevant foreign jurisdiction.
(b) Reticles and Internal
Material – masks and reticles, tools, dies, equipment,
engineering/manufacturing drawings, archived collateral and
literature, manuals, work sheets, operating procedures, other
written materials which include or contain any Motorola Trademarks
for the life of such materials; provided, however, that: (i) such
matter may only be used for Freescale’s internal purposes
(except that with respect to archived collateral and literature,
Freescale may provide access to and grant the right to Freescale
customers to copy in electronic or other form); and (ii) all stock
of the foregoing is replaced in the ordinary course and such
replacements do not include or contain any Motorola
Trademarks.
For purposes of this Section 6.3
(Inventory and Stock Exhaustion), “Freescale Inventory”
includes inventory owned by Freescale but maintained at its
customer facilities. Notwithstanding anything in this Article
6 (Trademark Transition), Freescale will not be obligated to
retract or remark any packaging or inserts bearing Motorola
Trademarks that are otherwise already included in inventories of
Freescale or Freescale’s customers upon the expiration of the
Trademark License Period.
6.4 Restrictions and
Limitations.
(a) Retained Ownership
– Motorola will retain all right, title and interest in
and to Motorola Trademarks including, without limitation, the right
to use and license others to use such Motorola Trademarks in
connection with the marketing, offer or provision of any product or
service, including any product or service which competes with
Freescale products and services. All use of Motorola Trademarks,
including all goodwill accrued thereby, will inure to the benefit
of Motorola.
(b) Rights Not Granted
– Freescale may not use Motorola Trademarks in connection
with any product or service except as expressly set forth in this
Article 6 (Trademark Transition). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Freescale may not use the Motorola
Trademarks on any new stationery, new business cards, new building
signage, new building flags, new employee badges or new vehicle
markings after the Effective Date or to affix
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or use Motorola Trademarks on
or in connection with products other than Trademark Transition
Products.
(c) Change to Motorola
Trademarks – Freescale may not alter the placement or
appearance of the Motorola Trademarks on the Freescale Inventory,
except to obliterate or to cover the mark with a Freescale label.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if as a result of governmental
regulation or court order Motorola must modify or discontinue the
use of any of the Motorola Trademarks, Freescale shall, within
sixty (60) days of notice: (i) modify the Motorola Trademarks on
the Freescale Inventory as necessary to comply with such regulation
or order; or (ii) cease all use of the applicable Freescale
Inventory.
(d) Third Party Trademarks
– Without limiting the foregoing, Freescale is solely
responsible for obtaining any required consent from third Persons
to use any third Person Trademarks that may appear on the Freescale
Inventory. In addition, Freescale may not add any third Person
Trademarks to the Freescale Inventory without Motorola’s
prior written consent.
7.1 Confidential
Information . Each party and the members of such party’s
Group (collectively, the “ Receiving Party ”)
expressly acknowledges that in connection with this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the sector license terms set forth
in Supplement B1 through Supplement B6 ) members of
the party’s Group (collectively, the “ Disclosing
Party ”) has disclosed or may disclose or make available
information and material relating to the Disclosing Party’s
business or Technology which is confidential or proprietary in
nature (including, without limitation, information that embodies or
relates to Technology, any other technical, business, financial,
customer information, product development plans, supplier
information, forecasts, strategies and other confidential
information) which to the extent disclosed to the Receiving Party
is hereinafter referred to as “ Confidential
Information ” of the Disclosing Party provided such
information: (a) is disclosed in writing and conspicuously marked
“CONFIDENTIAL” or with words of similar effect; (b) is
disclosed orally after the Effective Date and is identified as
confidential information at the time of disclosure and, within
thirty (30) days of such disclosure, is summarized in a writing by
the Disclosing Party that is submitted to the Receiving Party and
that confirms the confidential nature of such information; or (c)
was disclosed orally prior to the Effective Date and specifically
identified in any of Supplement B1 through Supplement
B6 as confidential information.
