EXHIBIT 10.22
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT
AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
This Master
Services Agreement and Intellectual Property Assignment (the
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 1st day
of April, 2005 (the “Effective Date”) by and between
TRANSMETA CORPORATION (“COMPANY”), a California
corporation, and MICROSOFT CORPORATION
(“MICROSOFT”), a Washington corporation, with its
principal business offices located at One Microsoft Way, Redmond,
WA 98052.
In consideration
of the covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, MICROSOFT
and COMPANY agree as follows:
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Services .
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(a) COMPANY shall perform as a
“work for hire” the services for MICROSOFT that are
described on the Schedules as may be attached hereto from time to
time by mutual written agreement of the parties and such services
shall include any materials, inventions, ideas, designs, concepts,
techniques, discoveries, or improvements created by COMPANY by use
of or exposure to Microsoft Confidential Information (the
“WORK”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, and on the price, delivery dates and specifications
described in the applicable Schedule for the WORK. The Schedules
shall be in the form attached hereto and shall be signed by both
parties, numbered with an individual Contract Number, and attached
to this Agreement. COMPANY is not obligated to perform any WORK
hereunder and MICROSOFT has not contracted for any WORK unless and
until a Schedule is executed by both parties and attached
hereto.
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(b) Subcontracting .
COMPANY shall not subcontract any part or all of the WORK to any
third party (hereafter, “Subcontractor”) without
MICROSOFT’s prior express written consent. If MICROSOFT
consents to the use of a Subcontractor, COMPANY shall:
(a) guarantee Subcontractor’s fulfillment of the
applicable COMPANY obligations hereunder; (b) make all
payments to Subcontractor for WORK performed; and
(c) indemnify MICROSOFT for all damages and costs of any kind
incurred by MICROSOFT or any third party that are caused by
Subcontractor and arise out of Subcontractor’s performance of
the WORK. MICROSOFT may in its sole discretion require that a
Subcontractor execute a separate written agreement that includes
the same or similar provisions as are contained in this
Agreement.
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Delivery Schedule
. COMPANY shall complete
and deliver the WORK to MICROSOFT according to the delivery
schedule and in conformance with the specifications described in
the applicable Schedule for such WORK. MICROSOFT shall evaluate the
WORK and shall submit a written or verbal notice of acceptance or
rejection to COMPANY within * * * after MICROSOFT’s receipt
of the WORK, or such other time as reasonable under the
circumstances. Conformity to specifications and COMPANY’s
warranties herein shall solely determine MICROSOFT’s right to
accept or reject the WORK, and to the extent that the applicable
specifications are not specific or definitive, then acceptance or
rejection also may be based upon the fitness of the WORK for
MICROSOFT’s intended purpose. If rejected, COMPANY shall
promptly correct the WORK. If COMPANY fails to correct the WORK
within * * * after notice of rejection or other reasonable period
agreed to by the parties, MICROSOFT may terminate the applicable
Schedule to this Agreement, or the applicable portion thereof, and
receive a full refund of amounts paid under such Schedule for the
rejected WORK. If the WORK is rejected as provided above, MICROSOFT
may, at its option and upon written notice to COMPANY, terminate
the applicable Schedule or the applicable portion thereof, for a
full refund of amounts paid under such Schedule for such rejected
WORK.
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Payment
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(a) Payment Amount .
MICROSOFT shall pay COMPANY for the WORK as described on the
applicable Schedule for such WORK (“Service Fees”).
Except as indicated by COMPANY, the Service Fees are inclusive of
all taxes that COMPANY may be assessed in the performance of its
obligations pursuant to this Agreement and COMPANY shall pay same
and shall not pass same on to MICROSOFT. Under no circumstances may
COMPANY include on its invoices charges arising out of or related
to researching, reporting on or correcting tax, accounting or
reconciling errors or shortfalls of which it has been
notified.
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(b) Payment Terms .
Upon receipt of a correct and undisputed invoice from COMPANY,
MICROSOFT shall pay such invoice * * * Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all payments due hereunder are conditioned upon
MICROSOFT’s written acceptance of the WORK. COMPANY shall
bear sole responsibility for all expenses incurred in connection
with the performance of the WORK, unless otherwise agreed to in
advance and in writing by MICROSOFT.
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(c) Microsoft Invoice .
