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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement” dated as of
November 29, 2005, by and among INFE - , Human Resources, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), and the secured parties
signatory hereto and their respective endorsees, transferees and assigns
(collectively, the “Secured Party”).
W
I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date hereof, between
Company and the Secured Party (the “Purchase Agreement”),
Company has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has
agreed to purchase from Company certain of Company’s 8% Callable Secured
Convertible Notes, due three years from the date of issue (the “Notes”),
which are convertible into shares of Company’s Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). In connection
therewith, Company shall issue the Secured Party certain Common Stock purchase
warrants (the “Warrants”); and
WHEREAS, in
order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the Notes, Company has agreed to
execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement for the benefit of the
Secured Party and to grant to it a first priority security interest in certain
Intellectual Property (defined below) of Company to secure the prompt payment,
performance and discharge in full of all of Company’s obligations under
the Notes and exercise and discharge in full of Company’s obligations
under the Warrants; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms which are
defined in the Purchase Agreement and used herein are so used as so defined;
and the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Software
Intellectual Property” shall mean:
(a)
all software programs
(including all source code, object code and all related applications and data
files), whether now owned, upgraded, enhanced, licensed or leased or hereafter
acquired by the Company, above;
(b)
all computers and electronic
data processing hardware and firmware associated therewith;
(c)
all documentation (including
flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals, guides and specifications) with respect
to such software, hardware and firmware described in the preceding clauses (a)
and (b); and
(d)
all rights with respect to
all of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any and all upgrades,
modifications, copyrights, licenses, options, warranties, service contracts,
program services, test rights, maintenance rights, support rights, improvement
rights, renewal rights and indemnifications and substitutions, replacements,
additions, or model conversions of any of the foregoing.
“Copyrights”
shall mean (a) all copyrights, registrations and applications for registration,
issued or filed, including any reissues, extensions or renewals thereof,
by or with the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency
of the United States, any state thereof, or any other country or political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, including, all rights in and to the material
constituting the subject matter thereof, including, without limitation, any
referred to in Schedule B hereto, and (b) any rights in any material
which is copyrightable or which is protected by common law, United States
copyright laws or similar laws or any law of any State, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
“Copyright
License” shall mean any agreement, written or oral, providing for a
grant by the Company of any right in any Copyright, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
“Intellectual
Property” shall means, collectively, the Software Intellectual
Property, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks,
Trademark Licenses and Trade Secrets.
“Obligations”
means all of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and the
Notes, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or
involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from
time to time decreased or extinguished and later decreased, created or
incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are
paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from the Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent
transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented,
converted, extended or modified from time to time.
“Patents”
shall mean (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and extensions thereof,
including, without limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B
hereto, and (b) all applications for letters patent of the United States and
all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof or any other
country or any political subdivision, including, without limitation, any
thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
“Patent
License” shall mean all agreements, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by the Company of any right to manufacture, use or sell
any invention covered by a Patent, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule B hereto.
“Security
Agreement” shall mean the a Security Agreement, dated the date hereof
between Company and the Secured Party.
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“Trademarks”
shall mean (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names,
business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos
and other source or business identifiers, and the goodwill associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or
agency of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule B hereto, and (b) all reissues, extensions or
renewals thereof.
“Trademark
License” shall mean any agreement, written or oral, providing for the
grant by the Company of any right to use any Trademark, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
“Trade
Secrets” shall mean common law and statutory trade secrets and all
other confidential or proprietary or useful information and all know-how
obtained by or used in or contemplated at any time for use in the business of
the Company (all of the foregoing being collectively called a “Trade
Secret”), whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a
writing or other tangible form, including all documents and things embodying,
incorporating or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, all Trade Secret
licenses, including each Trade Secret license referred to in Schedule B
hereto, and including the right to sue for and to enjoin and to collect damages
for the actual or threatened misappropriation of any Trade Secret and for the
breach or enforcement of any such Trade Secret license.
2.
Grant of Security
Interest. In accordance with Section
3(m) of the Security Agreement, to secure the complete and timely payment,
performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the
Obligations, the Company hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, pledges,
grants and hypothecates to the Secured Party, a continuing security interest
in, a continuing first lien upon, an unqualified right to possession and
disposition of and a right of set-off against, in each case to the fullest
extent permitted by law, all of the Company’s right, title and interest
of whatsoever kind and nature in and to the Intellectual Property (the “Security
Interest”).
3.
Representations and
Warranties. The Company hereby
represents and warrants, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Party as
follows:
(a)
The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to
carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the filings contemplated
therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
Company and no further action is required by the Company. This Agreement
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditor’s rights generally.
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(b)
The Company represents and
warrants that it has no place of business or offices where its respective books
of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its
attorneys or accountants) or places where the Intellectual Property is stored
or located, except as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto;
(c)
The Company is the sole owner
of the Intellectual Property (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the
Company in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens,
security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and is fully authorized to
grant the Security Interest in and to pledge the Intellectual Property, except
as set forth on Schedule D. There is not on file in any
governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective
financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of
any of the foregoing (other than those that have been filed in favor of the
Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the
Intellectual Property, except as set forth on Schedule D. So long
as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Company shall not execute and shall
not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any such
financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed
or recorded in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement),
except as set forth on Schedule D or for a financing statement
covering assets acquired by the Company after the date hereof, provided that
the value of the Intellectual Property covered by this Agreement along with the
Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) is equal to at least 150% of
the Obligations.
