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EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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Title: EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Date: 2/13/2007

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EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT dated for reference the 3 day of November 2006.

 

BETWEEN:

HEET EARTH ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, of

A company duly incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada

(Hereinafter referred to as “Inventor”)

 

OF THE FIRST PART

 

AND:

 

ESSENTIAL INNOVATIONS CORP.,

A company duly federally incorporated under the laws of the Country of Canada,

(Hereinafter referred to as “Essential”)

 

OF THE SECOND PART

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.   Inventors intend to file a Patent Application with the Canadian Patent and Trademark Office in regard to a unique Geothermal Loop-field technology or “Loop Technology” (herein the “Technology”). The Inventors have developed such patent-pending method of allowing for the transfer of heat energy from the earth or water with application directly relating not only to the Essential Innovations line of proprietary Geoexchange products and for other heating, domestic hot water production and cooling applications. The technology specifically relates to a new extremely cost effective and highly efficient method of designing, engineering, and installing the required geothermal loop-field infrastructure to deliver and transfer heat energy to the geothermal heat pump equipment utilized for performing heating, cooling and domestic hot water production to residential, commercial or institutional project applications.

 

AND WHEREAS:

 

B.            Essential Innovations wishes to enter into a sole exclusive marketing, distribution and applications agreement with the Inventors for the exclusive rights to the use of their patent-pending technology under the brand name and Trade Mark of Essential Innovations for use within the field of Geothermal Heating and Cooling and any other HVAC related application in the Territory (as hereinafter defined).

 

AND FINALLY WHEREAS:

 

C.            Inventors have agreed to grant the exclusive rights for the utilization, marketing, and distribution of the Technology for use within the Geothermal Heating and Cooling and any other HVAC related application throughout the Territory, on the terms and conditions contained herein;

 

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms and conditions contained herein, the parties covenant and agree with each other as follows:

 


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ARTICLE I – Definitions

 

1.

In this Agreement the following words, phrases and expressions shall have the following meanings:

 

 

a)

“Loop field Technology” means a process for, inter alia, allowing for the transfer of heat energy from the earth or water with application directly relating not only to the Essential Innovations line of proprietary Geoexchange products and for other heating, domestic hot water production and cooling applications. The technology specifically relates to a new extremely const effective and highly efficient method of designing, engineering, and installing the required geothermal loop-field infrastructure to deliver and transfer heat energy to the geothermal heat pump equipment utilized for performing heating, cooling and domestic hot water production to residential, commercial or institutional project applications, and for which a patent Application is to be filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office within the next 60 days, and:

 

 

(i)

any patent or patents now or hereafter granted in regard thereto, including any and all renewals, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, extensions or additions of or to the aforesaid patent; and

 

 

(ii)

all designs, improvements, discoveries, concepts, ideas, knowledge and inventions, related to above technology, whether or not capable of industrial or intellectual property protection under any applicable legislation, made or conceived or reduced to practice by the Inventor, his employees, agents or independent contractors or consultants retained by him;

 

 

b)

“Trade-Mark” means the trademark or trademarks of all products manufactured by Essential Innovations and its affiliates.

 

 

c)

“Territory” means “ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD excluding those in Asia”

 

 

d)

“Parties,” means Essential Innovations Corp., Essential Innovations Technology Corp., Earth Source Energy, and HEET, “the Inventor”, and

 

 

e)

“Know-how” means the technical information, knowledge and expertise concerning the design, construction, operation and use of the Technology, and all feasibility studies, design engineering, construction drawings and operational knowledge and conditions, plus all knowledge and information in regard to the marketing of products derived from the Technology.

 

ARTICLE 2 –EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY RIGHTS COMPENSATION SCHEDULE

 

 

a)

Inventors hereby grant exclusive marketing and distribution and applications agreement to Essential Innovations for the exclusive rights to the use of the Inventors patent-pending technology for use within Geothermal Heating and Cooling and any other HVAC related application throughout the Territory (as hereinafter defined)

 

 

b)

The parties shall co-operate in the development and marketing of the Technology and in such regard shall inform each other of all Know-how that is for the benefit of marketing and application but that is not considered part of the HEET patent process.