COMPANY shall invoice MICROSOFT for all amounts due under this
Agreement via the MICROSOFT Invoice online tool, in accordance with
the then-current requirements set forth at
http://invoice.MICROSOFT.com. Without limitation, COMPANY’s
invoices shall set forth all amounts due from MICROSOFT to COMPANY,
and shall contain sufficient detail to allow MICROSOFT to determine
the accuracy of the amount(s) billed. All invoices shall be
expressed and payable in U.S. dollars.
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(d) Payment Method .
Payments by MICROSOFT shall be made according to MICROSOFT’s
then-current payment policies, which may include payment via ACH
electronic payment to COMPANY’s financial institution
pursuant to instructions supplied to MICROSOFT by COMPANY in
MICROSOFT’s ACH Electronic Payment form.
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(e) Disputed Amounts .
MICROSOFT may dispute any payable amount by notice to COMPANY
orally or in writing within * * * of MICROSOFT’s receipt of
the invoice, which claim of dispute may concern not only the
accuracy of the charge itself, but also any claim of deficient
services or performance, or any other claim of breach of this
Agreement that relates to the specific charges in the invoice. Any
partial payment of an invoice shall be deemed notice by MICROSOFT
of the disputed amount. All disputed amounts that MICROSOFT
subsequently agrees in writing to pay, or that are required to be
paid pursuant to a proper court order or award from any mutually
submitted arbitration, shall be paid on the payment terms set forth
in subsection (2.b) above. Payment of an invoice without asserting
a dispute is not a waiver of any claim or right. Failure by
MICROSOFT to dispute any invoiced amount within the periods set
forth above shall not be deemed a waiver of any claims that were
unknown to MICROSOFT at the time.
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Non-Disclosure
. COMPANY agrees that at
all times during the term of this Agreement, and for five
(5) years thereafter, COMPANY will hold in strictest
confidence, and will not use or disclose to any third party, any
confidential information of MICROSOFT. The term “MICROSOFT
Confidential Information” shall mean all non-public
information that MICROSOFT designates as being confidential, or
which, under the circumstances of disclosure ought to be treated as
confidential. “MICROSOFT Confidential Information”
includes, without limitation, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, information relating to released or unreleased MICROSOFT
software or hardware products, marketing or promotion of any
MICROSOFT product, business policies or practices of MICROSOFT,
customers or suppliers of MICROSOFT, or information received from
others that MICROSOFT is obligated to treat as confidential. If
COMPANY has any questions as to what comprises such confidential
information, COMPANY agrees to consult with MICROSOFT.
“MICROSOFT Confidential Information” shall not include
information that was known to
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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COMPANY prior to MICROSOFT’s
disclosure to COMPANY, or information that becomes publicly
available through no fault of COMPANY.
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Ownership of WORK; Assignment of
Rights to MICROSOFT .
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(a) The WORK has been specially
ordered and commissioned by MICROSOFT and may be incorporated in
existing MICROSOFT works as a compilation or collective work.
COMPANY agrees that all copyrights in the WORK shall be owned by
MICROSOFT and the WORK shall be a “work made for hire”
for copyright purposes.
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(b) COMPANY hereby assigns to
MICROSOFT, its successors and assigns, all rights, title and
interest in and to the WORK including, without limitation, the
following:
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(i) any copyrights
that COMPANY may possess or acquire in the WORK and all copyrights
and equivalent rights in the WORK throughout the world, including
all renewals and extensions of such rights that may be secured
under the laws now or hereafter in force and effect in the United
States of America or in any other country or countries;
(ii) all rights in
and to any inventions, ideas, designs, concepts, techniques,
discoveries, or improvements, whether or not patentable, embodied
in the WORK or developed in the course of COMPANY’s creation
of the WORK, including, but not limited to, all trade secrets,
utility and design patent rights and equivalent rights in and to
such inventions and designs throughout the world, regardless of
whether or not legal protection for the WORK is sought;
(iii) any
documents, magnetically or optically encoded media, or other
materials created by COMPANY under this Agreement; and
(iv) the right to
sue for infringements which may occur before the date of this
Agreement, and to collect and retain damages from any such
infringements.