7.2 Treatment of
Confidential Information . The Receiving Party will: (a) take
commercially reasonable precautions to protect such Confidential
Information consistent with all precautions the Receiving Party
usually employs with respect to its own comparable confidential
materials; (b) except as expressly provided in this Agreement, not
disclose any such Confidential Information to any third Person,
except under terms and conditions (including confidentiality, use,
and disclosure restrictions) normally used by the Receiving Party
to protect its own confidential or proprietary information of a
similar nature; and (c) not use or disclose such Confidential
Information except as necessary to exercise its rights and perform
its obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the sector license terms set forth in
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Supplement B1 through
Supplement B6 ) in accordance with any applicable
restrictions or obligations with respect thereto. Subject to the
limitations and requirements set forth in this Article 7
(Confidentiality) and elsewhere in this Agreement (including,
without limitation Section 3.3 (Procurement Rights)) the
Receiving Party may disclose Technology of the Disclosing Party to
a customer, supplier, prospective supplier or third Person joint
developer of the Receiving Party except as set forth in any of
Supplement B1 through Supplement B6 .
7.3 Exclusions .
Without granting any right or license, the Disclosing Party agrees
that Section 7.2 (Treatment of Confidential Information)
will not apply with respect to any information that the Receiving
Party can document: (a) is or becomes generally available to the
public through no improper action or inaction by the Receiving
Party or any of its Affiliates, agents, consultants or employees;
or (b) was properly in the Receiving Party’s possession or
known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party; or (c) was
rightfully disclosed to the Receiving Party by a third Person
provided the Receiving Party complies with restrictions imposed by
the third Person. The Receiving Party, with prior written notice to
the Disclosing Party, may disclose such Confidential Information to
the minimum extent possible that is required to be disclosed to a
governmental entity or agency, or pursuant to the lawful
requirement or request of a governmental entity or agency, provided
that reasonable measures are taken to guard against further
disclosure (including without limitation, seeking appropriate
confidential treatment or a protective order, or assisting the
Disclosing Party to do so) and has allowed the Disclosing Party to
participate in any proceeding that requires the
disclosure.
Except as expressly set forth
in any of Supplement B1 through Supplement B6 , the
parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that the licenses,
rights and obligations exchanged hereunder by the parties are of
substantially equal value, and accordingly, unless otherwise
expressly set forth in this Agreement (including any Supplements to
this Agreement), no payments or royalties will be due from or to
any party under this Agreement.
9.1 Group Member
Termination . If a Person ceases to be an Affiliate of a party
(i.e., ceases to be a member of such party’s Group), then
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary
(including the Supplements hereto): (a) all rights and license
granted with respect to such Person under this Agreement will
automatically terminate on the date such Person ceases to be an
Affiliate (except, however, as to product units already sold by
such Person as of such date); (b) all of the licenses and rights
granted by such Person with respect to the other parties hereunder
with respect to Patents of such Person for which applications were
filed prior to the date such Person ceases to be an Affiliate will
not be affected by such cessation; and (c) such Person’s
obligations under Section 2.2 (Export Control) and
Article 7 (Confidentiality) will survive, together with all
other obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the date
such Person ceases to be an Affiliate.
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9.2 Corporate Change
.
(a) If a party remains a
separate identifiable business after a Change of Control, the
Patent licenses and Patent-related rights granted to that party or
the members of its Group hereunder will continue in accordance with
the terms thereof with respect to such party. If a party does not
remain as a separate identifiable business after a Change of
Control, the Patent licenses and Patent-related rights granted to
that party hereunder will extend only to those products that such
party has offered for sale prior to such Change of Control and,
except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all other rights
and licenses will automatically terminate. Except as expressly set
forth above, in no event will the Patent licenses and
Patent-related rights granted to a party hereunder be extended to
any other Person involved in such Change of Control, without the
prior written consent of the party whose Patents are being
licensed, which consent may be withheld in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(b) In the event that either
party (the “ Acquiring Party ”) hereto acquires
any Person, then all Patent licenses and Patent-related rights
granted to the Acquiring Party hereunder: (i) may be sublicensed to
the acquired Person subject to the terms of this Agreement, if such
Person is not merged into the Acquiring Party; or (ii) may be
extended to all products and services manufactured by the portion
of the business previously operated by the acquired Person, if such
Person is merged into the Acquiring Party, provided
that:
(i) if the non-Acquiring
Party is Motorola, that Motorola is licensed under all Patents
owned or controlled by the acquired Person at the time of the
acquisition for which applications were filed prior to the one (1)
year anniversary of the Effective Date under the same terms and
conditions as apply to Freescale Patents, and
(ii) if the non-Acquiring
Party is Freescale, that Freescale is licensed under all Patents
owned or controlled by the acquired Person at the time of the
acquisition for which applications were filed prior to the one (1)
year anniversary of the Effective Date under the same terms and
conditions as apply to Motorola Patents .