(d)
The Company shall at all
times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Intellectual
Property at its principal place of business and its Intellectual Property at
the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not
relocate such books of account and records unless it delivers to the Secured
Party at least 30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such
relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United
States) and (ii) evidence that the necessary documents have been filed and
recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interest to
create in favor of the Secured Party valid, perfected and continuing first
priority liens in the Intellectual Property to the extent they can be perfected
through such filings.
(e)
This Agreement creates in
favor of the Secured Party a valid security interest in the Intellectual
Property securing the payment and performance of the Obligations and, upon
making the filings required hereunder, a perfected first priority security
interest in such Intellectual Property to the extent that it can be perfected
through such filings.
(f)
Upon request of the
Secured Party, the Company shall execute and deliver any and all agreements,
instruments, documents, and papers as the Secured Party may request to evidence
the Secured Party’s security interest in the Intellectual Property and
the goodwill and general intangibles of the Company relating thereto or
represented thereby, and the Company hereby appoints the Secured Party its
attorney-in-fact to execute and file all such writings for the foregoing
purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such
power being coupled with an interest is irrevocable until the Obligations have
been fully satisfied and are paid in full.
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(g)
Except as set forth on Schedule
D, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not
conflict with or cause a breach or default, or an event that with or without
the passage of time or notice, shall constitute a breach or default, under any
agreement to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
No consent (including, without limitation, from stock holders or
creditors of the Company) is required for the Company to enter into and perform
its obligations hereunder.
(h)
The Company shall at all
times maintain the liens and Security Interest provided for hereunder as valid
and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Intellectual
Property to the extent they can be perfected by filing in favor of the Secured
Party until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall terminate
pursuant to Section 11. The Company hereby agrees to defend the same
against any and all persons. The Company shall safeguard and protect all
Intellectual Property for the account of the Secured Party. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall pay all fees, taxes
and other amounts necessary to maintain the Intellectual Property and the
Security Interest hereunder, and the Company shall obtain and furnish to the
Secured Party from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or
subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the
priority of the Security Interest hereunder.
(i)
The Company will not
transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license (except for non-exclusive
licenses granted by the Company in the ordinary course of business), sell or
otherwise dispose of any of the Intellectual Property without the prior written
consent of the Secured Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(j)
The Company shall, within ten
(10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Party promptly, in
sufficient detail, of any substantial change in the Intellectual Property, and
of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on
the value of the Intellectual Property or on the Secured Party’s security
interest therein.
(k)
The Company shall permit the
Secured Party and its representatives and agents to inspect the Intellectual
Property at any time, and to make copies of records pertaining to the
Intellectual Property as may be requested by the Secured Party from time to
time.
(l)
The Company will take all
steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce
and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in
respect of the Intellectual Property.
(m)
The Company shall promptly
notify the Secured Party in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any
attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against
any Intellectual Property and of any other information received by the Company
that may materially affect the value of the Intellectual Property, the Security
Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Party hereunder.
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(n)
All information heretofore,
herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Party by or on behalf of the
Company with respect to the Intellectual Property is accurate and complete in
all material respects as of the date furnished.
(o)
Schedule A attached hereto contains a list of all of the subsidiaries
of Company.
(p)
Schedule B attached hereto includes all Licenses, and all Patents and
Patent Licenses, if any, owned by the Company in its own name as of the date
hereof. Schedule B hereto includes all Trademarks and Trademark
Licenses, if any, owned by the Company in its own name as of the date hereof.
Schedule B hereto includes all Copyrights and Copyright Licenses,
if any, owned by the Company in its own name as of the date hereof. Schedule
B hereto includes all Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licenses, if any,
owned by the Company as of the date hereof. To the best of the
Company’s knowledge, each License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade
Secret is valid, subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has not been abandoned.
Except as set forth in Schedule B, none of such Licenses, Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets is the subject of any licensing or
franchise agreement. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Body which
would limit, cancel or question the validity of any License, Patent, Trademark,
Copyright and Trade Secrets . Except as set forth in Schedule B,
no action or proceeding is pending (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the
validity of any License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secret, or (ii)
which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the
value of any License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secret. The
Company has used and will continue to use for the duration of this Agreement,
proper statutory notice in connection with its use of the Patents, Trademarks
and Copyrights and consistent standards of quality in products leased or sold
under the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
(q)
With respect to any
Intellectual Property:
(i)
such Intellectual Property is
subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in
part;
(ii)
such Intellectual Property is
valid and enforceable;
(iii)
the Company has made all
necessary filings and recordations to protect its interest in such Intellectual
Property, including, without limitation, recordations of all of its interests
in the Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and in corresponding offices
throughout the world and its claims to the Copyrights and Copyright Licenses in
the United States Copyright Office and in corresponding offices throughout the
world;
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(iv)
other than as set forth in Schedule
B, the Company is the exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right,
title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property and no claim has been
made that the use of such Intellectual Property infringes on the asserted
rights of any third party; and
(v)
the Company has performed and
will continue to perform all acts and has paid all required fees and taxes to
maintain each and every item of Intellectual Property in full force and effect
throughout the world, as applicable.
(r)
Except with respect to any
Trademark or Copyright that the Company shall reasonably determine is of
negligible economic value to the Company, the Company shall:
(i)
maintain each Trademark and
Copyright in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use,
maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under such
Trademark or Copyright; employ such Trademark or Copyright with the
appropriate notice of registration; not adopt or use any mark which is
confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark or Copyright
unless the Secured Party shall obtain a perfected security interest in such
mark pursuant to this Agreement; and not (and not permit any licensee or
sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any
Trademark or Copyright may become invalidated;
(ii)