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(c) At MICROSOFT’s
expense, COMPANY shall execute and deliver such instruments and
take such other action as may be requested by MICROSOFT to perfect
or protect MICROSOFT’s rights in the WORK and to carry out
the assignments contemplated in subparagraph (b) of this
Section. In this regard, COMPANY agrees to cooperate with MICROSOFT
in the filing and prosecution of any copyright or patent
applications that MICROSOFT may elect to file on the WORK or
inventions and designs relating to the WORK. MICROSOFT acknowledges
that COMPANY has taken no action to assist in the registration of
the copyrights or the WORK and will do so only as and when
requested by MICROSOFT.
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(d) To the maximum extent
permitted by law, COMPANY waives all moral rights in the
WORK.
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(e) COMPANY has developed the
WORK based on its Background Technology (defined as any knowledge,
patents or copyrights developed prior the date of signing this
Agreement). The Transmeta Code Morphing Software shall be
considered COMPANY Background Technology. The parties agree that
the Background Technology is not “work for hire” as
that term is defined under U.S. copyright law, and that as a result
COMPANY shall retain all rights, including copyrights, patents,
trade secrets and any other proprietary rights to the Background
Material. COMPANY hereby grants to MICROSOFT a worldwide,
irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid up, license to use and
distribute and otherwise exploit any Background Technology which is
included in the WORK. By means of example and not by limitation, if
the WORK could not, in a commercially reasonable way, be utilized
by MICROSOFT without specific rights to the Background Technology,
COMPANY would provide MICROSOFT with the rights described above.
Continuing with another example, if
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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the
COMPANY provides to MICROSOFT the WORK and includes with the WORK
the Background Technology, the act of providing these components
together would not result in a license from COMPANY to MICROSOFT in
the Background Technology.
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COMPANY Warranties
. COMPANY warrants
that:
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(a) COMPANY has full and
exclusive right and power to enter into and perform according to
the terms of this Agreement;
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(b) The WORK as delivered to
MICROSOFT does not infringe any copyright, patent, trade secret,
trademark, or other proprietary right held by any third
party;
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(c) The WORK will meet the
specifications listed in the applicable Schedule, will be complete
and accurate, and will comply with all applicable laws and
regulations;
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(d) The WORK will be created by
employees of COMPANY within the scope of their employment and under
written obligation to assign all right, title and interest in the
WORK, including, without limitation, the rights enumerated and
assigned to MICROSOFT in Section 5 above to COMPANY, or with
MICROSOFT’s prior written consent, by independent contractors
under written obligations to assign all right, title and interest
in the WORK to COMPANY including, without limitation, the rights
enumerated and assigned to MICROSOFT in Section 5
above;
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(e) The WORK will either be
originally created by COMPANY, or COMPANY will obtain all necessary
rights to the WORK to transfer ownership to MICROSOFT as required
by Section 5 above. Further, COMPANY will not incorporate into
the WORK any third party product, software, or other materials for
which the intellectual property rights are not owned solely by
COMPANY without the express written permission of
MICROSOFT;
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(f) The services provided by
COMPANY shall be performed in a professional manner and shall be of
a high grade, nature, and quality;
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(g) COMPANY’s employees
shall, while on MICROSOFT property or conducting any MICROSOFT
related business, comply with all MICROSOFT policies and applicable
local, state and federal laws, including specifically all laws
prohibiting harassment of any kind in the workplace. COMPANY
assumes all responsibility for providing to its employees any
training that may be required to insure compliance with such laws.
Further, COMPANY warrants that when COMPANY’s employees
require cardkey access to MICROSOFT facilities and/or an account on
MICROSOFT’s email system, that COMPANY and its employees
assigned to MICROSOFT will execute all applicable agreement(s)
required by MICROSOFT and will comply with all vendor policies then
in effect, and COMPANY agrees to immediately remove upon
MICROSOFT’s request any of its employees who fail to comply
with such policies, laws, and regulations. If COMPANY’s
services are provided on MICROSOFT property, COMPANY warrants that
none of the individuals placed at MICROSOFT have been convicted of
a felony as an adult within the seven (7) years prior to their
assignment at MICROSOFT; and
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(h) COMPANY warrants that any
software portion of the WORK is not, and when delivered to
MICROSOFT shall not be, in whole or in part, governed by an
Excluded License. An “Excluded License” is any license
that requires , as a condition of use, modification
and/or distribution of software subject to the Excluded License,
that such software and/or other software combined and/or
distributed with such software be (i) disclosed or distributed
in source code form; (ii) licensed for the purpose of making
derivative works; or (iii) redistributable at no
charge.