 

 

c)

In consideration of the transfer of exclusive rights for the specific application, the Inventors shall be entitled to receive, and Essential shall pay to HEET 18% of the gross project value on commercial or institutional applications, and will pay to HEET 10% on residential value of each individual project with the following payment schedule to HEET based on their

 


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design, engineering schedule as long as the HEET system guarantees a geothermal loop-field cost savings of at least 30%:

 

20% DOWN

70% ON DELIVERY OF PLANS AND DESIGNS

10% HOLDBACK (usually 1 year after project completion)

 

 

d)

Payment of Stock/Options: In relation specifically to the Technology application for Geothermal Heating and Cooling and any other HVAC related application Essential Innovations Technology Corp. will grant to the inventors on signing:

 

 

(i)

50,000 fully paid and non-assessable common shares of “ESIV” (public trading symbol) of Essential Innovations Technology Corp., and 50,000 options of ESIV @ $.50/share with a 5 Year exercise date

 

 

(ii)

Pursuant to continued R&D on the part of Essential and it being proved that the Technology can be applied within the field of Geothermal Heating and Cooling and any other HVAC related application as Essential believes, then Essential will grant to the inventors an additional:

 

250,000 fully paid and non-assessable shares of “ESIV”, and an additional

250,000 options of ESIV priced @ $0.75/share with a 5 Year exercise date

 

 

(iii)

Essential agrees here to a period of a maximum of 6 months from the date of signing in order to complete their required R&D; if the technology is unsuccessful, then no further shares or options are issuable.

 

 

e)

Report of Technology Sales: Within 30 days following the close of the first calendar quarter in which there are any revenues generated from the Technology, Essential shall provide Inventors with a written report showing the sales in such quarter and the amount of Royalty payable with respect thereto, certified by the accountant for Essential. Thereafter, within 30 days following the close of each calendar quarter, Essential shall provide Inventors with a written reporting showing the amount of sales in such quarter and the amount of Royalty payable with respect hereto.

 

 

f)

Examination of Books and Records: Upon the written request of Inventors and, except as otherwise provided below, at Inventors’ expense, Essential shall allow and make available on an annual basis its books and records to be examined and audited by a registered auditing firm for the purpose of determining compliance with payment obligations under this Agreement. If such audit discloses any discrepancy in the amount paid, the appropriate adjustment shall be made immediately thereafter. To the extent of an overpayment, the amount due from Inventors shall be deducted from future payments. In the event that any such examination or audit shall determine that the actual payment for any period was less than 95% of the amount properly payable, or was greater than the amount that should have been paid, Essential shall pay the reasonable expenses actually incurred by Inventors in connection therewith, in addition to all previously unpaid amounts. Inventors and its representatives shall not use or disclose such books and records, nor any of the specific information contained therein, to any third parties except as reasonably necessary if Essential is in breach of this Agreement.

 


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ARTICLE 3 – FUTURE PATENT APPLICATIONS

 

If approved by the Inventors, Essential Innovations shall be entitled to apply for any patents related to the utilization of the Technology for applications of its own deemed to be different than those for which the inventors have filed their initial patent. Having said that, Essential Innovations agrees to include each of the inventors individually in any patent that Essential Innovations may file of it’s own accord in the future where the Technology has been used somewhere in the patent in whole or in part.

 

ARTICLE 4 - PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS

 

4.01        Inventor warrants, represents and covenants with Essential that the Inventor is the sole owner of the Loop-field Technology and technical information, theory, knowledge, process and expertise concerning the design, construction and use of the Loop-field Technology and that he has the right to sell, transfer, assign and convey the rights to the Loop-field Technology to Essential.

 

4.02        Any modification, improvement or variance of the Loop-field Technology created through the efforts of Inventor, which is patentable may be patented by the Inventor but such application and any subsequent patent therefore shall form part of the Loop-field Technology.

 

4.03        Inventor agrees to use his best efforts to obtain a Canadian patent for the Loop-field Technology and in such regard agrees to diligently proceed with the processing of the patent application and to respond in a timely manner to all “Office Actions” received from the Canadian Patent and Trademark Office.

 

4.04        Inventor agrees to cooperate fully with Essential in the filing of all necessary documents and applications to protect the Loop-field Technology in such other jurisdictions being the United States, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe as Essential may consider appropriate.

 

ARTICLE 5 – INFRINGEMENT

 

 

a)

If a patent is issued for the Technology and subsequent thereto any person other than Inventors, Essential or an authorized licensee of Essential, is utilizing technology which appears to infringe any patents or trademarks issued with respect to the Technology both parties shall share expense to take all reasonable steps to terminate or enjoin the apparent infringement thereof further agreeing to cooperate in such proceedings and perform all acts and execute all documents, and participate in any suit to terminate or enjoin such infringement as may be necessary or desirable, and in such event any damage award or settlement shall enure to the joint benefit of both parties.

 

ARTICLE 6 - NON COMPETITION

 

Inventor agrees that within the Territory it shall not market, sell or distribute or utilize the Technology, whether as an individual, with a firm, association, syndicate, corporation, partnership or other enterprise, whether as principal, agent, shareholder, officer, director, employee, or in any manner whatsoever outside of the terms of this Agreement or for that matter permit its name to be used or employed with any s

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