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control of a party, the
Technology licenses granted hereunder will continue in accordance
with the terms thereof whether or not such party remains a separate
identifiable business after a Change of Control.
9.3 Material Breach .
No party may unilaterally terminate this Agreement, or any licenses
granted hereunder, for a material breach of this Agreement by
another party, provided, however, that each party will retain any
remedies for such breach that it may be entitled to in a court of
law or equity.
10.1 Governing Law .
The internal laws of the State of Delaware (without reference to
its principles of conflicts of law) govern the construction,
interpretation and other matters arising
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out of or in connection with this
Agreement and its exhibits and schedules (whether arising in
contract, tort, equity or otherwise).
10.2 Jurisdiction . If
any Dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement,
except as expressly contemplated by another provision of this
Agreement, the parties irrevocably (and the parties will cause each
other member of their respective Group to irrevocably): (a) consent
and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of federal and state
courts located in Delaware; (b) waive any objection to that choice
of forum based on venue or to the effect that the forum is not
convenient; and (c) WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW
ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL OR ADJUDICATION BY JURY.
10.3 Dispute
Resolution .
(a) Amicable Resolution
–
(i) Motorola and Freescale
mutually desire that friendly collaboration will continue between
them. Accordingly, they will try, and they will cause their
respective Group members to try, to resolve in an amicable manner
all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their
respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, including
any amendments hereto or thereto. In furtherance thereof, in the
event of any dispute or disagreement (a “ Dispute
”) between any Motorola Group member and any Freescale Group
member as to the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement
(or the performance of obligations hereunder), the matter, upon
written request of either party, will be referred for resolution to
a steering committee established pursuant to this Section
10.3(a) (Amicable Resolution) (the “ Steering
Committee ”). The Steering Committee will have eight (8)
members, four (4) of whom will be appointed by Motorola and four
(4) of whom will be appointed by Freescale. Each of Motorola and
Freescale will use its good faith efforts to avoid replacing the
initial members of the Steering Committee for the first year after
the Effective Date. Thereafter, Motorola and Freescale will, to the
extent practicable, honor the other party’s reasonable
objections to any replacements of Steering Committee members. While
any person is serving as a member of the Steering Committee, such
person may not designate any substitute or proxy for purposes of
attending or voting at a Steering Committee meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise specifically agreed
upon by the parties, the members comprising the steering committee
established for purposes of resolving Disputes under the Master
Separation and Distribution Agreement will constitute the Steering
Committee for purposes of resolving Disputes under this Agreement.
The Steering Committee will make a good faith effort to promptly
resolve all Disputes referred to it. Steering Committee decisions
made with the consent of at least three (3) Freescale members and
at least three (3) Motorola members will be binding on Motorola and
Freescale. If the Steering Committee does not agree to a resolution
of a Dispute within thirty (30) days after the reference of the
matter to it, each of Motorola and Freescale will be free to
exercise the remedies available to it under applicable law, subject
to Section 10.3(b) (Mediation and Alternate Dispute
Resolution). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 10 (Miscellaneous), any amendment to the terms of
this Agreement may only be effected in accordance with Section
10.10 (Amendment).
(ii) Between the Effective
Date and the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Steering
Committee will hold meetings every six (6) weeks on
dates
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established at the
organizational meeting of the Steering Committee, which will be
held as promptly as practicable after the Effective Date. Such
meeting dates may be rescheduled by the Steering Committee if it
becomes reasonably impracticable to hold such a meeting. After the
first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Steering Committee
will hold regularly scheduled meetings as determined by the
Steering Committee.