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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THE PARTIES
EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE FOLLOWING SECTION 7
“INDEMNITY” WAS READ AND REVIEWED BY EACH AND SUBJECT
TO NEGOTIATION:
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(a) COMPANY shall indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless MICROSOFT and its successors, officers,
directors, employees, agents, contractors, and assigns
(collectively, “Indemnified Party”) from all causes of
action, claims, demands, costs, expenses, losses, suits,
proceedings, damages, and liabilities of any kind (including
without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred) that
are threatened, asserted or filed against any Indemnified Party
(collectively, “Claims”) to the extent such Claims
arise out of or relate to the WORK or this Agreement or any
Schedule hereunder (except to the comparative extent that such
Claims result from the negligent or willful acts of any Indemnified
Party), and include without limitation the following:
(i) bodily injury or death to any person (including without
limitation bodily injury or death to COMPANY, or COMPANY’s
employee or agent); (ii) damage, loss or disappearance of any
property; (iii) any allegation that, if true, would constitute
a breach of COMPANY’s representations and warranties set
forth herein or that arise by operation of law; and/or
(iv) any act or omission of COMPANY or COMPANY’s
employees or agents.
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(b) Additional Remedy .
If any WORK or portion thereof is held to constitute an
infringement of a third party proprietary right and use of it as
contemplated by this Agreement and any Schedule hereunder is
enjoined or threatened to be enjoined, COMPANY shall notify
MICROSOFT and immediately, at COMPANY’s expense:
(i) procure for MICROSOFT the right to continue the use, sale,
and/or marketing of the WORK (or portion thereof), or
(ii) replace or modify the WORK (or portion thereof) so that
it is non-infringing and meets the requirements of the
Schedule A and this Agreement to MICROSOFT’s
satisfaction. If (i) or (ii) are not available or are
otherwise not fulfilled, then in addition to any damages or
expenses reimbursed under this Section 7 or otherwise
available to MICROSOFT, COMPANY shall refund to MICROSOFT all
amounts paid by MICROSOFT under this Agreement.
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(c) Claims . If
MICROSOFT seeks indemnification for a Claim, MICROSOFT shall
provide COMPANY with: (a) reasonably prompt written notice of
the Claim and permit COMPANY, through mutually acceptable legal
counsel, to answer and defend the Claim, and (b) at
COMPANY’s expense, information and reasonable assistance to
help defend the Claim. COMPANY may, upon prior written notice to
MICROSOFT, undertake to conduct all proceedings or negotiations for
a Claim and to assume its defense, and COMPANY shall also undertake
all other required steps to settle or defend the Claim, including
without limitation the employment of legal counsel satisfactory to
MICROSOFT and payment of all expenses. MICROSOFT shall have the
right to employ separate legal counsel and participate in the
defense of any Claim. COMPANY shall reimburse MICROSOFT upon demand
for all payments made or loss suffered by it based on the judgment
of any court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a bona fide
compromise or settlement of the Claim. COMPANY may not settle any
Claim on MICROSOFT’s behalf, or publicize the settlement of
any Claim, without first obtaining MICROSOFT’s express
written permission.
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(d) Bodily Injury or Death
Claims . Except to the extent prohibited by law and solely with
respect to bodily injury or death claims by or on behalf of
individuals who fall within the scope of the foregoing indemnity,
COMPANY expressly waives immunity under industrial insurance laws,
including but not limited to Title 51 of the Revised Code of the
State of Washington, if applicable.
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(e) Indemnification for
Other Damages . COMPANY shall fully compensate, reimburse at
estimated retail price, and indemnify MICROSOFT for loss or damage
caused by COMPANY (or by any COMPANY employee or agent) through
unlawfully, improperly, or without prior authorization
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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from MICROSOFT removing, retaining,
possessing, misappropriating, or failing to return, any
Confidential Information, and/or MICROSOFT property.
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Termination .
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(a) This Agreement shall
commence as of the Effective Date and shall terminate upon * * *
prior written notice by either party, provided COMPANY must
complete all WORK described in any Schedule executed and attached
hereto unless otherwise agreed by MICROSOFT.
