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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
Intellectual Property Security Agreement (this "Agreement"
dated as of February 28th, 2005, by and among Insynq, 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 the Company and the Secured Party (the "Purchase Agreement"),
the Company has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has
agreed to purchase from the Company certain of the Company's 8% Secured
Convertible Notes, due three years from the date of issue (the "Notes"), which
are convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.001 per
share (the "Common Stock") and shares of the Company's Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock" and collectively with the Notes, the
"Convertible Securities"). In connection therewith, the 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
Convertible Securities, the 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 security interest in certain Intellectual Property (defined below) of
the Company to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of
all of the Company's obligations under the Convertible Securities and exercise
and discharge in full of the 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
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(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 Convertible Securities, 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 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, subject to the Pre-Existing Liens (as defined below) 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.
(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
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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
for the security interests of the Secured Party that have been granted
prior to the date hereof (the "Pre-Existing Liens") 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. 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 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 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 reasonably 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.
(g) 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
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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 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.
(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 during
reasonable business hours, and to make copies of records pertaining to
the Intellectual Property as may be requested by the Secured Party from
time to time, so long as the Secured Party provides the Company with
reasonable prior notice.
(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.
(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.
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(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. 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;
(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
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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
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