(b) Mediation and
Alternate Dispute Resolution – In the event any Dispute
cannot be resolved in a friendly manner as set forth in Section
10.3(a) (Amicable Resolution), the parties intend that such
Dispute be resolved by an alternative dispute resolution process
(“ ADR ”). If the Steering Committee is unable
to resolve the Dispute as contemplated by Section 10.3(a)
(Amicable Resolution), either Motorola or Freescale may demand
mediation of the Dispute by written notice to the other in which
case the two parties will select a mediator within ten (10) days
after the demand. Neither party may unreasonably withhold consent
to the selection of the mediator. The parties may agree to replace
mediation with some other form of non-binding ADR such as neutral
fact finding or mini-trial. The use of any ADR procedures will not
be construed under the doctrines of laches, waiver or estoppel to
affect adversely the rights of either party. Each of Motorola and
Freescale will bear its own costs of mediation or other form of
ADR, but both parties will share the costs of the mediator or other
arbiter equally.
(c) Non-Exclusive
Remedy – Nothing in this Section 10.3 (Dispute
Resolution) will prevent either Motorola or Freescale from
commencing formal litigation proceedings or seeking injunctive or
similar relief if: (i) the Dispute has not been resolved within
forty-five (45) days after commencement of the applicable ADR
process; or (ii) any delay resulting from efforts to mediate such
Dispute could result in serious and irreparable injury to either
Motorola, Freescale, or any member of either party’s
Group.
(d) Commencement of
Dispute Resolution Procedure – Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, Motorola and Freescale are the
only members of their respective Group entitled to commence a
dispute resolution procedure under this Agreement, whether pursuant
to this Section 10.3 (Dispute Resolution) or otherwise, and
each party will cause its respective Group members not to commence
any dispute resolution procedure other than through such party as
provided in this Section 10.3(d) .
10.4 Notices . Each
party giving any notice required or permitted under this Agreement
will give the notice in writing and use one of the following
methods of delivery to the party to be notified, at the address set
forth below or another address of which the sending party has been
notified in accordance with this Section 10.4 (Notices): (a)
personal delivery; (b) facsimile or telecopy transmission with a
reasonable method of confirming transmission; (c) commercial
overnight courier with a reasonable method of confirming delivery;
or (d) pre-paid, United States of America certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested. Notice to a party is effective for
purposes of this Agreement only if given as provided in this
Section 10.4 (Notices) and will be deemed given on the date
that the intended addressee actually receives the
notice.
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If to Motorola :
Motorola, Inc.
1303 East Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Attention: Chief Financial
Officer
Facsimile: 847.576.1402
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with a copy to:
Motorola, Inc.
1303 East Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 847.576.3628
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If to Freescale :
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
6501 William Cannon Drive
Austin, Texas 78737
Attention: Chief Financial
Officer
Facsimile: 512.895.8696
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with a copy to:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
7700 West Parmer Lane
Austin, Texas 78729
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 512.996.7697
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10.5 Binding Effect and
Assignment . This Agreement binds and benefits the parties and
their respective successors and assigns, except that (other than as
expressly provided in this Agreement, including Section 3.5
(Assignment of Technology Licenses) and Section 4.5
(Assignment of Patent Rights), or otherwise in connection with a
Change of Control of a party, subject to Section 9.2 (Change
of Control)), neither party may assign any of its rights or
delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the
written consent of the other party which consent may be withheld in
its sole and absolute discretion and any assignment or attempted
assignment in violation of the foregoing will be null and void.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Motorola may assign this
Agreement in connection with a merger transaction in which Motorola
is not the surviving entity or the sale of all or substantially all
of its assets.
10.6 Severability . If
any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this
Agreement will remain in full force, if the essential terms and
conditions of this Agreement for each party remain valid, binding
and enforceable.
10.7 Entire Agreement
. This Agreement, together with the Ancillary Agreements and each
of the exhibits and schedules appended hereto and thereto,
constitutes the final agreement between the parties, and is the
complete and exclusive statement of the parties’ agreement on
the matters contained herein and therein. All prior and
contemporaneous negotiations and agreements between the parties
with respect to the matters contained in this Agreement are
superseded by this Agreement. In event of any conflict between (a)
any provision in the Master Separation and Distribution Agreement
or any Contribution Agreement (as defined in the Separation and
Distribution Agreement) on the one hand, and (b) any specific
provision of this Agreement, on the other hand, pertaining to the
subject matter of this Agreement, the specific provisions of this
Agreement will control over the provisions in the Master Separation
and Distribution Agreement or such Contribution Agreement, as
applicable.
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10.8 Counterparts .