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(b) MICROSOFT shall have the
right to cancel any Schedule with or without cause. In the event
MICROSOFT cancels the Schedule, MICROSOFT will provide COMPANY
written notice of such cancellation. Upon receipt of such notice,
COMPANY will discontinue all work thereunder. Except in cases of
cancellation for cause as specified elsewhere in this Agreement,
MICROSOFT will pay for all work performed by COMPANY up until the
date of receipt of the cancellation notice. Further for such
termination of a Schedule without cause the parties agree as
follows:
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(i)
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The
parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to identify other
project(s) (“Replacement Project”) within MICROSOFT
which are at least equal in monetary value to the Schedule
terminated by MICROSOFT under Section 8(b) above. Should such a
project be identified, the parties will create a Schedule for the
performance of such WORK by COMPANY.
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(ii)
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To
the extent that the parties are not able to identify any
Replacement Project(s), COMPANY shall invoice MICROSOFT and
MICROSOFT agrees to pay the lesser of either * * * or the amount
remaining to be invoiced on the original Schedule.
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(c) Following completion of or
cancellation of each Schedule, or in the event of termination of a
Schedule or this Agreement, COMPANY agrees to deliver to MICROSOFT
all drawings, blueprints, notes, memoranda, specifications,
designs, devices, documents and any other material containing or
disclosing any confidential or proprietary information of
MICROSOFT. COMPANY will not retain any such materials, or copies
thereof, without MICROSOFT’s written approval.
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(d) In the event of
cancellation of a Schedule or termination of this Agreement and
upon request by MICROSOFT, COMPANY agrees to turn over to MICROSOFT
all work in progress applicable to such Schedule within * *
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(e) In the event of termination
or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, Sections 4, 5,
6, 7, 8(c), (d) and (e), 9, and 11 shall survive
termination.
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Notices .
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All
notices, authorizations, and requests sent to either party in
connection with this Agreement shall be deemed given on the day
they are either (a) deposited in the U.S. mail, postage
prepaid, certified or registered, return receipt requested or
(b) sent by air express courier with charges prepaid, and
addressed as follows (or to such other address as the party to
receive the notice or request so designates by written notice to
the other party):
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Notices to COMPANY:
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General
Counsel
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Transmeta
Corporation
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3990 Freedom
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Santa Clara, CA
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USA
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MICROSOFT
CORPORATION
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One Microsoft
Way
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Redmond, WA
98052-6399
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Law &
Corporate Affairs
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(425)
936-7329
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or
to such other address as the party to receive the notice or request
so designates by written notice to the other.
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Insurance .
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(a) COMPANY warrants that it
shall maintain sufficient insurance coverage to enable it to meet
its obligations created by this Agreement and by law. Without
limiting the foregoing, COMPANY warrants that such insurance shall
include the following* * *.
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(b) In addition, if:
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(1) the WORK
consists of, includes, or results in any intellectual property
(including without limitation, material capable of being protected
by copyright, trade secret, or trademark law); or
(2)
COMPANY’s performance of the WORK constitutes such
professional consulting services as:
(i) system
development, design, or maintenance;
(ii) technical
support; or
(iii) financial
services (e.g., collections, and transaction authorization);
or
(iv) engages in
any services considered “Professional
Services”
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then COMPANY shall maintain * * *.
Such insurance shall include coverage for * * * . * *
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(c)
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Upon request, COMPANY shall deliver
to MICROSOFT proof of such coverage. In the event that
COMPANY’s proof evidences coverage which MICROSOFT reasonably
determines to be less than that required to meet COMPANY’s
obligations created by this Agreement, then COMPANY agrees that it
shall promptly acquire such coverage and notify MICROSOFT in
writing thereof.
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Miscellaneous
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(a) Independent Contractor
Status; Taxes .
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(i) Independent Contractor
Status This Agreement is not intended to create any
relationship other than that of COMPANY acting as an independent
contractor performing WORK for MICROSOFT. Neither party is a
partner of the other for any purpose whatsoever. Nothing herein
shall be construed as: (1) creating an employer-employee
relationship, (2) creating an exclusive relationship between the
parties, (3) preventing either party from entering into the
same or similar relationship with others, or (4) creating a
minimum commitment for business from MICROSOFT to COMPANY. Under no
circumstance shall COMPANY or COMPANY’s employees be
construed as employees of MICROSOFT, or entitled to participate in
the profit sharing, pension or other plans established for the
benefit of MICROSOFT employees. COMPANY shall provide MICROSOFT
with satisfactory proof of independent contractor status upon
request.
