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FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER RULE 24b-2.
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE
AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is dated as of this 31 st day
of December, 2004 by and between Innovex, Inc., having a place of
business at 5540 Pioneer Creek Drive, Maple Plain, MN 55359
(hereinafter called “Innovex”) and Nikko Materials USA,
Inc. (d/b/a Gould Electronics), having a place of business at 34929
Curtis Blvd., Eastlake, OH 44095-4001 (hereinafter called
“Gould”).
WHEREAS,
Innovex and Gould have entered into an Equipment and Inventory
Purchase Agreement (the “Equipment and Inventory Purchase
Agreement”), dated September 7, 2004, as amended on
December 22, 2004, pursuant to which, as of the date hereof,
Innovex purchased from Gould certain equipment specifically
described in the Equipment and Inventory Purchase Agreement (the
“Equipment”).
WHEREAS,
on January 1, 2000, Innovex and Gould entered into a License
Agreement (the “Original Agreement”). This
Agreement amends and restates the Original Agreement in its
entirety.
WHEREAS,
Gould has Patents and certain know-how relating to adhesiveless
flexible laminates.
WHEREAS,
Gould has represented to Innovex that it has the right to grant a
license under the Patents to make, use and sell any product
described and claimed therein.
WHEREAS,
Gould has represented to Innovex that the Patents were duly granted
by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and are valid and
enforceable.
WHEREAS,
Gould desires to license to Innovex the Patents and all related
know-how required to allow Innovex to produce the Covered Products
(defined below) for Innovex’s own internal purposes and
Innovex desires to obtain such license.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
Where used in this Agreement, the
following terms will have the meaning attributed to
them:
1.1
Affiliates means any wholly-owned subsidiary of
Innovex.
1.2
Effective Date means January 1, 2005.
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1.3
Covered Products means any adhesiveless flexible laminate
film material that is covered by any claim under the Patents or
that, prior to the Effective Date, was manufactured by Gould for
Innovex or its Affiliates.
1.4
Know-How means all areas of technology existing as of the
Effective Date related to the Covered Products, whether patentable
or not, and relating to the manufacture of the Covered Products,
including, without limitation, manufacturing processes, equipment
specifications, design standards, controls, processes, systems,
equipment and related technology.
1.5
Patents means: (a) United States Patent No. 4,863,808
for COPPER-CHROMIUM-POLYMIDE COMPOSITE granted to Jerome S. Sallo
and assigned to Gould on September 5, 1989; (b) United States
Patent No. 5,685,970 for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENTIALLY
METALIZED POLYMERIC FILMS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREBY granted to
Thomas J. Ameen, Robert D. DeWitt, Peter Peckham, Ronald K. Haines
and Adam G. Bay (“ Ameen, et al. ”) and
assigned to Gould on November 11, 1997; (c) United States
Patent No. 6,224,722 for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENTIALLY
METALIZING POLYMERIC FILMS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREBY granted to
Ameen, et al. and assigned to Gould on May 1, 2001; (d) United
States Patent No. 5,716,502 for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
SEQUENTIALLY METALIZING POLYMERIC FILMS AND PRODUCT MADE THEREBY
granted to Ameen, et al. and assigned to Gould on February 10,
1998; (e) United States Patent No. 5,681,443 for METHOD FOR FORMING
PRINTED CIRCUITS granted to Ameen, et al. and assigned to Gould on
October 28, 1997; and (f) United States Patent No.
5,944,965 for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENTIALLY METALIZING
POLYMERIC FILMS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREBY granted to Ameen, et al.
and assigned to Gould on August 31, 1999. The Patents
include all continuations and divisional patent applications
related to the foregoing and all patents issued thereon, including
corresponding foreign patents and patent applications, existing as
of the Effective Date.
2.
LICENSE
2.1 Gould
hereby grants to Innovex and its Affiliates a perpetual, worldwide,
royalty-bearing (subject to Section 3.1), irrevocable,
non-exclusive license under the Patents and Know-How to make the
Covered Products and use the Covered Products so made solely for
its own internal purposes in the fabrication of circuits and to
sell, market and distribute by any means whatsoever circuitry
products that include the Covered Products as component parts
thereof.
3.
COMPENSATION - ROYALTIES
3.1 Subject
to the terms of Section 5.1, Innovex shall pay Gould a royalty
of [* * *] per square foot of all finished
Covered Products, excluding scrap, manufactured by Innovex or its
Affiliates from the Effective Date until December 31, 2009
(the “Royalty Period”).
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3.2 Within
45 days following the end of each quarter during the Royalty
Period, Innovex shall submit to Gould royalty payments and a report
that specifies the square feet area of finished Covered Products
manufactured during the previous quarter by
Innovex.
3.3 At
reasonable times, to occur no more frequently than semi-annually,
with due notice and at its own expense, Gould or its designee is
entitled to access the records maintained by Innovex for
inspection, audit and review. Innovex shall permit such
examination and make appropriate adjustments as may be required to
reflect the results of any and all audits. In the event that
a discrepancy is discovered between the audit results and the
information reported by Innovex, the parties agree to the following
terms:
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3.3.1 Innovex
shall reimburse Gould for any royalty payments related to any
agreed upon deviation of reported production.
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3.3.2 Moreover,
if such deviation is greater than five percent ( 5%),
Innovex shall pay Gould interest on the delinquent royalty payments
due from the due date to the date of payment in the amount of prime
plus two percent (2%) per annum.
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3.3.3 In
the event the parties do not reach mutual agreement as to the
royalty due, the parties shall engage an independent third-party
accounting firm whose findings will be binding upon the parties
with respect to all matters relating to royalties due.
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4.
INFORMATION
4.1 For
a period of six months from and after the Effective Date, Gould
will provide reasonable access to its technical personnel and, to
the extent not provided on or before the Effective Date, will
furnish Innovex with drawings, specifications, layouts and such
other written, oral and machine-readable information as Gould has
available relating to the formulation, raw material specifications
and process specifications for the Covered Products as of the
Effective Date.
5.
TERMINATION
5.1 If
any of the Patents expire or are challenged and declared invalid by
a court of competent j