The parties may execute this Agreement in multiple counterparts,
each of which constitutes an original as against the party that
signed it, and all of which together constitute one agreement. The
signatures of both parties need not appear on the same counterpart.
The delivery of signed counterparts by facsimile or email
transmission that includes a copy of the sending party’s
signature is as effective as signing and delivering the counterpart
in person.
10.9 Expenses . Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any of the other Ancillary
Agreements or any other agreement between the parties contemplated
hereby, all costs, fees and expenses of either party in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be paid
by the party that incurs such costs and expenses.
10.10 Amendment . The
parties may amend this Agreement only by a written agreement signed
by each party to be bound by the amendment and that identifies
itself as an amendment to this Agreement.
10.11 Waiver . The
parties may waive a provision of this Agreement only by a writing
signed by the party intended to be bound by the waiver. A party is
not prevented from enforcing any right, remedy or condition in the
party’s favor because of any failure or delay in exercising
any right or remedy or in requiring satisfaction of any condition,
except to the extent that the party specifically waives the same in
writing. A written waiver given for one matter or occasion is
effective only in that instance and only for the purpose stated. A
waiver once given is not to be construed as a waiver for any other
matter or occasion. Any enumeration of a party’s rights and
remedies in this Agreement is not intended to be exclusive, and a
party’s rights and remedies are intended to be cumulative to
the extent permitted by law and include any rights and remedies
authorized in law or in equity.
10.12 Authority . Each
of the parties hereto represents to the other that: (a) it has the
corporate or other requisite power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, (b) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other action, (c) it has duly and validly
executed and delivered this Agreement, and (d) this Agreement is a
legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it and its
Affiliates in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equity
principles.
10.13 Construction of
Agreement .
(a) Where this Agreement
states that a party “ will ” or “
shall ” perform in some manner or otherwise act or
omit to act, it means that the party is legally obligated to do so
in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) The captions, titles and
headings, and table of contents, included in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and do not affect this Agreement’s
construction or interpretation. When a reference is made in this
Agreement to an Article or a Section, exhibit or schedule, such
reference will be to an Article or Section of, or an exhibit or
schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
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(c) This Agreement is for the
sole benefit of the parties and the respective Group members of the
parties hereto (and their respective customers as specifically
provided in this Agreement) and, except for the indemnification
rights of the Motorola Indemnified Parties under Section 5.3
(Freescale Indemnified Products) of this Agreement, does not, and
is not intended to, confer any rights or remedies in favor of any
Person (including any employee or stockholder of Motorola or
Freescale) other than the parties signing this Agreement and their
respective Group members.
(d) The words “
including ,” “ includes ,” or
“ include ” are to be read as listing
non-exclusive examples of the matters referred to, whether or not
words such as “ without limitation ” or “
but not limited to ” are used in each
instance.
(e) Any reference in this
Agreement to the singular includes the plural where appropriate.
Any reference in this Agreement to the masculine, feminine or
neuter gender includes the other genders where appropriate. For
purposes of this Agreement, after the Effective Date, the SPS
Business will be deemed to be the business of Freescale and the
Freescale Group, and all references made in this Agreement to
Freescale as a party which operates as of a time following the
Effective Date, will be deemed to refer to all members of the
Freescale Group as a single party, where appropriate.
(f) Unless otherwise
expressly specified, all references in this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement to “ dollars ” or “
$ ” means United States Dollars. If any payment
required to be made hereunder is denominated in a currency other
than United States Dollars, such payment will be made in United
States Dollars and the amount thereof will be computed using
Motorola’s P&L rate for the current month.
(g) Any reference in this
Agreement to a “ member ” of a Group means a
party to this Agreement or another Person referred to in the
definition of Freescale Group or Motorola Group, as
applicable.
(h) Any reference in this
Agreement to the products of a party (e.g., a “Motorola
product” or “Freescale Wireless Semiconductor
Product”) includes products of any member of such
party’s Group and any reference in this Agreement to the
Patent or Non-Patent Intellectual Property Rights of a party means
the Patent or Non-Patent Intellectual Property Rights of any member
of such party’s Group.