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(ii) Employment-Related
Taxes, Insurance and Benefits . COMPANY shall be responsible
for all of COMPANY’s federal and state taxes, withholding,
social security, insurance and other benefits on behalf of COMPANY
and COMPANY’s employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
COMPANY warrants that if the Internal Revenue Service or any state
or local agency determines that COMPANY is a common law employee of
MICROSOFT and therefore subject to withholding and payroll taxes
(e.g. federal income tax, FICA, FUTA, etc.), COMPANY shall fully
indemnify, defend and hold MICROSOFT harmless from all such
withholding and payroll taxes, and associated interest and
penalties, if any, assessed against MICROSOFT in connection with
such determination.
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(iii) Other Taxes . The
amounts to be paid by MICROSOFT to COMPANY hereunder do not include
any foreign, U.S. federal, state, local, municipal or other
governmental taxes, duties, levies, fees, excises or tariffs of any
kind that may arise as a result of or in connection with this
Agreement (“Taxes”). MICROSOFT is not and shall not be
liable for any Taxes, which are and shall be COMPANY’s
financial responsibility. COMPANY shall fully indemnify, defend and
hold MICROSOFT harmless from all Taxes, and all claims, causes of
action, costs (including without limitation reasonable
attorneys’ fees) and any other liabilities of any nature
whatsoever related to Taxes. If any Taxes are withheld on any
amounts otherwise to be paid by MICROSOFT to COMPANY, MICROSOFT
will deduct such Taxes from the amount otherwise owed to COMPANY
and pay them to the appropriate taxing authority. At
COMPANY’s written request and expense, MICROSOFT will use
reasonable efforts to assist COMPANY in obtaining tax certificates
or other appropriate documentation evidencing such payment, but the
responsibility for such documentation shall remain with
COMPANY.
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(b) Remove/Replace
Employees or Subcontractors . MICROSOFT may request the
immediate removal of COMPANY or any COMPANY employee or
Subcontractor who behaves in a manner that is unlawful or
inconsistent with any MICROSOFT policy, or that is otherwise deemed
unacceptable to MICROSOFT. If as a result of complying with a valid
court order or for any business reason MICROSOFT asks COMPANY to
promptly remove and/or replace any COMPANY employee or
Subcontractor assigned to perform any WORK, COMPANY will do so
promptly. .
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(c) Assignment . The
WORK is personal and unique, and MICROSOFT relies upon the
qualifications, reputation and expertise of COMPANY to perform all
of COMPANY’s obligations under this Agreement, as well as
upon COMPANY’s affirmative representation that COMPANY has
the resources and expertise to perform all WORK. Accordingly,
COMPANY acknowledges and agrees that COMPANY will not sell, assign,
transfer, pledge or encumber any of COMPANY’s rights or
delegate any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement (by
actual assignment or by operation of law, including without
limitation through a merger, acquisition, consolidation, exchange
of shares, or sale or other disposition of assets, including
disposition on dissolution), without the prior written consent of
MICROSOFT. Notwithstanding the foregoing however, COMPANY
may
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Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidential
request. Omissions are designated as * * *. A complete version of
this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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subcontract portions of the WORK
which do not relate to the development of software without the
prior written consent of MICROSOFT provided that COMPANY’s
remains responsible for performance of the WORK as described in
this Agreement. MICROSOFT may assign this Agreement to any of its
affiliates, existing now or in the future, without COMPANY’s
prior consent. This Agreement shall inure to and bind all
successors, assigns, receivers and trustees of the respective
parties
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(d) Governing Law;
Jurisdiction . This Agreement shall be construed and controlled
by the laws of the State of Washington, USA. COMPANY consents to
the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the federal courts sitting
in King County, Washington unless no federal subject matter
jurisdiction exists, in which case COMPANY consents to the
exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the Superior Court of King
County, Washington. COMPANY waives all defenses of lack of personal
jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. Process may be served on
either party in the manner authorized by applicable law or court
rule. In any action to enforce any right or remedy under this
Agreement, or to interpret any provision of this Agreement, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable
attorneys’ fees, costs and other expenses.
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(e) Construction; No
Waiver . If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any
provision of this Agreement or por
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