10.14 Performance .
Motorola shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the
performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth
in this Agreement to be performed by any member of the Motorola
Group. Freescale shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees
the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set
forth in this Agreement to be performed by any member of the
Freescale Group. Each party further agrees that it will cause its
other Group members not to take any action or fail to take any
action inconsistent with such party’s obligations under this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting
the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement, the parties shall
cause each member of their respective Group to: (a) comply with all
applicable limitations and restrictions with respect to the
licenses, rights and covenants granted by, to or on behalf of such
member under this Agreement; and (b) make such license grants or
covenants (or take such other
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action) as may be necessary to make
effective the licenses, covenants and other rights granted by the
parties under this Agreement.
[S IGNATURE
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties
has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by a duly
authorized officer on the day and year first above
written.
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MOTOROLA, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Jonathan P.
Meyer
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Name:
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Jonathan P. Meyer
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President and Director, Patents, Trademarks and
Licensing |
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FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Ray Burgess
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Name:
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Ray Burgess
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Title:
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Corporate Vice President, Director of
Strategy
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE
AGREEMENT
TABLE OF
SUPPLEMENTS
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Motorola
Restricted Technology |
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B1 |
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Sector
License Terms – Broadband Communications Sector |
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B2 |
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Sector
License Terms – Commercial, Government & Industrial
Solutions Sector |
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B3 |
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Sector
License Terms – Global Telecom Solutions
Sector/iDEN |
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B4 |
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Sector
License Terms – Integrated Electronic Systems
Sector |
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License Terms – Personal Communications Sector |
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License Terms – Motorola Laboratories and
Software |
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Glossary
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE
AGREEMENT
SUPPLEMENT A MOTOROLA
RESTRICTED TECHNOLOGY
“ Celestri Satellite
Technology ” means all confidential and proprietary
Technology owned or licensable by any member of the Motorola Group
that relates to: (a) system concepts or designs developed by
Motorola for any combined GEO/LEO satellite broadband data
transmission system, concepts, together with any systems, concepts,
studies, or research from any predecessor programs to such combined
GEO/LEO satellite broadband data transmission system; and (b) the
number and arrangement of satellites, capacity enhancement
strategies, network transport protocols, network topologies,
network routing and operation concepts, network control, system
control, and methods of hand-off.
“ Iridium Satellite
Technology ” means all confidential and proprietary
Technology owned or licensable by any member of the Motorola Group
that relates to: (a) system concepts or designs developed by
Motorola for any primarily voice, narrowband satellite-based
telecommunications system, concepts, or studies; and (b) the number
and arrangement of satellites, capacity enhancement strategies,
network transport protocols, network topologies, network routing
and operation concepts, network control, system control and methods
of hand-off.
“ Teledesic Satellite
Technology ” means all confidential and proprietary
Technology owned or licensable by any member of the Motorola Group
that relates to: (a) system concepts or designs developed by
Motorola for a satellite-based broadband system for the
transmission of communications and data, such system including
satellites; ground-based sites, equipment, and facilities to
operate and manage the satellites and the communications links of
the system; one or more network control systems; and ground-based
equipment and Software which is used by subscribers for sending and
receiving communications through the system; and (b) the number and
arrangement of satellites, capacity enhancement strategies, network
transport protocols, network topologies, network routing and
operation concepts, network control, system control, and methods of
hand-off.
“ iDEN Technology ”
means all confidential and proprietary Technology (other than
Freescale Technology embedded in or used for the design of
Semiconductor Products), patented or otherwise, owned or licensable
by any member of the Motorola Group that relates to products,
systems, concepts or designs developed by/for Motorola with respect
to a wireless communications technology commonly referred to as
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) Technology that: (a)
supports voice, circuit data, packet date, short messaging and
dispatch radio (two way radio) functionality in a single mobile
phone device; (b) is based on digital TDMA (Time Division Multiple
Access); and (c) uses QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)
techniques. iDEN Technology includes all enhancements and
improvements to such Technology including, but not limited to,
WiDEN.
A-1
“ CGISS Communication
Technology ” means all confidential and proprietary
Technology (other than Freescale Technology embedded in or used for
the design of Semiconductor Products), patented or otherwise, owned
or licensable by any member of the Motorola Group that relates to
products, systems, concepts or designs developed by/for Motorola
with respect to:
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the following standards formulated by the European
Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI): (i) Terrestrial
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